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Epoc Digest Fri, 05 Mar 2004 Volume 01 : Number 464

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In today's Epoc Digest 19 messages:

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- Jotter download

- Re: Emulator info request

- Compuserve Cologne numbers # 463 (8)

- Jack's evangelising PS ;-) & Mac # 461 (8)

- RE: Reading Lat/Lon from time in OPL

- SMTP and EPOC mail | HTML Mail macro

- T610 / Lifebook

- Nokia 9500

- Viruses

- PsiLinux

- Walkabout with Gates

- Re: Nokia 9500

- Nokia 9500, Opera Proxy Settings,

- Re: PsiLinux

- Re: wireless netbook/mbook question

- DACOM Gold Card problem, help needed

- Using FastBackUp on mbook

- SmtpAuth updated to version 0.7

- PSION and GPS (Possible OT)

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 02:40:54 -0500

From: Timothy H.D. Williams

Subject: Jotter download

On 4 Mar 2004, at 21:wrote:

> The updated Jotter version could be downloaded as part of the Netbook > or Netpad. I did so ages ago but alas, I suffered a broken CF card and > lost all data. Can anyone remind me of the link which I can not

> relocate?

http://www.psionteklogix.com/teknet/pdk/netpad-pdk/epoc_downloads.htm

Best

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 02:54:44 -0500

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Re: Emulator info request

Malcolm Garrett wrote:

> Hi Itamar, I'd appreciate a copy of your info from Keith on the > emulator setup and OPX files.

They are available on my web site.

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

http://ohsix827.home.comcast.net

Thought For The Day:

All my outgoing e-mails have been checked by Norton Anti-virus.

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 03:52:47 -0500

From: vlad a

Subject: Compuserve Cologne numbers # 463 (8)

> Armin wrote on 5.3.2004:

> Do I get it right, that it is not possible to dial to Cologne, Germany from

> Arizona, USA to listen if there is a com?

You cannot access 019... numbers from abroad afaik. For Compuserve you don't

need to though, just ask the Hotline for the dialup number nearest to your

location (ask Directory Assistance for the Compuserve Hotline or check their

website). Access might cost extra, but I suppose less than calling Köln from

Ariz :-/

Hope this is helpful,

best,

vlad

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 03:52:51 -0500

From: Cyril Catt

Subject: Jack's evangelising PS ;-) & Mac # 461 (8)

Vlad,

Just as Psion did with the Series 5, Palm's/Handspring recently dropped support for Mac interfacing, leaving it in the unreliable laps of third parties. And as Steve Jobs axed the Newton, and has shown little interest in providing links to similar machines, I doubt he will want

to get egg on his face by doing a u turn on an Apple PDA. So the future for an Apple-OS-compatible PDA seems pretty bleak to me, despite the undoubted need for a pocketable device for folk who don't want to lug a laptop everywhere.

Cyril Catt

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 04:29:05 -0500

From: Martin Maxwell

Subject: RE: Reading Lat/Lon from time in OPL

Answer to: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: RE: Reading Lat/Lon from time in OPL

Dear Owen,

I am a sailor myself and would love to be able to do this. This would open a lot of opportunities, even though the Lon/Lat only has minute accuracy, and not seconds.

I have not used the Alarm.opx at all previously, but I note that there is a function:

WldEditCity:(aCityToEdit$, aCountryToEdit$, aCityName$, aCountryName$, aMinsLat&, aMinsLong&, aAreaCode$, aDaylightZone%, aGMTOffset&, aMapX%, aMapY%)

The question here is whether these are passed by reference or value. In any case the values must be stored somewhere.

See if I can find out some more about this.

Kind regards

Martin Maxwell

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 09:49:29 -0500

From: Antony

Subject: SMTP and EPOC mail | HTML Mail macro

To: Armin Podtschaske

>Why don't you use the SMTP of your POP3-provider?

I connect to the internet via different providers like you, but I always use the same mailbox setting of my freemail-provider with it's POP3 and SMTP. I completly ignore the different addresses, POP3's and SMTP's of my ISP's.<

Some ISPs, including the one I use for pop3 mail, prevent use of their SMTP server if your IP address is not within a specific domains range. This is so that only thier customers can use it instead of spammers and anyone else, who could overload it.

If you know of an SMTP server I could use for all my connections that doesn't require authentication, I would be grateful if you post it for the benefit of us all.

>No, that would probably end with sending your mail with different "From:" - addresses depending on your actual connection.

