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Re: [Wlug] Importing email from Eudora or Outlook...

by Karl Hiramoto

Use an IMAP server. store your folders on the server. IMAP suports sub-folders. Then you access your e-mail independent of your mail client. On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > I didn't see this covered in any of the posts I could read in the Mozill > groups, nor the FAQs, so here goes... > > I am trying to import email into Mozilla 1.0. I tried importing from > Eudora and got the account settings OK, but did not get the entire > address book (notably distribution lists) and couldn't get all the > email. I received no error for the address book, but did get an error > saying "cannot create proxy object for destination mailboxes" about half > way throuhg the import, at which point all the folder that were created > were moved to Trash. > > I decided to try Outlook just in case the Eudora code was messed up, I > first imported from Eudora into Outlook, but I got the same problem. > > In both cases, I get the impression that the import code can't do too > much with nested information (email distribution lists and mail folder > that contain other folders), but Mozilla seems to be able to get started > without any trouble. Then again, there is a lot of email involved and > I'm also wondering if there are some limits set somewhere in the code > before it gives up... > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Thanks!! > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø The difference between dogs and cats is that dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you.

Sept. 3, 2002

RH7.3 Questions

by Richard Goodman

I have a RH7.0 server which has been giving me regular unrecoverable disk errors since 6-8 weeks ago. I figured today I had enough time to do something about it. I also figured that as long as I had to rebuild from scratch (after installing a new hard drive) I'd upgrade to RH7.3 -- but I have a few more problems that I figured on. The server is dual homed - eth0 (DEC 2104x 10mbps tulip driver) goes to DSL, eth1 (Realtek 100mbps) goes to internal network. Was running IP Masquerade / IPChains / Apache / sendmail / DNS server fine under RH7.0 I have the following problems: 1) During startup eth0 comes up but eth1 does not. My notes on the previous installation [year ago?] don't show that I did anything special when I installed the Realtek (was previously also DEC 2104x) but that doesn't mean I just didn't write it down. 2) dhcpd won't run, but I assume that's related to #1. Was surprised that dhcpd wasn't loaded during install, as I flagged eth1 as dhcp. 3) how do I know whether IPchains or IPtables is active, and how do I switch. Considering the time involved so far, I think I'd rather delay switching to IPTables and use my existing IPChains firewall for now. Can I still hook it in at the end of rc.local? 4) During install I did answer some firewalling questions (set to medium, custom) -- where is the results of that dialog? 5) If I can use my existing IPChains firewall, that will take care of IP Masquerade -- if not can I have some guidance as to what direction to take. 6) httpd comes up but says "cannot resolve hostname, using 127.0.0.1" - what did I forget to configure? (I haven't touched httpd.conf yet.) 7) issue and issue.net used to be set from rc.local, but no more -- where are they set? I'd like to patch that out and be a bit more anonymous. I'm definitely unconnected until most of these Q's get resolved. Thanks to any who can assist me. Dick

Sept. 2, 2002

RE: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by George Metz

I'm not a member, but I DID work at RCN during that MegaMeeting. Boston User Groups was started as a corporate-sponsored way to get US Datacenters into the User Group scene, as it were. Incidentally, US Datacenters is no longer in that building, IIRC. It sounds to me like the $50 could be better spent in a whole host of ways other than membership in a group for groups that don't interact much. Especially if you can't even get them to put events up on their calendar for your group. Of course, I MIGHT be biased by the fact that they took over the building I worked at for a meeting that they didn't clear with (or notify) any of the other companies OR the management in the building. At least the pizza was good. :)

Sept. 1, 2002

Importing email from Eudora or Outlook...

