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Accessing IMAP from W*****s
by Ewan Slater 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

<quote> If you have a spare USB stick, you could install Portable Apps http://portableapps.com/ on it and use something like Thunderbird http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable to access the IMAP account. I've only used it with PC's with XP installed but believe it works with most varieties of W*****s. All you do is stick it in a USB socket and the apps automatically fire up. When you remove the USB stick, it doesn't leave anything behind on the host PC. </quote> Portable Apps works on Windows 7 and XP. Don't know about Vista or 8. Another option would be to take a Virtual Box Linux VM with you and use that. My €0.02 Ewan

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old tat going free
by mick 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Or really useful old hardware..... Another clear out means that I have some old tat to get rid of. Someone may find some of it useful. If so, let me know, otherwise it's going to the wee recycling dump. Two EZ PCMCIA 10/100 ethernet adaptors (cards slot into old adaptor slots and provide RJ45 ethernet connectors) One Dell external CD/DVD drive wich uses the Dell connecting cable (with cable) One Dell external CD/DVD drive which uses USB connecting cable (with cable) One 5 1/4" floppy drive (really). I have also found a box of Digital Research 5 1/4 floppies with GEM etc dating from 1987 if anyone is feeling really nostalgic. One "universal modulator" from Maplin (one of these http://www.maplin.co.uk/programmable-universal-modulator-33050) Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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(no subject)
by RICHARD FLETCHER 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

http://www.blochtech.com/components/com_content/serviceg/noise/apologize

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Re: [ALUG] Just signed up
by Ewan Slater 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Hi, Thanks for all the responses. I'll try and get to one of the pub meetings in May or June (work/travel permitting) and will be intermittently lurking on IRC, with the imaginative handle of ewan_s Cheers, Ewan On 22 April 2013 12:00, <main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk> wrote: > Send main mailing list submissions to > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > main-owner(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of main digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Just signed up (mick) > 2. Re: Just signed up (Steve Engledow) > 3. Re: (no subject) (Wayne Stallwood) > 4. (no subject) (RICHARD FLETCHER) > 5. Re: (no subject) ( (Ted Harding)) > 6. Re: (no subject) (mick) > 7. Re: there are two binaries, one works one does not > (Peter Alcibiades) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:32:38 +0100 > From: mick <mbm(a)rlogin.net> > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] Just signed up > Message-ID: <20130421123238.79e6a425(a)gate.rlogin.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:58:09 +0100 > Brett Parker <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> allegedly wrote: > > > On 19 Apr 15:43, Ewan Slater wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just joined the list and I was wondering if and when there are > > > any face - to - face meetings of the group, and/or key - signing > > > sessions? > > > > The usual monthly meetings are as per the website: > > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > > > > Basically, 2nd Thursday in Norwich and 3rd Monday in Ipswich. > > > > If there's any other time/place you want to meet it's worth throwing > > out to the list to see if there's any interest. > > Hi Ewan and welcome. > > As far as key signing goes, you can probably do that at a pub meeting. > > Mick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > blog: baldric.net > gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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there are two binaries, one works one does not
by Peter Alcibiades 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

The binary that works is in the home directory. The one that does not is in usr/local/bin. The Qt5 libs are in /opt. The error message from running sigil is this: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Widgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I am guessing that somehow the path of the sigil command is wrongly set and so it cannot see the file, which is really there? But the other thing I can't understand is why the compile and installer should have apparently installed binaries in /home? Or is the installation process first to compile, and then to move the bits into the right places, and this has not happened? On the other hand, the sigil binaries are where they should be, so the qt5 libs should be also. What the world needs is a Debian maintainer for sigil! Any volunteers? Al

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(no subject)
by RICHARD FLETCHER 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

http://miravel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/serviceg/hurry/witness

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Re: [ALUG] Just signed up
by Steve Engledow 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

----- Forwarded message from mick <mbm(a)rlogin.net> ----- Hi Ewan and welcome. As far as key signing goes, you can probably do that at a pub meeting. Mick ----- End forwarded message ----- Welcome to ALUG, Ewan. As Mick said, key signing does indeed happen occasionally at pubmeets so come down to one some time. We're generally very unorganised though and have to go look up how to do key signing every time :) We're all experts, honest. It's also worth getting onto IRC at some point to say hi. We're on irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Steve

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Just signed up
by Ewan Slater 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Hi, I've just joined the list and I was wondering if and when there are any face - to - face meetings of the group, and/or key - signing sessions? Also, is anyone based in the Halesworth area? Cheers, Ewan

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stumbling around with sigil...
by Peter Alcibiades 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

OK, finally solved the problem with QT5, though without being really clear what worked or why. It did finally compile and installed itself politely in /opt. Now there is another puzzle. The problem was to install and run sigil. Which is a very nice package indeed if you want to edit epub books.Very nice. Unfortunately you have to compile it from source. They do not do binaries, and if they have as hard a time as me with it, I can understand why. The problem is that entering the command sigil in a terminal produces an error to the effect that libQt5 widgets is not found. However, the binary is installed in my home directory in a sigil folder, and if I execute this binary it works just fine. If I look in the /opt sigil directory, qt5widgets is indeed there. So how do I change the command so that it calls the binary that works? There must be a file someplace that has all these commands in it, but where? Al

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Re: [ALUG] Looking up IP address via DNS
by Mark Rogers 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

On 18 April 2013 10:16, Mark Rogers <mark(a)more-solutions.co.uk> wrote: > I need a way to do a DNS lookup of an IP address that returns the IP > address. I have managed to solve this in two ways, in case anyone is interested. First: $ dig @8.8.8.8 192.168.1.1 +short $ dig @192.168.100.5 192.168.1.1 +short 192.168.1.1 It turns out that Google's DNS doesn't give an answer when queried for an IP address, but my own office DNS (dnsmasq) does. So controlling the DNS server gives me a solution. Secondly though: I found a way to bypass the braindead behaviour in the unit, and although it's messy it works, so none of the rest of this matters any more! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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