http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Tag: email en Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:02:51 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/26#post-21881 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:35:40 +0000 LeKanaw 21881@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ivd04<br /> Know nothing about eMails, not subscribed, prefer to walk over here everyday ;-)<br /> But I noticed other threads recently about some bugs.<br /> A quick search gave me one from a couple of days ago <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2882">HERE</a>, but there are others.<br /> Did u look around here for other threads on the subject? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/26#post-21870 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:54:24 +0000 lvd04 21870@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>All of a sudden I stopped receiving emails from game giveaway of the day. I still get the other giveway emails, just not the games. When I tried to re-register, I got a response that i was already registered. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1883#post-19325 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:58:08 +0000 MerlinTG 19325@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Soms blijft een e-mail wel eens achter. Een e-mail durft wel eens een stapje in (rond) de wereld te zetten en verschillende keren de wereldbol rondgaan vooraleer bij de bestemmeling aan te komen. Ook kan een mailserver eens tegen een probleempje aan lopen. Als de mail die jij verwacht op dat punt zit, kan die niet verder en zo loopt hij vertraging op.<br /> Nog een reden kan zijn de graylisting van de mailservers. Als een mail op een server aankomt die graylisting gebruikt, stuurt die server een melding naar de verzendende server dat het bericht onvolledig of beschadigd aangekomen is. Als de verzendende server te goeder trouw is stuurt die het bericht opnieuw. Komt dat bericht op de ontvangende server aan, dan wordt dat vergeleken met het originele bericht en in geval ze gelijk zijn wordt het bericht weer verder gestuurd. Dat levert uiteraard ook weer de nodige vertraging op.<br /> Je ziet, er kunnen allerlei oorzaken aan de basis liggen van jouw probleem.</p> <p>Een goede oplossing zou kunnen zijn dat je een RSS feedreader (kan je vinden op <a href="http://mozeskriebel.com/download.php?list.4" rel="nofollow">http://mozeskriebel.com/download.php?list.4</a> ) installeert en de RSS-feed van GAOTD daarin opneemt. Je reader gaat op regelmatige tijden kijken of er nieuwe dingen op de feedpagina staan en brengt jou daarvan op de hoogte. Resultaat: geen gemiste GAOTD meer! :D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1883#post-19234 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:12:37 +0000 Alkmaar 19234@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ik krijg hem nu ook steeds midden in de nacht en tegen de tijd dat ik wakker ben, is hij al verlopen.<br /> Hopelijk komt daar snel verandering in! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/282#post-19077 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:10:14 +0000 BillW50 19077@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi spiegelj2007! Did you know that MojoPac Freedom is free now?</p> <p><a href="https://www.mojopac.com/portal/content/hellomojo.jsp" rel="nofollow">https://www.mojopac.com/portal/content/hellomojo.jsp</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14889 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:16:00 +0000 RunesageMagik 14889@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Lockett, a few of us remember! That was a long time ago, indeed.</p> <p>IMHO, it's misleading if not disingenuous to phrase the cookie debate - are cookies "dangerous" - because the facts make them sound innocuous. The bottom line is, guns don't kill people, people kill people. No wait, that's a different forum. </p> <p>In and of themselves, the vast majority of cookies clearly aren't "dangerous"; it was inevitable they'd be required by more and more sites for portal control and navigation. That said, I don't trust anyone, especially those who deal in data aggregations or ad serving. I realize that ad revenue is the backbone of commerce and the engine behind many sites, but dataminers can do powerful things with aggregated data. People lose more than just privacy when they give up rights. IMHO, the slippery slope began when people allowed dealerships to put corporate decals on new car trunks. :-) Democracies have become increasingly corrupt, intrusive, spendthrift because too many give away rights for false promises and free lunches. Companies are merging into monopolies struggling for control of your purse and of selective information dissemination. Greed and power have a way of interfering with triflings like ethics.</p> <p>Time and again, Yahoo demonstrates a habit of teaming with noxious characters, e.g. Aureate Media. They've allowed advertisers to take control of PC soundcards to blare ads, and they lead the charge to create increasingly distracting obnoxious in-your-face ad banners. Selective advertising based on flawed statistical analysis may mean efficient use of ad dollars to the seller, but it can also manipulate buyers' tastes, attitudes and points of view on many subjects, like social issues and politics. I resist manipulation. I dislike being pigeonholed, although I am pretty powerless to stop it. Not talking about fictional subliminal advertising. Right now, they still rely on brute force... 