Mail Archives: opendos/2002/03/19/11:44:52
Are you sure you've got this right? It's M$-DOS (and PC-DOS,
IIRC) that will sometimes forget to increment the date, not
DR-DOS or Novell-DOS. I have observed this effect on all versions
of M$-DOS I have had access to, at least 3.2 through 6.22 (haven't
stress-tested M$-DOS 7.XX in this way). I have not observed this
on DR-DOS 6.0, nor 7.02+, and so I doubt it's a problem with the
in-between versions. BTW, this is nothing to do with Y2K, simply
some of M$-DOS's time functions need to be "exercised" at least
once every 24h (?) to avoid this problem. As for patches to Novell-
-DOS 7.0, as I recall, there were quite a few available for various
things, although I don't think Novell still has them now (?).
Regarding Spam, what "antispam" means is that DJ runs messages
through a filter for key words and phrases that he believes indicate
that a message is Spam - such messages are bounced. Unfortunately,
this is not 100% effective. Note that previously, the "S" word itself
(Spam) caused messages to be bounced, so it would seem DJ has
had a "change of heart" about using this particular word for filtering.
Unfortunately, the most common and effective measure against Spam,
ie. only allowing postings by members, is not a feature of the Delorie
lists. All I can suggest is making a gentle, polite suggestion to DJ,
that this feature should be given some priority for implementation ... :-/
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angela [SMTP:pe1biv AT ieee DOT org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:48 PM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Novell DOS 7.0 and Re: SPAM
>
> Maybe there is someone on this list that can tell me if there is a patch
> for
> Novell DOS 7.0, as I am sure it has some Y2K problem that shows itselfs as
> often not having the date advance. The RTC advances, but as DOS uses it's
> own counter to calculate the day, as it needed to do in the Stone Age, the
> RTC
> is only used to set the time and date for DOS as it starts. The counter
> neatly advances through the day, but then forgets to increment the
> day-counter at 00:00 hour.
> I did look to DR-DOS 7.03, however it seems I can not get an update, but
> only a full pack of 5 or 10 users.... Well, I am not planning to buy a
> 5-user pack as I only need 1 (or 2 if I would replace MacroSof DOS).
> Maybe I just should move to PC-DOS.
>
> Well, I have the idea that getting of this OpenDOS list is the only way of
> getting rid of the only thing I have seen so far on this list; SPAM. Nice
> that Delorie promotes this list as "antispam".....
> I think I will give it another week and if I see more Spam I will try to
> unsubscribe from the list, I only have a bad feeling that that probably
> might not work...
>
> Angela
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: burke <burke6337 AT yahoo DOT com>
> To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Know who you're dealing with -- in business or leisure...
>
>
> > Take me off this mailing list immediately, and don't ever send me any
> > more of this crap.
> >
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