Example: If you are customer of t-online in Germany, and you send via their SMTP, they will change the "From:" - address of your outgoing mail to y- address.<

No. That depends on your email settings in your email client not the SMTP server you forward emails through. If t-online do this, they would be creating a potentially bogus address. Example: -

If you create an account with an ISP called A.com. You set your emailYou create another account with ISP t-online and an addressbut do not put these details into your email cleitn whatsoever

You then decide to send email from your client, setup was the senders address, via t-onlines SMTP server. You would then have a senders addresswhich doesn't exist.

I suspect you would be required to authenticate your SMTP connection with account credentials, which is similar to what other ISPs do via Address ranges. t-online could then use this account information to determine the email address that matches and modify the email headers that way.

I don't think EPOC mail has the facility to use SMTP authentication, although I do believe there is an additional piece of software written by one of the digest members.

HTML Mail macro

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I have tried to set this up for my Netbook and have tweaked it to ensure it grabs the document body, it detects MsgApp.app and Opera on Z: instead of just searching for Email and Web on C: and D: . I have noticed and anomaly that occurs when the temporary document is saved.

The procedure the macro uses, involves passing keystrokes to the email application to select all text then copy it to the clipboard. It creates a temporary .html file and writes the clipboard contents to the file. It does this using a function ClipRead:,a Macro5 function, to get the clipboard contents and IOWRITE() to dump the clipboard to the file.

The problem is, the formatting of the file is incorrect. I manually copied the email contents, pasted to a text file and opened within Opera, to find it was formatted fine. I compared the files and found that all, carriage return/linefeed combinations (0D0A) were replaced by ACK (06) in the macro temporary file and can only determine that ClipRead: has a bug?

I used Merlin as the Macro launcher, but have the Macro 5 libraries installed.

Has anyone else encountered this? If so, did you resolve or workaround it? I was thinking of simply stripping them all out anyway as CR/LF are ignored in HTML documents, but would like to know the cause of the problem, rather than working around it, especially as stripping all the 06 characters from the buffer may be slow.

Antony Booth

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 09:53:03 -0500

From: "Christopher Marwood"

Subject: T610 / Lifebook

Hi all,

My apologies if I missed it, but I don't think there was a reply to my request for settings info for Sony Ericsson T610 with 5mx/revo. If someone could post them again, I'd be very grateful.

I mentioned that I was trying out an Axim to accompany my new Lifebook. Well, need I say more than that the battery has just run flat from lack of attention. The Lifebook (p5020) on the other hand is stunning. I'm waiting for delivery of a USB - Serial cable to see if I can get my 5mx synchronising with it.

Good luck,

Chris

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 10:05:00 -0500

From: Steve Litchfield

Subject: Nokia 9500

In answer to the question about the Nokia 9500, it will have 80MB of memory. Probably 48MB user flash memory and 32MB RAM, the split to be confirmed. Plus expansion card, of course.

It will also run most existing 9210 apps without modification. 8-)))))

These are interesting times. Psion/Nokia 9210 owners now have a way of keeping going for another few years with a proper keyboarded, clamshell machine, with up-to-date specs and support.

In terms of apps, I'm redoubling my efforts to keep creating and polishing stuff for Series 80, plus converting many programs for UIQ (the

P800/P900), now that OPL's been released for this.

Cheers all, ____________________________________________________________________

Steve Litchfield, 3-Lib, http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/

For Psion and Symbian handhelds, with computer-based training on CD

Also PocketInfo, useful files - http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/pocketinfo Journalism: sub-editor and/or senior contributor to:

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PC Basics - http://www.paragon.co.uk/mags/pcbasics.html

Reviews editor, AllAboutSymbian - http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 10:32:48 -0500

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Viruses

Hi.

The viruses are getting smarter! I just received the following e-mail with the attachment "Information.pif". This is a virus, but even people who know about the risk of viruses might be taken in by this one as the e-mail also contains what looks like sensible text from the recipient's ISP.

What has happened is that the virus found my e-mail address in the addressbook of the infected machine and made up a from addrand URL (http://www.frisurf.no) by using the domain name from my address.

I have received lots of viruses lately, so check and update your antivirus programs. Never trust any e-mail attachment you haven't specifically asked for without checking back with the sender!

Iterestingly, I sent this e-mail yesterday with the subject line "Fwd: Notify about your e-mail account utilization" and it was bounced by freeserve, presumably because of the subject line which came from the original virus e-mail?

