Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 215
From: "Digest" <ianatos2site dot com>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" <deadmail>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 01:00:00 +1100 (EDT)

Date:- 27 November 2001

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From: "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:46:18 +1100 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] [os2genau_digest] No. 210

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 05:58:03 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:

Hi Mike.

>From:  "Mike O'Connor" <mikeocataustarnet dot com dot au>
>
>Hi All,
>
>It's great now that the NAB is using JAVA for Internet Banking - don't need to use the
>Laptop(W98) to connect to the www for anything now - at last!  No more digital
>certificates/software to download - access from any JAVA-enabled platform including
>internet Cafes.  

All that's left now is the <blanketty-blank> Tax Office GST site for
electronic lodgement of BAS.

Best regards
John Angelico
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From: "Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist" <gnatsmart-road dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:56:20 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [os2genau] Re disc fragmentation

Hi all

the vexed question of HPFS and fragmentation!  

is this a major issue (as on the MS Windows 9x set up)  and if so, what utilities do 
others use to defragment their partitions?

How would I know that my disc needs to be defragmented?

Graham Norton
President
OS2 Users Group SA

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From: Trevor Clarke <TClarkeatslatergordon dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Re disc fragmentation
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:59:05 +1100

	Hi all

	the vexed question of HPFS and fragmentation!  

	is this a major issue (as on the MS Windows 9x set up)  and if so,
what utilities do 
	others use to defragment their partitions?

	Never seen it as a major issue.  In fact, I've only ever run a
defrag util because it was there.  That said, I did notice an improvement.
I'm pretty sure there was something in Chris Graham's utils.

	How would I know that my disc needs to be defragmented?

	Probably if it gets slow during long write/reads.

	Graham Norton
	President
	OS2 Users Group SA

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:04:26 
From: Voytek Eymont <voytekatsbt dot net dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Re disc fragmentation

** Reply to note from "Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist" <gnatsmart-road dot com dot au> Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:56:20 +1000 (EST)

> the vexed question of HPFS and fragmentation!   
>    
> is this a major issue (as on the MS Windows 9x set up)  and if so, what utilities do  
> others use to defragment their partitions? 
>    
> How would I know that my disc needs to be defragmented?

yes, it's an issue that needs to be addressed at regular intervals;
I do mine at least every other year....

use either Graham Utilities or Gammatech Utilities;
both have a function to assess/analyze 

³
³ HPFSView - View the layout of HPFS disks
³
³ Usage: HPFSView {Switches} <Drive Spec(s)>
³
³ Switches
³ -d    Defragment files.
³ -o<n> Optimise files with more than <n> extents.
³
³ HPFSView displays the physical layout of all
³ files, directories and other HPFS specific
³ information. After the scan of the disk has
³ completed it may also optionally visually
³ defragment files on the disk.
³
³ The mouse can be used to select a sector: all
³ information about that sector will be displayed.
³
³ Note:
³ Use the F1 key to speed up the disk scan.

 HPFSDfrg - Defragment files on HPFS disks

 Usage: HPFSDfrg {Switches} <File Spec>
                            <Drive Spec(s)>

 Switches
 -d    Display defragged files only.
 -f    Force file names to lower case.
 -h    Hard disks only.
 -r    Retry count; default of 10.
 -s    Include Subdirectories in the search.
 -o<n> Optimise files with more than <n> extents.

 HPFSDfrg deframents all of the files that
 match the given file specification. It can
 defragment one file, one directory, one drive or
 all drives in one invocation.
 Example

it's seldom a problem for OS/2 and HPFS

and, unlike on WinDOS, you can defrag in real time and use your PC with no
coninual restarts

I don't recall right now, last time I've done a system here, after
something like 1 or 2 years, it had a ridiculosly low number of files that
needed to be defragged

Voytek Eymont
SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd
http://www.sbt dot net dot au/links/
phone +61-2 9310-1144 fax +61-2 9310-1118 

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From: "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:58:20 +1100 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] IBM Browser & JAVA 1.3

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 18:21:18 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Java 1.3 IS faster than 1.18 - there were quite a few changes to
>achieve this, but  ... only faster on a fairly powerful machine.

>Java 1.18 is faster on a "low-spec" (ie < 400MHz) machine

So I guess a P166 Cyrix equipped machine is low-spec, huh? <G> 

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:05:15 +0930
From: Andrew Hood <hoodtooatiprimus dot com dot au>
Subject: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

Greetings all,

I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
being necko.dll and SW.dll).

My questions to the learned of this group are:
Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?

TIA

Andrew Hood

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From: Trevor Clarke <TClarkeatslatergordon dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:15:25 +1100

I believe that later fixpack builds of Warp4 improved the font rendering to
a point where freetype's contribution became negligible.  It certainly is
the case with EcS, so you may try dumping freetype and unpacking a later
TrueType library from a later fixpack.

