Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday January 15th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 22:52
Nothing?
Kathy
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
> "technoir"...
RE: FN-FORUM Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 22:44
Hi David,
I spoke to them recently about purchasing it myself but the software (really
firmware) blocks several items I need to use like msn messenger, net meeting
etc... BUT they advised me that the...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 22:34
"technoir" [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
> it will work something like this
What on earth has this to do with validating an email address?
>
> # Create a user agent object
> $ua = new LWP::U...
Re: FN-FORUM Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 22:34
Hi Gary,
First off I'd separate all the styles (including your absolute positioning
and put them all in a css file. At least then you could clean it up a bit
and see the wood from the trees... Why u...
RE: FN-FORUM Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 22:32
You are using DIV tags to align some of your stuff, you are far better off
just using pure table tags for complex alignment, as there are some
incompatibilities between early versions of v4 browsers...
RE: FN-FORUM Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 22:07
Before you get very pissed - look up the stats for Netscape use :-)
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Re: FN-FORUM Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 21:54
I'm more worried by the invisible graphics and the apostrophe abuse ;-p. But
Netscape 4.x has always been crap at absolute positioning. If you make the
page wide enough, it's fine...not very useful t...
RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 21:36
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Stuart Darbyshire wrote:
>
> that was my initial thoughts and why I was wary, have now told them to go
> away, don't need to be getting involved with Spam
>
> Stu
If the user i...
Re: FN-FORUM Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 21:17
Looks OK in netscape 6.2, and code looks OK. Don't see your problem.
garry woodward wrote:
> Ok, before I really get pissed off...
>
> In IE the text aligns fine, in Netscape, it's all over the p...
Re: FN-FORUM New site -- feedback requested, please
date posted 15th January 2002 21:12
uck! well everybodys first site looks bad and when you're using something
like freeserves webbuilder matters aren't improved.
basics:
first thing i'd say is to get some decent webspace, have a loo...
FN-FORUM Regional Settings
date posted 15th January 2002 21:02
Hi,
I wonder f anyone can help me. I am writing some software which needs
multi-lingual capability. So I need to write some software that changes the
regional settings general locale and input loc...
Tables inNetscape
date posted 15th January 2002 20:47
Ok, before I really get pissed off...
In IE the text aligns fine, in Netscape, it's all over the place
WHY!!!
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.woodward2
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Re: FN-FORUM New site -- feedback requested, please
date posted 15th January 2002 20:07
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RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 19:49
that was my initial thoughts and why I was wary, have now told them to go
away, don't need to be getting involved with Spam
Stu
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OT - Testing...Testing...
date posted 15th January 2002 19:45
1, 2, 3, 4...
Dont ask!
Regards
David Raza
2D Creative Ltd
www.2dc.biz...
Re: FN-FORUM Public Relations and strategic alliance
date posted 15th January 2002 19:28
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Nice of you to let everyone know, Beccy. I'm in a similar position,...
RE: FN-FORUM Possible Work
date posted 15th January 2002 19:12
Joe, hello
I just do development and try not to touch design with a barge pole! I'm
an ASP person.
I guess the first extra is upgrading the site so that ASP can be used. I
don't know if it is runni...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 19:10
It doesn't. I was assuming that what they wanted to avoid was
48,998 bounces. I tend to agree with earlier post. Looks and
sounds and smells like a spam to unqualified list.
If you have a Linux/Unix...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelancers.net List Sponsorship
date posted 15th January 2002 18:59
Andy, I'll bid quid for a line of your .sig
Andy Hutchinson wrote:
> Hmmm - ok, I understand that you're trying to make money guys, fair
> enough, servers don't pay for themselves. But surely I can...
Re: FN-FORUM Possible Work
date posted 15th January 2002 18:17
I am putting together a website proposal for a client that requires some ASP
pages or similar. As I am strictly a front-end designer and have no desire
whatsoever to meddle in ASP, JSP, TSB or any o...