24/7 eyeball and ear bombardment. However, the psychology used to weave appeal into quack infomercials and spin doctored sound bites is only the tip of the iceberg. </p> <p>I don't trust sites with OPT OUT policies rather than than the more ethical OPT IN. Privacy policies themselves aren't worth the paper they're printed on, since most every one contains weasel words indemnifying the company and even abrogating in advance their responsibility for stored personal data should they be bought out. </p> <p>Remember, too, where there are static cookies, there may be active web beacons that actually phone home. Each time you click OK to a software agreement, you may unknowingly be giving it permission to send more and more info back to the hungry maw of datamining servers. Firewalls, web shields and even a Host file can do only so much to thwart the flow. Know thy computer contents, control thy computer contents. Once it's out there, you can't get it back. </p> <p>Bubby's unofficial cookie FAQ touched briefly on how technologies are gathering and sharing data. That computer in your car may eventually be used against you to void a warranty or jeopardize an accident claim. Your shopping history and medical history might be used against you in some future health insurance dispute. Makes for a very interesting discussion. Sadly, individuals have already lost most their privacy. </p> <p>Alea iacta est </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14888 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:44:49 +0000 goodgotd 14888@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Uhh, The fist time I saw IE, I couldn't run it- I was on OS/2 2.x at the time. By the time I was forced to install it, it wasn't that nice anymore. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14887 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:41:12 +0000 goodgotd 14887@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'll give those cookie sites a deeper read later, as they appear to have some details I haven't refreshed lately (14 years of valium have left holes in my memory you could fly the space shuttle through- external tank, boosters and all), but one of the things (I start with the <a href="http://www.mvps.org" rel="nofollow">www.mvps.org</a> hosts as a start) in all the hosts files are doubleclick.net, and when my high school DP teacher sent me a new 3CR858 router, the first URL blocking rule inserted was "block doubleclick.net from the LAN"- I thought that was cool indeed. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14886 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:37:50 +0000 Lockett 14886@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Does anybody remember the original Internet Explorer? Every time you visited a page, a dialog box popped up asking you if you wanted the site's cookies. You could always click "No". </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14884 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:31 +0000 BuBBy 14884@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That's good. Hopefully that learnin' means you will stick around, and not leaving town. :)</p> <p>If I want to give someone headaches, I get a roll of aluminium foil and wrap it really tightly around my own head. </p> <p>I'm so deep undercover, My feet are poking out the other end.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tucows.com/article/1938" rel="nofollow">http://www.tucows.com/article/1938</a><br /> <a href="http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/security/are-cookies-dangerous/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/security/are-cookies-dangerous/</a> &lt;- good explanation of "doubleclick" type cookies. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14882 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:26:41 +0000 Bigun 14882@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I am glad to see that this thread has generated some comments. It has given me an opportunity to learn something about you folks. I have enjoyed getting to know you.</p> <p>I have been giving additional thought to the idea of editing comments. HUUUmmmmmmmmmm </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14879 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:40:43 +0000 goodgotd 14879@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I prefer confusion over invisibility to confound the cookie elves using 3 computers, roboform, and a domain-based email setup that allows me to use a different email address for every site. My wife uses the fourth to *really* add a random factor!</p> <p>Then I use random-interval obliteration of all cookies, to keep 'em guessing. </p> <p>(as an aside, this allows me to know instantly which free-offer site sold my details to a spammer!)</p> <p>Add Firefox with NoScript used in 'temporarily allow' mode, deliberate power cycles of my DSL bridge to change IP's, and I hope I'm giving somebody headaches. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14876 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:18:25 +0000 RunesageMagik 14876@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <blockquote><p>security risks of cookies are greatly overstated</p> </blockquote> <p>Similar reassurances are prominently displayed on the web sites of such people-friendly entities as Microsoft, Doubleclick and the NSA. :-) </p> <p>Selectively cleaning cookies can be a Sisyphean exercise for surfers who may visit 100+ sites per hour. There are situations when harmless cookies can have unintended consequences, cause irritating hassles or create an easy to follow electronic trail for those pesky congressional oversight committees. Persistent cookies can make it difficult to qualify for a second set of free steak knives after buying Acme Pimple Remover, or to vote twice for Uncle Lester in local elections. I only emphasize security concerns because it's in all the papers. </p> <p><strong>Never call me Chicken Little without a water pistol in your hand.</strong> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14864 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:26:58 +0000 BuBBy 14864@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>... or use CCleaner - go into options - cookies - and keep "giveawayoftheday.com"</p> <p>All other websites cookies should be deleted because their cookies have horrible ingredients that makes your skin go dry, and your hair fall out.