TC

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Andrew Hood [SMTP:hoodtooatiprimus dot com dot au]
	Sent:	Monday, November 26, 2001 4:35 PM
	To:	os2genau
	Subject:	[os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

	Greetings all,

	I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing
and
	Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that
freetype.dll is
	the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla
(the others
	being necko.dll and SW.dll).

	My questions to the learned of this group are:
	Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
	What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?

	TIA

	Andrew Hood
	
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From: "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:34:27 +1100 (EDT)
Subject: [os2genau] Fwd: Rexx mail

For those who don't know, the URL below is to the Dutch site of a
number of useful REXX programs including a REXX Email client.

Marcus also has some very useful links on his home page.

Enjoy!

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:39:47 +1100
From: Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Re disc fragmentation

By design, HPFS386 and HPFS do not suffer from any level of fragmentation
that it's worth worrying about. There are OS/2 HPFS Defrag utilities but every
time I've used them, they've reported there's no point in running the utility and
when I have run it anyway I have seen absolutely no change in disk access speeds.

I guess if your hard drives run VERY full - ie 98% or so, there could be a
justification, but then I'd rather put a larger drive (or an additional drive) in
rather than run any defrag utilities.

NTFS or FAT32 under Windoze is a totally different story of course. Which
is probably why a lot of companies still ran HPFS rather than NTFS under
Windoze NT 4, even though it was no longer officially supported !

Cheers/2
Ed.

Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:

> Hi all
>
> the vexed question of HPFS and fragmentation!
>
> is this a major issue (as on the MS Windows 9x set up)  and if so, what utilities do
> others use to defragment their partitions?
>
> How would I know that my disc needs to be defragmented?
>
> Graham Norton
> President
> OS2 Users Group SA
>

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:43:05 +1100
From: Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

freetype.dll is not standard in OS/2 or ODIN - so you must have installed
some add-on that uses it. de-install the add-on and see if the problem goes
away, if so contact the suppliers of the add-on for any possible fix.

Cheers/2
Ed.

Andrew Hood wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
> Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
> the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
> being necko.dll and SW.dll).
>
> My questions to the learned of this group are:
> Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
> What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?
>
> TIA
>
> Andrew Hood

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:35:27 +1000 (EST)
From: Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist <gnatsmart-road dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Spam and relay control

I need some help!...........

We have our own Internet presence and email server (Inet.Mail - Hethmon Brothers)  We
have an ADSL permanent connection via ISP Internode. 

Our domain is

smart-road dot com dot au

thus I have set up email accounts for our staff  for example
<gnatsmart-road dot com dot au>

today I was informed by our ISP  (Internode) that they suspect our email server has
been used in the past 48 hours to send out spam mail!!!

How can I configure Inet.Mail  so that hackers cant use our email server
to send out spam email?

I have attempted to do this but it is not too intuitive for me as a non
programmer!!  I added the domain [smart-road dot com dot au] to the relay
control properties but this did not allow me to send out email to any
address, other than internal addresses  (ie ****atsmart-road dot com dot au).

I do have a way round this at present by specifying that outgoing mail
(SMTP) is sent via our ISP mail server (mail.internode.on dot net)  rather
than via our email server [nortox41.smart-road dot com dot au]

I can receive email OK!

suggestions??

Graham Norton FRACP
Neurologist

Smart Road Specialist Centre
Modbury SA 5092

61 8 8265 4022  (Voice)
61 8 8386 1795 (Fax)
gnatsmart-road dot com dot au

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:37:48 +1000 (EST)
From: Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist <gnatsmart-road dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

That is fascinating - of all the software that we use at work Describe is the most 
stable!  we have a 5 user LAN  set up and in more than 5 years of use. Describe 
has *never* crashed or trapped or mis behaved!

On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:43:05 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>freetype.dll is not standard in OS/2 or ODIN - so you must have installed
>some add-on that uses it. de-install the add-on and see if the problem goes
>away, if so contact the suppliers of the add-on for any possible fix.
>
>Cheers/2
>Ed.
>
>Andrew Hood wrote:
>
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
>> Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
>> the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
>> being necko.dll and SW.dll).
>>
>> My questions to the learned of this group are:
>> Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
>> What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Andrew Hood
>
>

Graham Norton
President
OS2 Users Group SA

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:47:17 +1030
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

hi graham,

is there any kind of firewall in your system?  (i will be finally creating an OS/2 server
at home in the next week).

I have heard of some hacking by taking advantage of some weaknesses, but I suspect that
you need to tighten the firewall up.