by Stephen C. Daukas

I didn't see this covered in any of the posts I could read in the Mozill groups, nor the FAQs, so here goes... I am trying to import email into Mozilla 1.0. I tried importing from Eudora and got the account settings OK, but did not get the entire address book (notably distribution lists) and couldn't get all the email. I received no error for the address book, but did get an error saying "cannot create proxy object for destination mailboxes" about half way throuhg the import, at which point all the folder that were created were moved to Trash. I decided to try Outlook just in case the Eudora code was messed up, I first imported from Eudora into Outlook, but I got the same problem. In both cases, I get the impression that the import code can't do too much with nested information (email distribution lists and mail folder that contain other folders), but Mozilla seems to be able to get started without any trouble. Then again, there is a lot of email involved and I'm also wondering if there are some limits set somewhere in the code before it gives up... Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!! Steve

Sept. 1, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Brian J. Conway

I vote no. We received no real benefits from our original 50 dollars spent, they won't list our events on their calendar, and their user group links don't even work through a text browser. That 50 bucks would be much better spent elsewhere (beer and pizza??). ;-) Perhaps people should just address their votes to Andy and not the list? -b

Aug. 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] overlay/watermark???

by Keith Wright

> From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> > > I'm generating a document with good old latex, and I'd like to be able > to add a figure as the background to each page, something like a > watermark, or the background capability of html. > > I'd be happy to use a post-processing step to do this. I've been > looking at the ps utilities, but there's nothing that looks like it > will work. > > Any ideas? Make a PostScript graphic to fill the page, and use any graphic package you can find ( \usepackage{epsfig} works for me ) to tell TeX to put a tiny little box in the page header, which contains your big graphic. TeX doesn't care if your graphic (or anything else) is bigger than the box, it just needs the box to know how much space to leave, but you, you pervert, want to print something and leave no space for it. It should work fine in a technical sense, but promise me the background will be very light and sparse, or I shall revile and shun your document. -- Keith

Aug. 30, 2002

overlay/watermark???

by Bill Mills-Curran

I'm generating a document with good old latex, and I'd like to be able to add a figure as the background to each page, something like a watermark, or the background capability of html. I'd be happy to use a post-processing step to do this. I've been looking at the ps utilities, but there's nothing that looks like it will work. Any ideas? TIA, Bill

Aug. 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by jkinz＠rcn.com

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 12:17:10PM -0400, Clint Moyer wrote: > I vote YES. It's only $50 and WLUG's cash on hand is well > into five figures. ;) > > If some people feel somewhat bruised by a tangential > connection to MS, well that's kind of sad. > > Clint Hey Clint - no fair voting twice ! :) (I got two copies of Clint's post.) My 0.02: Spend the $50. It helps give your organization visibility and a professional cachet. But I don't get a vote since I'm not a member. At least I don't think I'm a member. How do you officially join up ?

