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From: nemesis
Subject: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:05:28
Message: <479a08c8$1@news.povray.org>
ok, after getting fed up with either the news.povray.org web interface or 
our proxy, I got to finally try out some newsgroups clients.

At home I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and it's fine enough for the task. 
 Here at work, I tried to install it, but our admins blocked downloads
of executables.  That's ok, because I discovered it was still possible to 
install it by ftp, they seemingly were only aware of how to block http
requests.  Today, though, I sadly found out that they now blocked ftp as 
well, so I felt out of options.  except...

except that I have the hateful Lotus Notes here.  Hate it, but found out 
that it does newsgroups as well.  Well, here I am!  does it look good to 
you?
if not, say it that I'll drop the damned thing altogether... :D


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:16:33
Message: <479a0b61@news.povray.org>
nemesis escribió:
> does it look good to you?
> if not, say it that I'll drop the damned thing altogether... :D

Looks good enough, but you're posting in HTML. See if you can find a way 
to post in plain text only.

*Any* newsreader will be better (and a *lot* faster) than any web 
interface :)


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:27:50
Message: <479a0e06@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> At home I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and it's fine enough for the 
> task.  Here at work, I tried to install it, but our admins blocked 
> downloads
> of executables.  That's ok, because I discovered it was still possible 
> to install it by ftp, they seemingly were only aware of how to block http
> requests.  Today, though, I sadly found out that they now blocked ftp as 
> well, so I felt out of options.  except...

Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I 
can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:42:02
Message: <479a115a$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/25 11:05:
> 
> ok, after getting fed up with either the news.povray.org web interface 
> or our proxy, I got to finally try out some newsgroups clients.
> 
> At home I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and it's fine enough for the 
> task.  Here at work, I tried to install it, but our admins blocked 
> downloads
> of executables.  That's ok, because I discovered it was still possible 
> to install it by ftp, they seemingly were only aware of how to block http
> requests.  Today, though, I sadly found out that they now blocked ftp as 
> well, so I felt out of options.  except...
> 
> except that I have the hateful Lotus Notes here.  Hate it, but found out 
> that it does newsgroups as well.  Well, here I am!  does it look good to 
> you?
> if not, say it that I'll drop the damned thing altogether... :D
Have you tryed "cheating"?
Request an executable, but ask to save it as, say, a JPG, or DOC, or PPS file, 
or some other extention...
Or, from home, upload it on any file sharing site, but with some custom 
extention. You then retreive it from your work computer. Once you have it, just 
rename with the correct extention.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
You know you've been raytracing too long when your personal correspondence to 
friends starts out with #Dear Linda =
Ken Tyler


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From: bluetree
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:45:01
Message: <web.479a10ebade975519dc085130@news.povray.org>
> Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I
> can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(

^^
They want you to work at work. ;)
No, I'm not an admin. Don't attack me. ^^

   bluetree


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:46:01
Message: <479a1249@news.povray.org>
except so far I've been enable to get Notes to cite messages and it 
searches the entire (limited to 1000 messages) catalog everytime I click 
on a "folder"... :/


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From: bluetree
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:50:00
Message: <web.479a12fbade975519dc085130@news.povray.org>
nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> ok, after getting fed up with either the news.povray.org web interface or
> our proxy, I got to finally try out some newsgroups clients.
>
> At home I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and it's fine enough for the task.
>  Here at work, I tried to install it, but our admins blocked downloads
> of executables.  That's ok, because I discovered it was still possible to
> install it by ftp, they seemingly were only aware of how to block http
> requests.  Today, though, I sadly found out that they now blocked ftp as
> well, so I felt out of options.  except...
>
> except that I have the hateful Lotus Notes here.  Hate it, but found out
> that it does newsgroups as well.  Well, here I am!  does it look good to
> you?
> if not, say it that I'll drop the damned thing altogether... :D

I'm not sure, if they block any connection, but couldn't you use thunderbird
portable on a usb-drive or something like that?
It is legible, so it's also ok this way.

               bluetree


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:50:13
Message: <479a1345$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:05:28 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> does it look good to
> you?

No, because it's posting both text and HTML. <barf>

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:51:28
Message: <479a1390$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:27:48 -0800, Chambers wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
>> At home I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and it's fine enough for the
>> task.  Here at work, I tried to install it, but our admins blocked
>> downloads
>> of executables.  That's ok, because I discovered it was still possible
>> to install it by ftp, they seemingly were only aware of how to block
>> http requests.  Today, though, I sadly found out that they now blocked
>> ftp as well, so I felt out of options.  except...
> 
> Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I
> can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(

http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html

I've used this myself when I absolutely needed the ability to use NNTP 
and the port was blocked.

