[GNUz] Rik's mail issues.

[Rik Tindall]

Phil,

Thanks. The software untangled itself - getting the update manager to 
complete its tasks was the trick.

Looking into broadband now - had enough of this!
Looks like a 500KB limit on attachments has been introduced, 
disconnecting users after that - updates similarly affected :-/

Once the new connection is sorted I'll do the live update to Ubuntu 8.04 
- sounds good.

What did you think of Amaya?  - It's available via apt-get etc as a package.

Cheers, Rik

hmmm.. just got down a mailed 1.5MB pdf ok. - ???  not sure what the ISP 
is up to really, maybe just v.busy.


P.S. Hi Pia, good to see you're still with us & SFD - we have our usual 
library day planned.


Philip Gemmell wrote:
> Rik,
>  
> Keep on the phone to them is the only advice I can offer. If you can't 
> get the mail how you want it, I would as a back stop try using 
> webmail. If the service appears to be trying dis-establish dial users, 
> then sadly, maybe they are winning. Look into Whoosh or other on the 
> road options.  Best of luck though.
>  
> Cheers
> Phil
> ----- Original Message ----
>
> Hey Phil,
>
> Have a look at Amaya - http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
>
> I find Amaya very handy, esp for webpage validation.
>
> Phil wrote:
> > List,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if there is a programme like nvu that I can download
> > and install with the Adept installer? Or is Nvu the better software.
> > I've never dabbled in this before so want a very user friendly website
> > creator. I have downloaded the nvu tar.bz but thought I would ask if
> > there are options.
> >
> > Any help, advice appriciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Phil
>
> Sorry for the slow reply. My @#$!?&!??? ISP Snap has reviewed its server
> software recently, and implemented a really kewl new 'feature' for its
> (declining / disincentivised?) dialup clients - a user timeout on POP,
> triggered by large attachment downloads.
>
> So, for the first time in aaages I've now got broken software on my main
> gnu/linux box - hence the reply delay. Thunderbird is unable to
> send/receive mail via ppp temporarily (the timer icon just keeps its
> circling). Not sure where to look to fix that; have tried reinstalling
> Thunderbird but no change. Also rang ISP and all they said was 'dunno,
> but others are complaining too'.
>
> Any suggestions folks?
>
> Cheers, Rik
>