RE: FN-FORUM BNI (ish)
date posted 15th January 2002 18:15
Hi all
Apologies in advance as this will be of little interest to non BNI members
on the forum.....
Our BNI rep went to a BNI dinner last night and said some strong words about
the current state of...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 18:05
it will work something like this
# Create a user agent object
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
# Create a request
my $tempurl;
$req = new HTTP::Request GET => $tempurl;
# Pass request to the user...
RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 18:03
thats my inital reaction as well
Stu
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Subject: Re: FN-...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 18:01
Could you turn off your HTML mail, please?
Thanks
Terry Riley...
shoskeles
date posted 15th January 2002 18:00
Regarding the idea of using your webspace as a TV advert
There is also now an even newer idea which people might like to see
You can see examples of "shoshkeles" at http://www.unitedvirtualities.com/...
RE: FN-FORUM BNI (ish)
date posted 15th January 2002 17:56
I remember there was a fair bit of discussion about BNI on this list
last year. After positive feedback from a few people I gave the Lord
High Supplicant of my local chapter a ring and he did a good...
RE: FN-FORUM Freelancers.net List Sponsorship
date posted 15th January 2002 17:49
Hi Andy
Sure you can reach the 500 forum members, but as you say jostling for
business in this manner is frowned upon. It is not just the forum which can
be sponsored, the jobs and project lists ar...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 17:43
It's not clear to me how that really improves on just sending the spam!
Fielding the undelivery messages would let the list be cleaned up a bit for
the next time though.
On Tuesday 15 Jan 2002 3:1...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 17:40
> is shift right, | is bitwise OR, & is bitwise
AND and ~ is bitwise NOT.
The most common use for these operators is to allow you to isolate bitfields.
For instance if you want to take the top thr...
MySQL ODBC on Unix
date posted 15th January 2002 17:37
Hello All
I can currently connect to a Mysql database on my local machine, a windows
o/s. However, when I try and do this on unix - get the error:
Vbscript Runtime error 'ASP 0185 : -2147467259'
D...
OT - XPtastic
date posted 15th January 2002 17:36
I love my XP, but this is pretty funny:
http://fantabulosa.com/products/erniexq/
Hutch...
RE: FN-FORUM Freelancers.net List Sponsorship
date posted 15th January 2002 17:35
Hmmm - ok, I understand that you're trying to make money guys, fair
enough, servers don't pay for themselves. But surely I can reach 2000
punters on Freelancers.Net like this ...
Hutch
For all your...
Re: FN-FORUM Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 17:13
I have the Asus 6000EV. Installed it, works perfectly:
http://www.adslguide.org/hardware/reviews/2001/q4/asus_aam6000ev.asp
Plug it into a hub, and it'll do DHCP, NAT, PAT. Pretty cool bit of kit....
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 17:01
"technoir" [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
> you can do it in perl
>
> use LWP module
What does that buy you?
Email::Valid to sanity check the domain then Net::DNS to validate the MX.
--
David Hodgki...
Freelancers.net List Sponsorship
date posted 15th January 2002 16:36
Hi
We have just added a new feature to Freelancers.net which allows you to bid
for sponsorship of the forum emails, job emails, and project emails. The
advert takes the form of 3 lines of 80 charac...
Re: FN-FORUM Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 16:15
Looks very nice - and only £100 more than a standard 4-port 10/100 switch
to get a router connected to the internet with basic firewall capabilities.
I currently use ICS on my W2K server to get LA...
RE: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 16:09
The answer is below
Shift operators
The shift operators also manipulate bits. They can be used solely with
primitive, integral types. The left-shift operator ( <...
Re: FN-FORUM Small MPEG clips
date posted 15th January 2002 16:07
Oh my god.. I'm being provoked here.. Please don't do it. We'll both loose
something in the end.
=)
On 14/01/02 10:29 pm, "Ema" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> But why??