Jim


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 11:59:43
Message: <479a157f$1@news.povray.org>
executables are blocked in the proxy server.  You don't get a chance to 
save as anything, all you get is a standard blocked screen or 
time out in the case of ftp.  I actually downloaded the Windows version of 
Thunderbird yesterday and zipped with the same name plus zip sufix.
Well, it turns out that Gmail identified it as Mime type application/zip 
and the proxy either got that or simply scanned the whole name for exe and
found it.

How dumb am I getting or are the admins getting too smart? :P

I'm quite sure this Lotus newsgroups thing won't last much..  BTW, I think 
I succeeded in turning messages to text only.  is that right?


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:06:47
Message: <479a1727@news.povray.org>
how am I supposed to work without getting my daily dose of chit-chat?! :))


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:07:32
Message: <479a1754@news.povray.org>
and now?


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From: Ricardo M Barros
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:09:25
Message: <479a17c5@news.povray.org>
yes, I have a thumbdrive.  I also got broadband and found it'd be more 
practical to simply email me a zip that contained exe in the name... O_o


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From: St 
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:12:05
Message: <479a1865$1@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:479a157f$1@news.povray.org...

> I'm quite sure this Lotus newsgroups thing won't last much..  BTW, I think
> I succeeded in turning messages to text only.  is that right?


     Yep!  :)


     ~Steve~


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:16:23
Message: <479a1967@news.povray.org>
and BTW, that was my real self, getting in the way... ;)


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:19:12
Message: <479a1a10$1@news.povray.org>
Alain wrote:
> Have you tryed "cheating"?

I saw a great tool for tunneling IP over DNS.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.


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From: bluetree
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:20:00
Message: <web.479a1a02ade975519dc085130@news.povray.org>
nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> how am I supposed to work without getting my daily dose of chit-chat?! :))

Perhaps you have just to propose the use of the newsreaders. Tell them how much
your work would be affected, when you are suffering withdrawal symptoms. Do you
think that would work? ;)

          bluetree


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From: St 
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:20:04
Message: <479a1a44@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:479a1967@news.povray.org...
> and BTW, that was my real self, getting in the way... ;)


    LOL! I've done that in the past...  ;)

    ~Steve~


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From: St 
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:20:54
Message: <479a1a76$1@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:479a1345$1@news.povray.org...
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:05:28 -0500, nemesis wrote:
>
>> does it look good to
>> you?
>
> No, because it's posting both text and HTML. <barf>

     Eh? How did you know that Jim?

       ~Steve~


>
> Jim


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:38:50
Message: <479a1eaa@news.povray.org>
I'll try that as a last resort... ;)


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:47:47
Message: <479a20c3$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:38:50 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> I'll try that as a last resort... ;)

If you work in IT, you might point out that many vendors provide support 
for their products through private news servers.

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:48:21
Message: <479a20e5$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:59:43 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> BTW, I think
> I succeeded in turning messages to text only.  is that right?

Yep. :-)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:48:35
Message: <479a20f3$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:07:32 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> and now?

Now it's better. :-)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 12:49:48
Message: <479a213c$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:20:49 +0000, St. wrote:

> Eh? How did you know that Jim?

Because my newsreader doesn't render HTML, so the HTML code shows up as 
HTML code.

:-)

Jim


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From: St 
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 13:24:28
Message: <479a295c$1@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:479a213c$1@news.povray.org...
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:20:49 +0000, St. wrote:
>
>> Eh? How did you know that Jim?
>
> Because my newsreader doesn't render HTML, so the HTML code shows up as
> HTML code.

     Ah, I see. Obviously, OE hasn't got this feature. <Must try XNews again 
sometime, that was quite good iirc>

       ~Steve~


>
> :-)
>
> Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 13:32:54
Message: <479a2b56@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:24:23 +0000, St. wrote:

>      Ah, I see. Obviously, OE hasn't got this feature. <Must try XNews
>      again
> sometime, that was quite good iirc>

Yes, XNews is quite popular.  OE, as I recall, doesn't follow a lot of 
the standards by default, with regards to default message types and 
things like that.

Jim


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From: Ian Burgmyer
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 25 Jan 2008 14:04:12
Message: <479a32ac$1@news.povray.org>
Ric### [at] stjgovbr wrote:
> yes, I have a thumbdrive.

This might help: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

Best part about using something like that is that you don't have to 
install anything. :)

-- 
-Ian


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 10:17:20
Message: <479b4f00$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/25 11:59:
> executables are blocked in the proxy server.  You don't get a chance to 
> save as anything, all you get is a standard blocked screen or 
> time out in the case of ftp.  I actually downloaded the Windows version of 
> Thunderbird yesterday and zipped with the same name plus zip sufix.
> Well, it turns out that Gmail identified it as Mime type application/zip 
> and the proxy either got that or simply scanned the whole name for exe and
> found it.
> 
> How dumb am I getting or are the admins getting too smart? :P
> 
> I'm quite sure this Lotus newsgroups thing won't last much..  BTW, I think 
> I succeeded in turning messages to text only.  is that right?
> 
Have you tried some other, less known, compression formats: BH, SIT, RAR, 7Z, A, 
ACE, ARC, TZ, GZ, GZA, LHA, TAR,...