Owen

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Subject: Notify about your e-mail account utilDate: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:04:56 +0000

Dear user of "Frisurf.no" mailing system,

We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe, please, follow the instructions.

Please, read the attach for further details.

Sincerely,

The Frisurf.no team http://www.frisurf.no

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 10:36:00 -0500

From: Mike Woodward

Subject: PsiLinux

Reply to <cmesser

Quite easy to temporarily convert your Windows PC to LINUX to enable you to

copy the files to an ext2 partition.

If you have an ADSL connection you can download the relevant version of KOPPIX

from www.kopper.net or www.knoppix.net, transfer files to a CD & re-boot your

PC from the CD-ROM drive all for free, still on dial-up, then they will supply

a version on CD for a small charge.

Make sure you download the version that supports the ext2 file system.

You may need to change your bios settings to be able to boot from CD, best way

is to have boot order as floppy then CD with hard drive at the end. New PCs

should already be configured this way, so you can use the Windows XP recovery

CD.

Koppix can see all the Windows files as read only, si it can never damage your

Windows installation, you can change the properties if you want to write to

the Windows file system.

Koppix is also a real boon if your PC won't boot up, as it provides the

opportunity to salvage your files, it even includes a LINUX version of CD-ROM

burner.

Nearly forgot, Koppix has a lot more than just LINUX on it, it includes lots

of applications including a full office suite.

The Koppix version will also give you the opportunity to understand LINUX as

well as providing some generic LINUX documentation.

You could also use the Koppix applications as an alternative to buying that

Windows product.

Mike

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 13:23:21 -0500

From: Timothy H.D. Williams

Subject: Walkabout with Gates

> 2 March 2004

> Mississauga, ON, Canada Psion Teklogix, (LSE: PON), a global

> provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data

> collection, today unveiled the WORKABOUT PRO, a Windows CE .NET based

> hand-held computer that delivers the flexibility, performance and

> ruggedness required for data collection in harsh environments, in a

> very user friendly, ergonomic package. Based on industry standards,

> the WORKABOUT PRO provides ease of integration with customer

> infrastructures while class-leading expansion and customization

> capabilities enable it to meet the needs of the mobile computing,

> supply chain and logistics and retail markets.

http://www.psionteklogix.com/public.aspx?s=com&p=News&POid=560

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 14:52:02 -0500

From: Martin Guthrie

Subject: Re: Nokia 9500

Reply to: Kevin Thorne

> Thanks for the list of specs - I'm impressed as they take the > ageing old dog right up to date. I notice at 222 grams it's > not significantly lighter than my old 9210 brick but it's

> certainly much better specced than its predecessor! Now,

> dare I ask this? Have Nokia yet again crippled the poor

> thing with a measly amount of RAM or have they finally seen

> the error of their ways and allowed the Symbian OS to fly

> with a decent amount of headroom? I for one am very

> interested in this new product but won't even consider one in > the future unless that RAM is at least 16Mb this time - I

> speak from bitter experience with my old 9210; it was a fine > machine in many ways but completely spoilt (IMHO) by this

> very annoying limitation.

IIRC, standard spec. is 80Mb (yes, eight-zero!). Sounds like someone was listening...

Had a brief play with one at 3GSM last week - looked nice and the keyboard was much improved IMO.

Best regards,

Martin Guthrie

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www.pscience5.net

www.freepoc.org

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 14:57:25 -0500

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Nokia 9500, Opera Proxy Settings,

Answer to: Kevin Thorne

Re.: Nokia 9500 - Well, loads of information on the pages of Nokia website but .... for the disk size !!

Answer to: Marcus

Re.: Opera Proxy Settings - Thanks, unticked proxy server and it worked.

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 15:00:23 -0500

From: Andrew Gregory

Subject: Re: PsiLinux

> Date: 3 Mar 2004 11:38:00 -0500

> From: Colin Messer

> Subject: PsiLinux

[snip]

> It seems that I need a Linux desktop platform to support my setting up > Linux on my 5MX.

> Last weekend I burnt Fedora Core 1 onto CD-ROM. If I can find 2GB on my > PC I will install it and see if I can progress any further.

Have you considered Knoppix? Eliminates the need to find 2GB!

Andrew Gregory, <URL: mailto:andrew

<URL: http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/ >

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 15:06:03 -0500

From: Martin Guthrie

Subject: Re: wireless netbook/mbook question

Reply to: Terry Gordon

> I think I've figured out my inability to connect my mbook/Cisco wifi card to > my Apple Airport base station. The Cisco rLan configuration expects the

> internet to be on all the time (ethernet/DSL/cable set up) whereas my

> Airport base station uses dial up. I can get the Mbook wireless to work at > Starbuck's for instance, but not at home. So, the bottom line is the Cisco > configuration doesn't let me set anything to tell the Airport station to first > communicate with my Mbook and then start the dial up. Any suggestions?