>
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RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 16:02
No, you can *try* to do it using any language however given that VRFY and
INFO etc. are often not honoured in order to prevent spammers doing exactly
this even the magical perl isn't going to work ;)...
RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 15:56
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/052899-1.shtml
Although - I don't know how well it works... I was under the impression
its nigh on impossible to absolutely validate them with a reg exp...
(if...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 15:50
i've got some vague idea...does that mean each operation filters out the some segments of the binary digits?
marco...
RE: FN-FORUM Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 15:47
try http://www.adslguide.org/hardware/reviews/default.asp for reviews.
Personally I'd go for something with a little more meat to it.
Lee Jackson
Consultancy & Solutions
+44 0208 948 0379
[EMAIL REM...
Re: FN-FORUM hello again
date posted 15th January 2002 15:34
ooooh the possibilities of arguments that involve mac AND flash!!! Who's
going first?
;o)Iain
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Re: FN-FORUM The color yellow?brit hotels source
date posted 15th January 2002 15:33
wow the largest and most redundant source code since my last one!
:-) Iain
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Public Relations and strategic alliance
date posted 15th January 2002 15:30
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I don't...
Re: FN-FORUM BNI (ish)
date posted 15th January 2002 15:27
It sounds more like a ruse by big consultancies to get money off small
businesses.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 15:21
I'll assume you are OK with a simple syntax checker
for the first pass.
On the matter of wether they are deliverable:
You should be able to write something that parses the
list then uses some smtp d...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:55
"Stuart Darbyshire" [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
> Hi
>
> I have a client who has a database of about 50 000 email addresses, I am
> assured they are all opt in and not Spam. that he has built-up over a...
Re: FN-FORUM Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 14:44
->Has anyone tried using the Draytek Vigor2200USB to share a basic BT ADSL
->connection? Sounds interesting - see http://www.seg.co.uk
no, but I have found that its possible to Connect a Smoothwall f...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:44
> I have a client who has a database of about 50 000 email addresses, I am
> assured they are all opt in and not Spam. that he has built-up over a few
> years. He needs to validate them before he sta...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:35
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Stuart Darbyshire wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have a client who has a database of about 50 000 email addresses, I am
> assured they are all opt in and not Spam. that he has built-up ove...
Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:35
Easy.
Print all 50K addresses, then shred them using a cross-cut shredder.
Then tip the shredder bag on the floor, and any that have reassembled
themselves are valid!
On Tuesday 15 Jan 2002 9:51...
BNI (ish)
date posted 15th January 2002 14:32
Incase you havent seenit...
A new support network has been launched to help smaller firms do more
business via the internet.
A programme launched by the British Chambers of Commerce and the
Depa...
RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:27
Start by checking the format i.e. has it got a [EMAIL REMOVED] and afterwards a '.' that
may filter out any that are complete rubbish, still won't tell if they are
really genuine but it will filter o...
Shared ADSL
date posted 15th January 2002 14:27
Has anyone tried using the Draytek Vigor2200USB to share a basic BT ADSL
connection? Sounds interesting - see http://www.seg.co.uk
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet A...
RE: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:22
What do you mean by validate? Well formed or whether they exist?
If its exist, then I think you can only test this by sending an email out.
If its well formed, then you could cycle through the data...
Re: FN-FORUM select case
date posted 15th January 2002 14:18
it does so automatically, no requirement for a javascript style break
command
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Re: FN-FORUM Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 14:10
you can do it in perl
use LWP module
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RE: FN-FORUM M$ SQL Server problems
date posted 15th January 2002 14:07
Have you tried rebooting?
*gets coat*
However:
I think you need to set the permissions for *new tables* created as well as
the existing tables in the database. Therefore the new tables created...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 13:53
No java jockey, but this looks like binary shift operator
of other languages. i.e. return the vaule of colorval
shifted right x bits (towards least significant bit)
then binary AND with 0xff = binar...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 13:44
if memory serves me right, its the shift right - basically divides the first
variable/number by the 2 to the power of the second variable/number. afaik
its pretty standard an all the c-family langua...