-- 
Alain
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Taste cannot be controlled by law.
Thomas Jefferson


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 10:35:01
Message: <web.479b5265ade97551743af2f90@news.povray.org>
Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Have you tried some other, less known, compression formats: BH, SIT, RAR, 7Z, A,
> ACE, ARC, TZ, GZ, GZA, LHA, TAR,...

You know, the sad part is that I'm on a Linux box.  Could've just typed tar czf
foo.tgz and be done with it.  But I wanted to do it the dumb graphical way.  So
I just relied on the defaults.  That means "File-Roller" took the executable
name and just added zip.  The exe continued.

Another option would be to rename the file to be uploaded, eliminating the exe
sufix.  Not possible on Windows, but I've done it several times in the past on
Linux.  Like when sending tgzed mp3 to gmail. :)


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 10:44:14
Message: <479b554e@news.povray.org>
nemesis escribió:
> executables are blocked in the proxy server.  You don't get a chance to 
> save as anything, all you get is a standard blocked screen or 
> time out in the case of ftp.  I actually downloaded the Windows version of 
> Thunderbird yesterday and zipped with the same name plus zip sufix.
> Well, it turns out that Gmail identified it as Mime type application/zip 
> and the proxy either got that or simply scanned the whole name for exe and
> found it.

FYI, GMail doesn't let you send exes, and checks the *contents* of zip 
files for exes.


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 11:15:00
Message: <web.479b5c27ade97551743af2f90@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> FYI, GMail doesn't let you send exes, and checks the *contents* of zip
> files for exes.

yeah, that's right.  Learned it the bad way, when I tried to send the file to
some friends so that they sent it back renamed... :/


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 11:34:16
Message: <479b6108$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/26 10:31:
> Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>> Have you tried some other, less known, compression formats: BH, SIT, RAR, 7Z, A,
>> ACE, ARC, TZ, GZ, GZA, LHA, TAR,...
> 
> You know, the sad part is that I'm on a Linux box.  Could've just typed tar czf
> foo.tgz and be done with it.  But I wanted to do it the dumb graphical way.  So
> I just relied on the defaults.  That means "File-Roller" took the executable
> name and just added zip.  The exe continued.
> 
> Another option would be to rename the file to be uploaded, eliminating the exe
> sufix.  Not possible on Windows, but I've done it several times in the past on
> Linux.  Like when sending tgzed mp3 to gmail. :)
> 
> 
Very easy to change or remove the extention on windows. You just neet to set 
explorer to not hide known extentions. Always the first thing I do on a new install.

-- 
Alain
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   I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said,  "Are you 
going to hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "No, I hate Myself now."
	Rodney Dangerfield


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 11:40:00
Message: <web.479b6229ade97551743af2f90@news.povray.org>
Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Very easy to change or remove the extention on windows. You just neet to set
> explorer to not hide known extentions. Always the first thing I do on a new install.

really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no extension?  I
don't mean hiding the extension from view, but actually having none...


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 11:57:51
Message: <op.t5jqqop3cs6ysw@e6600>
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no  
> extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
> actually having none...

Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?


-- 
FE


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 12:10:00
Message: <web.479b68c1ade97551743af2f90@news.povray.org>
"Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no
> > extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
> > actually having none...
>
> Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?

old times?  I remember at some point Windows didn't let it be done.


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 12:37:15
Message: <op.t5jskdzhcs6ysw@e6600>
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:07:13 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom>  
>> wrote:
>> > really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no
>> > extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
>> > actually having none...
>>
>> Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?
>
> old times?  I remember at some point Windows didn't let it be done.

At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.


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FE


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 13:25:01
Message: <web.479b7a2dade97551743af2f90@news.povray.org>
"Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:07:13 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom>
> >> wrote:
> >> > really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no
> >> > extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
> >> > actually having none...
> >>
> >> Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?
> >
> > old times?  I remember at some point Windows didn't let it be done.
>
> At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.

perhaps it did, but not obviously.  Alain said he had to set up some
configuration in order to do it.


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 13:31:23
Message: <op.t5ju2ktucs6ysw@e6600>
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:21:33 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:07:13 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom>  
>> wrote:
>> > "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no
>> >> > extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
>> >> > actually having none...
>> >>
>> >> Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?
>> >
>> > old times?  I remember at some point Windows didn't let it be done.
>>
>> At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.
>
> perhaps it did, but not obviously.  Alain said he had to set up some
> configuration in order to do it.

