Mail Archives: opendos/2001/06/27/22:23:21
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From: "Bernie" <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: New DR-DOS Club and eGroup
> Pat wrote:
> >Now people from anywhere can go to this group I made and
directly
> >download these files from there.
>
> But it would be easier to find them (and get them) if you made a
homepage
> of your own with the files. Unfortunately some of the "free" web
serivces
> isn't free since they add code that will crash browsers (ie.
geocities have
> JavaScript that isn't according to the standard) and/or add
banners.
No kidding. maybe you didn't read my message completely and have
not followed previous messages about this. So I'll state some of
it again.
I spent over 8 hours trying to set up a web page on Geocities, a
few months ago just for this purpose. I only got the front page
done and barely on the second. It took foooooreeeeeeveeeeer for
the site to change from one screen to the next so I could do the
next step. I attempted to do it again a few days ago and I cannot
get on Geocities at all. Nowhere, not Geocities home, not my
webpage, not my webpage bulder, nowhere. I can get to the ftp
where I store the files.
I have another website that I started, it has plenty of drive
space to do everything I need. But when I started building my
webpage, it took foooooorrrrrrreeeeeeeevvvvvvveeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr to
get to the next page to do the next step. I need to install a
program and do it on my computer then upload it. I don't have the
space on the computer nor the time to learn the program at this
time.
I wanted something that would be quick and easy to do. That is
what I did. Now I have a link that I know works so people can get
the files. I don't have to refer them to broken links. Plus I have
software that is not to be found anywhere else on the interne and
the updates are the lastest I have been able to find as are the
documents. I hind a lot of outdated stuff, corrupted files,
incorrect files and a lot of junk that no one ever bothered to
check. Most of the stuff I have there, I have had for a long time,
or I copied off the original diskettes myself, and repaired broken
incomplete files that I have gotten off the internet.
> >> or Christoph´s http://www.drdos.net? (Well, my site is still
> >
> >This page is no good. All I get when I try to get on this site
is
> >error 403: forbidden.
> >
> >I get the same for docdos.net
>
> These have always worked for me. And they did right now when I
tried them.
> Are you sure your cache is cleaned?
What do you mean by cache is clean? If you are referring to IE4
cache, I don't use it, I turned it off. It is useless. All it does
is use up HD space.
> >Also, it seems that your page or pages have been changed as
well,
> >my bookmarks do not work any more for your web pages.
>
> Matthias pages has moved, he has actually stated so on this
list.
Again you have not read the messages. I stated in a message, that
I have gotten way behind in e-mail and probably missed it.
> >I did not seem to have any such problems. I set everything up
in
> >just a couple of hours and was receiving e-mail almost
> >immediately.
>
> Hours? I would only use a few minutes to get on a mailinglist
(when found).
> Most of the time is spent waiting for the server to send the
reply.
Again you did not read what I wrote. I set up the GROUP in about
two hours. That included selecting people from my address book
whom I thought might be interested and sending out invites. It
included uploading several files of a few megabytes, it included
setting up options, and I took a tour of everything and read all
the stuff pertaining to setting it up.
I did not join a list. I created a group. I also created a DR-DOS
club. That took just a few minutes. I can't upload files there.
> >Yes this is a good forum, however he has a lot of restrictions
and
> >a lot of my messages get bounced.
>
> That has never happened to me, but then I believe you send more
often to
> the list than I do.
>
> >I have e-mail several people each of the following:
> (snip)
>
> IMHO you should never mail anyone a file. By putting it up on a
webpage
> people can get it if they want to (and when and how they want).
> Additionally you would only need to upload it once and direct
people to it
> the next time someone asks for the same file. Besides, the email
system
> wasn't designed for file transfer and is slower on doing it, and
more prone
> to errors (ie. the file beeing split up by a server during
transit).
No kidding, you have not read the messages about this. I got tired
of sending files to people. I got tired of trying to set up web
pages that was taking many, many hours and getting no place fast.
I got tired of referring people to broken links, files that no
longer exist and a host of other problems, So I created a Group,
uploaded files and sent messages out that these files are
available to everyone. These will also show up on web searches. So
if someone is looking for DR-DOS 3.41, this group will show up. It
will probably be a while before it gets on search engines, but it
will be there eventually.
Pat
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