Hi Terry,

Replied to your post a couple of days ago - but it seems to have gotten

lost in the ether somewhere! Here goes #2...

Yes, 2 suggestions:-

1) There's an option in the Airport to have it dial up whenever it

senses an IP request. This would solve your problem but: a) you have to

wait for it to connect up before you can do anything useful, b) it

doesn't automatically disconnect which may be a problem if you're using

a pay-per-minute ISP.

2) There are java utilities available that allow you to control the

dial-up and disconnect of the modem directly. See

http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/ for details. I

also use an Airport at home and - by coincidence - I'm in the process of

porting these utilities so that they'll run on my netBook (well, I'm

writing an OPL wrapper around them). I've not mentioned it publicly yet (erm, oops...!) but if you want to play with a (very) rough alpha

version let me know...

Best regards,

Martin Guthrie

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www.pscience5.net

www.freepoc.org

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 15:34:46 -0500

From: Edgar Brazda MD, PhD

Subject: DACOM Gold Card problem, help needed

Hi,

I bought a "DACOM GoldCard Netglobal 56k+Fax+10Mb Ethernet" card and its "Ethernet" part does not work.

What works:

- its 56k modem works flawlessly (that was the point of my purchase) - my "pre September" netBook works perfectly with a WLAN card on the very same local network (Internet setup OK)

Facts:

- according to Sylvester.org, this card should work with netBook

- I followed Sylvester.org's instructions and found:

- at "switch on" the green "Link" led turns on, and after a few sec it turns off,

- at "connecting to the internet" (opening TCP/IP communication) the green "Link" led turns on, but after 10 seconds turns off, no "Data" led blinking at all, and no connection, no chance to Ping

Ethernet setup

- DHCP, device: Psion Dacom Gold Card, Advanced: off, 1800

Please help,

Edgar from snowy Budapest

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 17:13:15 -0500

From: Daniele Squarci

Subject: Using FastBackUp on mbook

Terry Gordon wrote: >> Hs anyone successfully used Chris Handley's Fastbackup on an Mbook? <<

No problems here.

Ciao

Daniele Squarci - Italy

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 18:42:27 -0500

From: Marcus von Cube

Subject: SmtpAuth updated to version 0.7

Hi,

Rolf von Au asked me to update SmtpAuth to fix the EPOC Bcc bug. I just did it. But the new version does a little more:

- Tracefile can now be configured, tracing can be on or off

- Transparent mode; it helps to create traces from arbitrary TCP/IP-programs

- Header filtering and substitution; e. g. you can replace the Reply-to header if you wish and you can hide the Bcc header

I didn't upgrade EpocUtil, just SmtpAuth. Download the software from

http://www.mvcsys.de/download.

Marcus

http://www.mvcsys.de

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Date: 5 Mar 2004 19:35:18 -0500

From: Jaap Laméris

Subject: PSION and GPS (Possible OT)

Greetings!

I am considering getting a Garmin Etrex Legend GPS for my birthday. I am intending to use it primarly for bicycling and walking in my own country (Holland), but also on vacation. Although I have Palmtop´s Routeplanner on my Mbook, this combination is not the ideal one when bicycling.

Since I intend to stay on several places during my camping vacations, and I like to do some long distance ridings, I foresee that I will need several regions in the mapsource maps, well over the 8 MB memory available for downloadable maps. Of course I could get a Garmin with a larger additional memory or other brands with CF cards, but fopr several reasons I like the Legend.

My questions are: (1) Are there any EPOC programs available that can download Mapsource maps to the Etrex Legend GPS? I wil not be able to bring a lap top with me. Or: (2) Are there other programs that can load maps drom other sources (digitized maps) in Garmin GPS?

Or should I use my Mbook with programs like Realmap to make routes (tracks) and can I load them on my GPS

(3) Are the cables available for direct connection between the Mbook and the GPS, without using null-modems or other means? And where can I buy them?

(4) Are there others things that I should be aware before I going to buy it from your own experiences??

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jaap.

PS. Thanks to Chris Handley I have solved my problems with CronTab and Fastbackup. Using his second patch also solved my problems with Crontab and the appl/doc mode.