That is a problem caused by the default options in Explorer. It was not an  
issue back in the days of MS-DOS and Windows 3.x, nor is it an issue if  
you use the command console in Windows XP/Vista.


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FE


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 14:17:30
Message: <479b874a$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/26 13:21:
> "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:07:13 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>> "Fredrik Eriksson" <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:05 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> really?!  It's possible to have a Windows file with actually no
>>>>> extension?  I don't mean hiding the extension from view, but
>>>>> actually having none...
>>>> Of course it is. What made you think otherwise?
>>> old times?  I remember at some point Windows didn't let it be done.
>> At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.
> 
> perhaps it did, but not obviously.  Alain said he had to set up some
> configuration in order to do it.
> 
> 
Explorer's default to always hiding the extentions that are registered.
To change:
Open an explorer window.
In the menu, chose "Tools"
Chose "Folders options"
Select the "Display" tab
Scroll down to "Hide extentions of known files types"
Uncheck the associated box.
Click "OK"

A few lines lower, you can supress the anoying "shortcut to..." from been added 
to the name of new shortcuts.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
You know you've been raytracing too long when you resign the fact that printing 
uses CMYK instead of RGB to one of those tests God gave to Job; otherwise life 
would be too painful to go on.
     -- Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 16:07:02
Message: <479ba0f6$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html
> 
> I've used this myself when I absolutely needed the ability to use NNTP 
> and the port was blocked.

Umm... no thanks.  I'd rather not lose my job if they find out I've 
installed custom software to bypass their security :)

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 16:07:20
Message: <479ba108$1@news.povray.org>
bluetree wrote:
>> Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I
>> can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(
> 
> ^^
> They want you to work at work. ;)

Anyone who thinks that POV-Ray isn't work doesn't love it enough :)

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 16:20:01
Message: <web.479ba37eade97551863b65e70@news.povray.org>
Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
> > http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html
> >
> > I've used this myself when I absolutely needed the ability to use NNTP
> > and the port was blocked.
>
> Umm... no thanks.  I'd rather not lose my job if they find out I've
> installed custom software to bypass their security :)

yes.  That's why I thought it'd be great to use Lotus Notes... :))


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 16:31:07
Message: <479ba69b$1@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:
> 
> Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I
> can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(
> 

You install OpenSSH server at your home-PC, make sure that you have
route from work to the homebox and enchant "ssh -L 119:203.29.75.35:119"
and configure your news reader at work to connect to localhost. Voilá.
And if you'll close the SSH-connection, there's no route to the news
server either.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 18:05:01
Message: <web.479bbc87ade975518164e96c0@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
> >
> > Those darned admins.  At my job, they block the NNTP protocol, so I
> > can't read ng with anything other than the web interface :(
> >
>
> You install OpenSSH server at your home-PC, make sure that you have
> route from work to the homebox and enchant "ssh -L 119:203.29.75.35:119"
> and configure your news reader at work to connect to localhost. Voilá.
> And if you'll close the SSH-connection, there's no route to the news
> server either.

diabolical plans to postpone work.  Learned from the BOFH? ;)


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 18:21:34
Message: <479bc07e@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:06:59 -0800, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html
>> 
>> I've used this myself when I absolutely needed the ability to use NNTP
>> and the port was blocked.
> 
> Umm... no thanks.  I'd rather not lose my job if they find out I've
> installed custom software to bypass their security :)

Well, there is that.  I've always gotten permission first before using 
something like this.

Jim


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 26 Jan 2008 19:03:45
Message: <479bca61$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.

Heck, CP/M let you have extensionless files. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     On what day did God create the body thetans?


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 27 Jan 2008 04:58:37
Message: <479c55cd@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> 
> diabolical plans to postpone work.  Learned from the BOFH? ;)
> 

Learned from? Heck, I AM the BOFH ;).

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 27 Jan 2008 06:02:12
Message: <479c64b4$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Learned from? Heck, I AM the BOFH ;).
> 

...meaning I work as one. AFAIK I'm not the one who inspired the stories :p.

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Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 27 Jan 2008 07:09:26
Message: <479c7476$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Alain wrote:
>> Have you tryed "cheating"?
> 
> I saw a great tool for tunneling IP over DNS.
> 

What next, IP via Morse Code timed SNMP pings? The check sums would need
work, one faulty router in the middle and S turns into O.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: new news client
Date: 27 Jan 2008 11:59:36
Message: <479cb878$1@news.povray.org>
Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Alain wrote:
>>> Have you tryed "cheating"?
>> I saw a great tool for tunneling IP over DNS.
>>
> 
> What next, IP via Morse Code timed SNMP pings? 

You laugh, but this is exactly the sort of thing NSA, CIA, and other spy 
places worry are running on their computers. It's called "covert 
channels", which wikipedia has a decent page on. "Port knocking" is when 
you do this on purpose to talk to your firewall.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     On what day did God create the body thetans?


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