Found out 10 minutes ago that no email coming to any of my accounts ( on this domain ) is getting through to any mailbox ( offsite or web-based ), I only found this out when I was planning my activities for wednesday and went to double-check that I hadn’t been given any work today. Found three new jobs, which means I should have received three new emails at least.
And here I just thought I was having a slow mail day…
Add comment April 26th, 2004
I hope no-one ever rants at me about how Microsoft locks you into proprietry formats, or how they make it hard for you to use 3rd party alternatives to their own products, or how dirty and underhanded they are. I certainly hope no-one ever says that the people at Mozilla are any better.
I’ve been using Thunderbird for my mail for a while now. It’s not a bad program, it is still in it’s beta form, but very stable. I think I first started using it when it was recommened by one of the guys at Penny Arcade. So I’ve been using it a fair bit, for quite a while.. upgraded it a few times as they released new stable builds, dealt with annoying migration issues ( like having absolute addressing in it’s config file ), annoying functionality issues ( like not being able to open a new window from a link in an email ).. because it’s free software, it’s quite good, and someone other than Microsoft deserves a chance.
WRONG!
I’ve just spent 3 hours trying to export my mail from Thunderbird, so that I can use a program without any of the failings that a beta product might. Do you know what my end result is?
Nothing!
There is no ( zero ) export utility built into the program itself, this is okay though, because apparently the email is stored in the mbox format, which a lot of mail programs recognise. Except that Mozilla in their infinite pig-headedness have decided not to actually call the files .mbx, they have no extension, so if you have 400 mail folders, you can expect to have to add an extension to 400 files. Of course, then you need to download a third party ( 4th party? ) application to change the mbox format into something other progams recognise, because the file still cant be openned.
So I did this, and imported the email in a program I chose to use, and lo and behold, a good 1/2 of my emails have decided that their recieved date is the date & time they were imported.
So I’m back to Thunderbird, hoping like hell that the devs pull their fingers out and adopt a more friendly attitude.
In short, fuck you Mozilla, you just lost me.
Add comment April 24th, 2004
Not PC memory though, brain memory.
At least three times in the last week I’m been out on the road, or at the shops, or just away from a computer and I’ve thought of something funny, witty or just interesting to post about. I’ve thought to myself that ‘Topic A’ is something I should post about, so I should definately remember ‘Topic A’. As you can plainly see.. none of these funny, wity or interesting posts ever made it online.
Maybe I should buy a PDA…
Add comment April 23rd, 2004
If anyone knows what I’ve done with my USB memory stick/key, please let me know.. I need it for a job I organised for tommorow and dont relish the idea of spending $60-$80 on a USB stick so I can use it for one job…
Edit: I found it. Stupid thing was hidden in the back of one of my bookcases, I need more bookcases. I need more walls.
Add comment April 21st, 2004
Have been playing “Far Cry”.
You spend 99% of the time trying to rescue a totally thick woman named Val.
I’ve saved her now, three times.
Now she is “helping” me on a mission. The sum total of her help thus far is:
“Look, there’s a badguy”
“They’re right on top of us!”
“Careful, there’s one on our six!”
“Jack! Lookup behind you!”
Then we have some very bad driving ( she got lost, pfft.. women drivers! )
Now I have to go kill all the people in a base so that she can waltz in, hack the security system and steal a nuke. Sure.. I’ll do all the hard work, fine.. but does she have to run around behind me, fully upright, in a bright white top while I’m prone, sniper rifle in hand trying to pick off the sentries while remaining unseen by the remaining guards?
In short, Val, in Farcry or Far Cry or whatever it’s called. Stupid. Doesn’t shoot. Gets stuck in bad situations. Stupid.
Add comment April 5th, 2004
Ooookay, this is more than a little odd and a little disconcerting..
I just receieved an email at my Yahoomail account ( little more than a spamtrap now ). The message appears ( on the surface ) to be a Delivery Failure notification from Yahoo ( but isn’t ).
This in itself is unusual as I very very rarely actually send email from there.
The second surprise comes when I open the email and the original mail was addressed to many many people, again.. I dont send mass emails.. ever..
Third surprise.. by this time i’m assuming it’s either viral or a spam… then I notice the names… Talen..Zubrette.. itagne.. ( Cabal 
)..
These are all names from years ago! This looks more like someone has ransacked my addressbook and has been sending stuff out. Including a file called text.zip! I dont know about you, but I’ve got an awful lot of stuff sitting on my system in plain text format that I dont want anyone mailing.. so by this time I’m thinking of viruses, and how secure my password isn’t.. ( many digits, random alpha-numerics with CapiTAliSatION, but written in my XP cd-case ) and searching my system for appropriately named files.
I took a look at the IP addresses listed in the mail and “tracert”ing them… I think I’ve narrowed it down to one person living in NZ… one of only two or three people that would have all the people on the list, and a notable absence from the email itself. Still.. a rush of excitement for a while..
If anyone wants to see the mail ( there are no valid email addresses there afterall ), i’ve put it up at http://www.platinumweaver.net/oddmail.php
Enjoy.
Add comment April 5th, 2004