eMac Extended Repair Program

Apple has recently acknowledged the higher than normal failure rate of some version of iMacs and has extended the warranty coverage for a set of machines produced between April 2004 and June 2005.

Accessing Bad Attachments from Windows Users.

Occasionally clients receive unopenable attachments from users of Microsoft email programs. These attachments are of the type "application/ms-tnef", and often have the file extension DAT.This entry describes how to access the contents of these files.

Customizing Eudora's SMTP port

Custom SMTP ports are pretty common these days, but Eudora does a very good job of hiding the option to change it. Here's how, using 587 as the desired port in this example:

- Open Eudora and create a new message.
- Paste the following string into the message:
x-eudora-setting:7211=587
- Hit enter and the string should turn into a link.
- Double-click the link and click "Set Setting" in the pop-up window.

Other Recycling Resources

Here are a few more recycling resources. Please contribute any others that you might encounter.

NYCWasteLe$$: Recycling in NYC
Freecycle.org

Apple's Recycling Program

For those interested in recycling old Apple equipment, here is Apple's official recycling program.

Apple - Apple Recycling in the U.S and Canada

Microsoft Windows Security Alert: Kamasutra/Blackworm/MyWife Trojan

On Friday Febuary 3rd 2006 the Kama Sutra aka Blackworm aka MyWife Trojan will deliver its payload-- overwriting all important files on infected machines running Microsoft Windows.

Rosetta Performance with Intel-based Macs

For those of you wondering if you should buy one of the new iMacs recently announced by Apple or even wait for the MacBook Pro, MacWorld has published a series of performance tests specifically focusing on Rosetta - the translation engine that allows applications compiled for the PowerPC to run on the Intel-driven Macs.

MacWorld's First Lab Tests: iMac with Intel Core Duo processor

Mail server settings for residential ISPs

This information is often buried on a support page so I thought I'd put up a list that makes things a little more accessible. Here are the mail servers for the four main ISPs for the NYC area.

Earthlink
POP: pop.earthlink.net
SMTP: smtpauth.earthlink.net (turn authentication on, port 587)
Webmail: webmail.earthlink.net

Cablevision/Optimum Online
POP: mail.optonline.net
SMTP: mail.optonline.net
Webmail: webmail.optonline.net

Time-Warner/Roadrunner
POP: pop-server.nyc.rr.com
SMTP: smtp-server.nyc.rr.com
Webmail: webmail.nyc.rr.com

Verizon
POP: incoming.verizon.net
SMTP: outgoing.verizon.net (turn authentication on)
Webmail: netmail.verizon.net

Most ISPs only support sending mail though their SMTP server if you are connected to their networks. If you are connected to another network you may need to use the SMTP server of the ISP you are connecting through.