I want out
date posted 15th January 2002 13:29
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>To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Hello and Design feedback requested
>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:51:18 -0000
>
>I've h...
Email validation
date posted 15th January 2002 13:25
Hi
I have a client who has a database of about 50 000 email addresses, I am
assured they are all opt in and not Spam. that he has built-up over a few
years. He needs to validate them before he start...
Re: FN-FORUM The color yellow
date posted 15th January 2002 13:25
Pardon? You have lost me Andrew I was just asking if you had put in the
right url because I had expected the site to be one advising on colours not
an interior design site.
Regards and confusion
Carl...
the operator >>
date posted 15th January 2002 13:25
hi there,
i don't know where to ask this question in java newsgroups and i hope this mailing list will help.
i'm a java newbie and have frequently come across codes like this:
int r=(color...
Lawyers (was RE: FN-FORUM BNI downsides?) [OT]
date posted 15th January 2002 13:25
The lawer in our chapter is rather funny, his approach is "I'm a mean
bastard, and you want a mean bastard on your side". Doesn't pussyfoot
around at all. :)
Norman (who's glad that he isn't the c...
Re: FN-FORUM BNI downsides?
date posted 15th January 2002 13:23
I agree with Ian Turner. I've been a member for 9 months. The 'ritual
bit' depends on the chapter you join and it's worth having a look at
more than one (I've done Henley, Maidenhead, Windsor and Sco...
Media Guardian
date posted 15th January 2002 13:19
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M$ SQL Server problems
date posted 15th January 2002 13:18
Hi all
Hoping someone on the forum can help me with a problem I've got with a SQL
Server machine atm.
The problem I've got is that an assigned user can create tables, but then
has no permissions on...
select case
date posted 15th January 2002 13:18
does anyone know how to exit a case statement in vbscript ?
eg if case = "member" then exit the case statement
select case subject
case "detox"
send_to = "xxxxxxx"
case "member"
sen...
OT: I'm insane
date posted 15th January 2002 13:18
this site is a scream
http://www.toiletduk.net/insanity_test/
it is official I'm insane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"This will take some explaining but I'm sure you will
agree"...
WEBTRENDS
date posted 15th January 2002 13:11
I know a couple of you guys and girls use this, so I'm hoping to pick a
few brains
I'm having trouble running it against the combined log file format, -
its vastly underreporting compared to analog...
Re: FN-FORUM The color yellow
date posted 15th January 2002 08:04
Oh, I have my own version of that, but it still doesn't tell what goes with
what.
Kathy
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W2K stuff.....
date posted 15th January 2002 04:01
A couple of questions for you M$ bods...
I have a few pc's (3x2K, 1x98 and 1xLinux) networked through a small switch
with Winroute pro
on the gateway machine. My main machine is 1900xp/1Gb/SCSI HDD...
Re: FN-FORUM hello again
date posted 15th January 2002 03:04
Mac for sex appeal / PC for proper work (I'm gonna get some grief for that,
but seriously Flash player on Mac - what is going on?!)
MS... well, what can you do? At least they haven't tried to market...
RE: FN-FORUM internet diallers
date posted 15th January 2002 00:37
Sorry
Should have been
http://www.coulomb.co.uk/
Paul.
> has anyone used an internet dialler ?
>
> do they work with ADSL modems ?
> can anyone recommend a dialler ?
>...
Re: FN-FORUM hello again
date posted 15th January 2002 00:29
Hi Ben,
Hope you had a good xmas and new year mate..shame we didn't get chance to
get together while you were on the Island
not really missed much - a PC/Mac debate, a MS/Anti-MS Debate, few sites...
RE: FN-FORUM BNI downsides?
date posted 15th January 2002 00:06
Dave,
To a certain extent you arer right - the accountants, lawyers, business
card printers get an immediate return for thier investent. It took 12 months
before they started to understand that I...
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