Aug. 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Clint Moyer

I vote YES. It's only $50 and WLUG's cash on hand is well into five figures. ;) If some people feel somewhat bruised by a tangential connection to MS, well that's kind of sad. Clint On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:21:20 -0400 Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com> wrote: > >Hi everybody, > >Last year around this time, an organization was formed >called the Boston User >Groups (http://www.bostonusergroups.com) WLUG was >invited to participate. >As a group, we decided to pay our $50/year membership fee >to participate for >the first year. Some of you might remember this meeting, >where the general >consensus was "OK, let's try it for a year and see how it >goes". > >Our yearly membership dues are being requested by BUG. I >had some questions >about whether or not WLUG should continue its >participation in BUG. I had a >discussion with the WLUG members who attended the BBQ. > Several of those >people thought that the discussion should take place >among the entire WLUG >membership. The timing of BUG events is such that I'd >like to settle this >issue before our next WLUG meeting (ideally within the >next week). > >Take a look at the BUG webpage as you consider my >comments and those of other >WLUG members. Please take note of the other groups who >are current BUG >members. There are 3 Linux groups, a Palm group, a Mac >group, and some >others, not to mention the wide variety of Microsoft >related user groups. >Given that Microsoft is a documented monopoly (a court >said that, not just >me), this distribution of member groups should not be a >surprise to anybody. > >Some of the commentary below assumes familiarity with the >contents of the BUG >website. > >My initial question (if I recall correctly) was to wonder >about what tangible >benefit WLUG received for its $50 expenditure. > >a) BUG has a link to the WLUG website on its website > >b) WLUG had a table at last year's MegaMeeting and gave >out literature >advertising the group, its meetings, etc. > >c) I met some leaders of other regional user groups while >eating free pizza, >drinking free soda, and touring the US DataCenters >facility in Marlboro, MA. > >d) I know that we got at least one new WLUG member from >the MegaMeeting. >Perhaps there were others, or folks who shortly >thereafter joined the mailing >list, but I have no way to know for sure. > >The BUG website also has a calendar of group activities >onto which WLUG's >activities were never placed. The calendar is designed >for groups who meet, >say, every 2nd Thursday of the month. WLUG's schedule is >not as regular as >that, and hence our information was not put onto the >calendar after two >requests by me. > >Rick Zach is the current BUG president. He recently sent >an e-mail to the >user group leaders (attached) wherein he describes some >of the benefits of >BUG membership. I also have personally spoken to Rick to >make sure my >information about BUG is correct so that I can present it >fairly to the WLUG >membership. > >My question to WLUG is: > >Do we as a group wish to continue our participation in >BUG for $50/year ? > >Later, > >Andy > >-- >Andy Stewart, Founder >Worcester Linux Users' Group >Worcester, MA USA >http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 30, 2002

RE: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Marc Hughes

Sounds to me like all we really got was a single new member out of last years membership. I say skip the membership. If we're itching to spend the money, throw it into an ad in a college newspaper or two. Otherwise let's hoard our cash reserves for a hostile takeover of microsoft. -Marc -----Original Message----- From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:21 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group Subject: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG Hi everybody, Last year around this time, an organization was formed called the Boston User Groups (http://www.bostonusergroups.com) WLUG was invited to participate. As a group, we decided to pay our $50/year membership fee to participate for the first year. Some of you might remember this meeting, where the general consensus was "OK, let's try it for a year and see how it goes". Our yearly membership dues are being requested by BUG. I had some questions about whether or not WLUG should continue its participation in BUG. I had a discussion with the WLUG members who attended the BBQ. Several of those people thought that the discussion should take place among the entire WLUG membership. The timing of BUG events is such that I'd like to settle this issue before our next WLUG meeting (ideally within the next week). Take a look at the BUG webpage as you consider my comments and those of other WLUG members. Please take note of the other groups who are current BUG members. There are 3 Linux groups, a Palm group, a Mac group, and some others, not to mention the wide variety of Microsoft related user groups. Given that Microsoft is a documented monopoly (a court said that, not just me), this distribution of member groups should not be a surprise to anybody. Some of the commentary below assumes familiarity with the contents of the BUG website. My initial question (if I recall correctly) was to wonder about what tangible benefit WLUG received for its $50 expenditure. a) BUG has a link to the WLUG website on its website b) WLUG had a table at last year's MegaMeeting and gave out literature advertising the group, its meetings, etc. c) I met some leaders of other regional user groups while eating free pizza, drinking free soda, and touring the US DataCenters facility in Marlboro, MA. d) I know that we got at least one new WLUG member from the MegaMeeting. Perhaps there were others, or folks who shortly thereafter joined the mailing list, but I have no way to know for sure. The BUG website also has a calendar of group activities onto which WLUG's activities were never placed. The calendar is designed for groups who meet, say, every 2nd Thursday of the month. WLUG's schedule is not as regular as that, and hence our information was not put onto the calendar after two requests by me. Rick Zach is the current BUG president. He recently sent an e-mail to the user group leaders (attached) wherein he describes some of the benefits of BUG membership. I also have personally spoken to Rick to make sure my information about BUG is correct so that I can present it fairly to the WLUG membership. My question to WLUG is: Do we as a group wish to continue our participation in BUG for $50/year ? Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 30, 2002