Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 751
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:01:00 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Tuesday 16 December 2003
 Number  751
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  [eCS] [OT] How to find a Spamer. : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
2   WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
3  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
4  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
5  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them : voytek at sbt dot net dot au
6  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>

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Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:11:53 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  [eCS] [OT] How to find a Spamer.

Hi Ed

> > What is very useful is a website to trace an IP address that they
> > refered me to:
> > 
> > http://www.geektools dot com/whois.php

You can also use "host", and "whois".
host comes with os2. ie

[D:\swc\internet]host mail.ecomstation dot com
www.ecomstation dot com =   65.172.141.90
[D:\swc\internet]

OR
====
[D:\]host 65.172.141.90
Can not resolve 65.172.141.90 to a name
[D:\]

and whois from  hobbes or os2site dot com
http://os2site dot com/sw/internet/util/whois-4.6.6-os2.zip

[D:\]whois ecomstation dot com
Registrant:
SERENITY SYSTEMS INT'L (ECOMSTATION-DOM)
>>>>> Big Chomp takne out of returned info <<<<
   Domain servers in listed order:
   DNS01.K50.NET                65.172.141.8
   DNS02.K50.NET                65.172.141.9
   DNS03.K50.NET                65.69.191.172

OR :-
=====

[D:\]whois 65.172.141.90
Sprint SPRINTLINK-2-BLKS (NET-65-160-0-0-1)
                                  65.160.0.0 - 65.174.255.255
K90, INC FON-110182732891154 (NET-65-172-141-0-1)
                                  65.172.141.0 - 65.172.141.255
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-12-14 19:15
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
[D:\]

or, as you get older, and start getting lazy just use SPAMCOP.
http://www.spamcop dot net

There are many sites available to glean information about IP address's
and/or domains etc.

you can also use several other available tools like 

MXLookup
NSLookup
Dig

And have a look at 
EXTERMINATING SPAMMERS STEP-BY-STEP (REALLY!)
by Jeffrey Race  <http://www.camblab dot com/nugget/extermin.htm>

Finding SPAM, or narrowing down an infected friend, these tools
all help.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

Windows, the Roach Motel of Software: Bugs check in, never check out.
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Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:37:39 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:   WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them

Found this site courtesy of Charles Wright columnist with The Melbourne Age
newspaper (www.theage/com.au/) who trades as the Bleeding Edge

http://www.fentun dot com/

The page begins 'If you're receiving e-mail with attachments embedded in
"application/ms-tnef" MIME content and you want access to the attachments,
you've come to the right place!'

It's a W95 and Linux utility to extract attachments from those pesky
Winmail.Dat which many emails drag along.

Anyone know if there is a port or equivalent for OS/2?

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico
.... See the Future; See OS/2. Be the Future; Run OS/2.
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Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:24:08 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them

Hi John

http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:37:39 +1100 (AEDT), John Angelico wrote:

> Found this site courtesy of Charles Wright columnist with The Melbourne Age
> newspaper (www.theage/com.au/) who trades as the Bleeding Edge
> 
> http://www.fentun dot com/
> 
> The page begins 'If you're receiving e-mail with attachments embedded in
> "application/ms-tnef" MIME content and you want access to the attachments,
> you've come to the right place!'
> 
> It's a W95 and Linux utility to extract attachments from those pesky
> Winmail.Dat which many emails drag along.
> 
> Anyone know if there is a port or equivalent for OS/2?
> 
> 
> Best regards
> John Angelico
> OS/2 SIG
> os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
> talldad at kepl dot com dot au
> ___________________
> 
> PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico
> ... See the Future; See OS/2. Be the Future; Run OS/2.

>  

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

So we're just all holding our breath - a bit like waiting for the Millennium bug to wreak havoc.
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**= Email   4 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:30:07 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:24:08 +1100 (EDT), Ian Manners wrote:

Thanks Ian.

Copied to POSSI discussion where I asked this also.

>Hi John
>
>http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip

This is an Aust mirror for Hobbes so you can look in Hobbes at 
os2/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip - I think.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
________________________
>
>
>On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:37:39 +1100 (AEDT), John Angelico wrote:
>
>> Found this site courtesy of Charles Wright columnist with The Melbourne Age
>> newspaper (www.theage/com.au/) who trades as the Bleeding Edge
>> 
>> http://www.fentun dot com/
>> 
>> The page begins 'If you're receiving e-mail with attachments embedded in
>> "application/ms-tnef" MIME content and you want access to the attachments,
>> you've come to the right place!'
>> 
>> It's a W95 and Linux utility to extract attachments from those pesky
>> Winmail.Dat which many emails drag along.
>> 
>> Anyone know if there is a port or equivalent for OS/2?
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards
>> John Angelico
>> OS/2 SIG
>> os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
>> talldad at kepl dot com dot au
>> ___________________
>> 
>> PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico
>> ... See the Future; See OS/2. Be the Future; Run OS/2.
>
>>  
>
>
>Cheers
>Ian Manners
>http://www.os2site dot com/
>
>So we're just all holding our breath - a bit like waiting for the Millennium bug to wreak havoc.

> 

>
>

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:04:10 +1100 (EST)
From:  voytek at sbt dot net dot au
Subject:  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them

>>http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip
>
> This is an Aust mirror for Hobbes so you can look in Hobbes at
> os2/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip - I think.

so this detaches some MS attachemsnts, yes ?
what email client does the OS/2 version works with ?
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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:45:43 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  WINMAIL.DAT and dealing with them

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:04:10 +1100 (EST), voytek at sbt dot net dot au wrote:

>>>http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip
>>
>> This is an Aust mirror for Hobbes so you can look in Hobbes at
>> os2/internet/mail/misc/tnef-1.0.1-emx.zip - I think.
>
>so this detaches some MS attachemsnts, yes ?
>what email client does the OS/2 version works with ?

Just d/ld it.

Quick look at the archive shows it's a port from Unix under GNU, needs
emx0.9d plus a gcc DLL available from OS2.RU, and it looks like a
free-standing .exe. 

I would say you could add it as some external hook in most mailers, or drop
it into your mail directory and use it by associating files with it. Not
what you'd call smooth, but maybe not as bad as a 'kludge,' OK?

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
___________________

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.... Winerr 027 - Sinatra Error. Windows Does Not Permit Doing It Your Way
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