</p> <p>In fairness security risks of cookies are greatly overstated by many who also believe the sky is falling (but if it helps you sleep at night - who am I to argue what you do with your cookies).</p> <p>Me? I use Spyware Blaster &#38; Ccleaner for cleaning up - and I keep/protect the cookies from sites I regularly visit - and cookies from sites I don't care about, I wipe (daily). As I said, Your cookies, your choice. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14853 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:06:02 +0000 RunesageMagik 14853@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ah, there's the rub. Not much help for those of us who manually purge cookies, or use CCleaner and/or ATF Cleaner to keep datamining crumbs off our computers. Even the so-called cookie managers haven't been much help. Didja know that for a while in Dec at least, Yahoo login data was stored deep within the Macromedia Flashplayer folder? Microsoft writes backdoors into their programs so they can ignore certain blocks, and one can only wonder what results will come from the merger of Google with intrusive Doubleclick.com in the escalating war between privacy advocates and intrusive data collection. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14847 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:17:16 +0000 BuBBy 14847@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>After reading through the above once again, it's occurred to me that I don't actually have to type in my details (email etc). Once you have a forum login, and don't delete your browser cookies for this site - the comment form will recognise you and provide that info automatically. Then you only have to worry about typing your comment. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14836 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:15:45 +0000 goodgotd 14836@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>now I feel like a right idiot, giving low-tech advice to a master engineer. I never thought of basing n email on a call sign. I'm picking up a cheap (&lt;$7 1st year) short (4 letter) .net domain to make mail address entry simpler for the increasing number of flash-based sites that RF can't 'see', but I guess that wouldn't help you.</p> <p>I'll look at dragon, it sounds like it might help. thanks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14833 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:09:38 +0000 Bigun 14833@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks to all. I appreciate all of you taking notice of what I see as short-comings to some forum programs.</p> <p>My intention in writing the original comment was to call attention to two short- comings of some forum formats. Posting the edited comment may have been a good idea. And, I would not ask for the original. The weasel is out of the bag. However the edited comment appears to me to be more accusatory than I intended. The original edition was directed at the wiping out of remarks based on an "illegitimate email address". While I don't wish to post my email address, BuBBy can attest to the fact that there is nothing obscene or unusual about it. The second problem that I mentioned I see as legitimate complaint. Its primary function in this case was secondary. Yep, I know what I just said.</p> <p>My email address is based on an amateur radio call sign assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.). I had a copy of the erased comment and could have used that. Unfortunately my copy did not include the email address that was transmitted when I hit the "submit button". I don't know for sure what was transmitted. I do know that I get a similar error message through out many days.</p> <p>My copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred 9.x usually works well. If I leave the microphone active in between phrases, it will continue to go back through my dictation and "correct" parts of it. I can not proof read enough. I corrupted my Dragon installation around Christmas time and have not gotten it back to a usable state yet.</p> <p>I still use "WordStar's" non-document format for text editing. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14825 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:18:30 +0000 goodgotd 14825@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I guess I will recap couple of things I think could help. Parts are very similar to RunesageMagik's, but my opinions differ. Your Milage May Vary.</p> <p>I fully agree, don't let the web page get ahold of your post until you have a scratch copy on the local machine, and then copy and paste.</p> <p>Reducing the amount of repeated typing as much as you can, anywhere you can is spot-on- put your email address and other stuff you use all the time in a text file, and copy and paste the information instead of fighting to type it in every time. </p> <p>I personally recommend RoboForm <code><a href="http://www.roboform.com" rel="nofollow">www.roboform.com</a></code>, as a reasonably secure filler with a usable free version.</p> <p>For a plain text editor, I suggest MetaPad <code><a href="http://liquidninja.com/metapad/" rel="nofollow">http://liquidninja.com/metapad/</a></code> to replace NotePad, as it's just plain better. It makes bringing recent files up easier, it has multiple level undo-redo, it handles bigger files.</p> <p>I'd love to find a voice-to-text program that works for me, and if one will work for you that could be a real help. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14782 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:13:23 +0000 goodgotd 14782@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>thanks, bubby, for removing my intemperate remarks. again, mea culpa. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14779 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:02:35 +0000 RunesageMagik 14779@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bigun - even us two handed 80+wpm types run into similar problems. Many sites use input forms that don't retain data once you're passed on to the next page. (meaning when you realize you forgot or mistyped something and hit the back arrow, the form's either empty or you get a web page expired message). Having watched hundreds of longwinded messages evaporate over the years, as well as just to reduce redundant keystrokes, my SOP is to -</p> <p>a) type/dictate whatever I want to say onto a blank txt file scratch pad, then copy/paste it to an input form when done. I rarely type directly into a forum message block. History's proven it's too easy for me to end up writing a novel (like this is becoming) that would disappear should I absentmindedly click the back arrow to recheck something or mistakenly close the wrong browser window (I usually have 10+ windows open at once and all those little X boxes look alike at 3AM). If I paste finished text and then decide to tweak it, I still click SELECT ALL and copy it just before hitting SEND. That, too, has saved a lot of anguished screaming and headbanging.</p> <p>b) create several encrypted txt files and putting shortcuts to them on my desktop. Each contains frequently used aliases, email addresses and passwords. (backup copies are maintained, and I don't put all data on one file to guard against hackers) I just copy/paste rather than hoping I correctly type the same stupid access info 10 times a day. Keep each entry (alias, email address, password) on a separate line with no trailing spaces so you can double click to highlight and copy/paste.</p> <p>I experimented with autofillers, but felt that opened security holes, and trying to remember acronyms or Alt key commands for each entry was a nonstarter. WordStar and VisiCalc still give me nightmares.</p> <p>In your case, it sounds as if dictation software and the above tips could provide you with a major accessibility boost as well as significantly reduce frustrations. Good luck. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14772 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:51:53 +0000 FreewareFan 14772@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>:-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14769 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:36:15 +0000 BuBBy 14769@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Everyone, I apologize for Locketts post. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14767 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:31:59 +0000 Lockett 14767@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>So...<em>BuBBy</em>'s the one behind the deletion of my post. He owes everyone an apology for that! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14757 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:00:26 +0000 BuBBy 14757@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The function (as much as we all hate getting stung by it) is probably just a part of how this particular template works. I will certainly be only too happy to pass the report onto the Giveaway Project Team.</p> <p>I am more than certain - this "feature" was not "introduced" to annoy users - and I doubt it was directed at any particular individual. </p> <p>The best way to get results is to simply state the problem in a friendly, professional manner without attempting to lay blame or threaten revenge. (I will edit your message, so it can be considered as a serious request, and not ignored or deleted). I have had the same happen to me occasionally - and yes, it is very frustrating. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2345#post-14721 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:23:32 +0000 Bigun 14721@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Two big gripes. At least they are "big" for me. Both recur with too frequent regularity.</p> <p>Background: I only have the use of one hand.</p> <p>Gripe 1: "email address"; I type my heart out and push the "submit" button. error message "Please use a legitimate email address". All is erased &gt; I push the "back" button &gt; and I have a blank page. </p> <p>Speaking to the above - Be It Known that my email address is legitimate</p> <p>Next verse, a lot like the other one, I type this comment, I spell check it, grammar check it, proof read it --and, stop right there with the "proof read it". I think I spot a mistake. I flip to another page in the browser and back again. you guessed it right again, "a blank page". </p> <p>Thank you very much,</p> <p>Bigun </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1883#post-11735 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:21:30 +0000 Petrae 11735@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ach, zo heb ik elke ochtend "vrienden"..</p> <p> alleen die viagra is ook niets ;-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1883#post-11664 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:43:28 +0000 Plankje 11664@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hallo,<br /> Momenteel is dat niet mogelijk omdat wij afhankelijk zijn van de Amerikaanse tijdszone. Het ligt in de planning om dat in de toekomst aan te passen voor de diverse landen. Je zult nu echt even langs moeten komen om niets te missen.</p> <p>Groeten </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1883#post-11630 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:54:45 +0000 Frederik57 11630@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Als ik de email met nieuwe software Giveaway of the day om ongeveer 03.00 uur in de nacht in mijn mailbox krijg dan is deze software als ik om 08.00 uur NL tijd ga kijken al verlopen. Is het mogelijk om deze mail eerder te versturen want de 24h is grotendeels al voorbij als ik de mail krijg. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/659#post-10081 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:30:35 +0000 Archangel 10081@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thats a good request Bobby but I'd have to cry if Logo Creator 5 is offered,,,,,,,,,,,I already bought it. There software is very easy to use and makes excellent graphics! </p>