I think brian or ed would be able to shed more light on the matter :)

Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:

> That is fascinating - of all the software that we use at work Describe is the most
> stable!  we have a 5 user LAN  set up and in more than 5 years of use. Describe
> has *never* crashed or trapped or mis behaved!
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:43:05 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
> >freetype.dll is not standard in OS/2 or ODIN - so you must have installed
> >some add-on that uses it. de-install the add-on and see if the problem goes
> >away, if so contact the suppliers of the add-on for any possible fix.
> >
> >Cheers/2
> >Ed.
> >
> >Andrew Hood wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
> >> Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
> >> the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
> >> being necko.dll and SW.dll).
> >>
> >> My questions to the learned of this group are:
> >> Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
> >> What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Andrew Hood
> >
> >
>
> Graham Norton
> President
> OS2 Users Group SA
>

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:09:49 +1000 (EST)
From: Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist <gnatsmart-road dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

HI Greg

no we have an excellent set up with firewalls etc, We have a separate stand alone 
PC with 2 NIC cards whihc serves as our internet gateway machine and as well we 
have Injoy Fiewall  on this machine and then we have our Apache Web server and 
Email server on the actual separate file and print server PC!!!

I dont think it is an issue with firewalls but rather an issue with set up of the Email 
server and its relay set up!!

thanks for your support and suggestions

and it has been configures and set up well by Brian 

On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:47:17 +1030, Gregory Hicks wrote:

>hi graham,
>
>is there any kind of firewall in your system?  (i will be finally creating an OS/2 
server
>at home in the next week).
>
>I have heard of some hacking by taking advantage of some weaknesses, but I 
suspect that
>you need to tighten the firewall up.
>
>I think brian or ed would be able to shed more light on the matter :)
>
>Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:
>
>> That is fascinating - of all the software that we use at work Describe is the most
>> stable!  we have a 5 user LAN  set up and in more than 5 years of use. Describe
>> has *never* crashed or trapped or mis behaved!
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:43:05 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>>
>> >freetype.dll is not standard in OS/2 or ODIN - so you must have installed
>> >some add-on that uses it. de-install the add-on and see if the problem goes
>> >away, if so contact the suppliers of the add-on for any possible fix.
>> >
>> >Cheers/2
>> >Ed.
>> >
>> >Andrew Hood wrote:
>> >
>> >> Greetings all,
>> >>
>> >> I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
>> >> Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
>> >> the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
>> >> being necko.dll and SW.dll).
>> >>
>> >> My questions to the learned of this group are:
>> >> Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
>> >> What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?
>> >>
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >> Andrew Hood
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Graham Norton
>> President
>> OS2 Users Group SA
>>
>
>

Graham Norton FRACP
Neurologist

Smart Road Specialist Centre
Modbury SA 5092

61 8 8265 4022  (Voice)
61 8 8386 1795 (Fax)
gnatsmart-road dot com dot au

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:33:48 +1030
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Problem with freetype.dll

at a loss to help you further with that graham.. see u tomorrow nite :)

Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:

> HI Greg
>
> no we have an excellent set up with firewalls etc, We have a separate stand alone
> PC with 2 NIC cards whihc serves as our internet gateway machine and as well we
> have Injoy Fiewall  on this machine and then we have our Apache Web server and
> Email server on the actual separate file and print server PC!!!
>
> I dont think it is an issue with firewalls but rather an issue with set up of the Email
> server and its relay set up!!
>
> thanks for your support and suggestions
>
> and it has been configures and set up well by Brian
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:47:17 +1030, Gregory Hicks wrote:
>
> >hi graham,
> >
> >is there any kind of firewall in your system?  (i will be finally creating an OS/2
> server
> >at home in the next week).
> >
> >I have heard of some hacking by taking advantage of some weaknesses, but I
> suspect that
> >you need to tighten the firewall up.
> >
> >I think brian or ed would be able to shed more light on the matter :)
> >
> >Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:
> >
> >> That is fascinating - of all the software that we use at work Describe is the most
> >> stable!  we have a 5 user LAN  set up and in more than 5 years of use. Describe
> >> has *never* crashed or trapped or mis behaved!
> >>
> >> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:43:05 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> >>
> >> >freetype.dll is not standard in OS/2 or ODIN - so you must have installed
> >> >some add-on that uses it. de-install the add-on and see if the problem goes
> >> >away, if so contact the suppliers of the add-on for any possible fix.
> >> >
> >> >Cheers/2
> >> >Ed.
> >> >
> >> >Andrew Hood wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Greetings all,
> >> >>
> >> >> I've been having problems lately with my copy of Describe crashing and
> >> >> Warpzilla as well.  A quick troll through popuplog shows that freetype.dll is
> >> >> the culprit with Describe and one of three culprits with Warpzilla (the others
> >> >> being necko.dll and SW.dll).
> >> >>
> >> >> My questions to the learned of this group are:
> >> >> Has anyone encountered this (or variants) before ?
> >> >> What procedures are reccommended for fixes ?
> >> >>
> >> >> TIA
> >> >>
> >> >> Andrew Hood
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Graham Norton
> >> President
> >> OS2 Users Group SA
> >>
> >
> >
>
> Graham Norton FRACP
> Neurologist
>
> Smart Road Specialist Centre
> Modbury SA 5092
>
> 61 8 8265 4022  (Voice)
> 61 8 8386 1795 (Fax)
> gnatsmart-road dot com dot au
>