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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 24 Mar 00       Volume 17 : Issue 48

Today's Topics:

      [*] AliasHelper 1.0J - Japanese Version
      [*] MoonMenu 1.0.4J - Japanese Version
      [*] MouseMove 1.0
      [*] Sherlock nobanners 2.0- Dutch
      Disk Warrior may fix iBook disk damage from crash on sleep
      MailSmith & MondoMail

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Date: 22 Mar 2000
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
Subject: [*] AliasHelper 1.0J - Japanese Version


This is the Japanese version of the AliasHelper package.

AliasHelper helps manage aliases on your Mac.

Occasionally aliases lose their connection to the original file. 
AliasHelper allows you to reestablish this connection, or instead delete
the alias.

It's recommended to run AliasHelper a couple times a week to keep your
system optimized.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/alias-helper-10-jp.hqx; 363 K]

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Date: 22 Mar 2000
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
Subject: [*] MoonMenu 1.0.4J - Japanese Version


This is the Japanese version of the MoonMenu package.

MoonMenu is a system extension that draws the current phase of the moon
in the menubar. The menu, when selected, reveals a textual description
of the moon phase, illumination percentage, the moon's age in days, and
the current lunation number.

MoonMenu also comes with an application that can compute the lunar data
for any given date.

Changes in version 1.0.4:

* Time of lunation 0 adjusted for daylight savings time.  Moon age is
from GMT.
* The moon is now upside-down if you're using MoonMenu below the
equator.  Be sure your correct time zone is set in the Date and Time
control panel.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-menu-104-jp.hqx; 781 K]

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Date: 22 Mar 2000
From: Chris Cho <ccho@fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: [*] MouseMove 1.0


MouseMove, by Chris Cho (c)2000
March 21, 2000 v1.0

What does it do?
After launched, it will move the mouse to random positions on the screen at
predetermined time intervals.  The program can be quit by pressing any key or
clicking the mouse on the program window created.

Why is it useful?
Certain services such as messaging clients or X Window servers may cause you to
idle out after a period of inactivity.  Thus, by moving the mouse continuously,
you no longer have to worry about being logged out.  The program works in the
foreground as well as the background.
I'm guessing it could also be used as a prank.  This was not the 
intended usage.

Version 1.0 Notes:
This is the first public release of this program.  My knowledge of 
the Macintosh
Toolbox has just begun to develop, please excuse any bugs that I did not find.
I plan to develop this program further, so stay tuned.

Bugs:
I did not implement a refresh of the screen, so the program information and
updates information will disappear if the program window is covered up.  The
program is currently PPC only because of some compatability issue that I plan
to research.  Please send me any reports of bugs that you find.

Features in Progress:
-68k compatibility
-User-specified time intervals
-Cleaner interface
-Daemon application

Contact Information:
Email: ccho@fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ccho/mm.html

Disclaimer:
I hereby disclaim any responsibility that this program may cause in any form.
The usage of this software implies that the user accepts this responsibility.
This software is provided as-is, and no guarantees will be made that the
archive has been altered in any way.  Please download it directly from my site
to avoid corruption problems.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mouse-move-10.hqx; 8 K]

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Date: 23 Mar 2000
From: Andrew Watters <awatters@ucla.edu>
Subject: [*] Sherlock nobanners 2.0- Dutch


Sherlock nobanners 2.0- Dutch
3/22/00

This is a simple ResCompare patch that removes all banners from the Dutch
(Netherlands) version of Sherlock 2.  The patch will only work with Sherlock
2.  To remove banners from earlier versions, download Sherlock nobanners
1.0.

Most banner programs simply alter the search plugins in your system folder;
this one modifies three resources in the Sherlock 2 application itself,
displaying only gray space instead of some idiotic banner.  If you would
rather make the modifications yourself, my web site has the instructions:
http://www.awatters.com

Use this program at your own risk.  I am not responsible for the
consequences.  This program is free and may be distributed on all media for
non-profit use only.  For-profit users should contact the author.

Andrew Watters
awatters.com

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sherlock-no-banners-20-nl.hqx; 21 K]

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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:43:33 -0600
From: Gib Henry <gibhenry@realpeople.com>
Subject: Disk Warrior may fix iBook disk damage from crash on sleep

Apple has acknowledged a problem with iBooks (and perhaps FireWire
PowerBooks) crashing on sleep, apparently particularly with "Preserve
memory contents on sleep" selected, and being unable to start up from
their internal disks, or even mount them when started from a CD.  Apple
indicates that re-initialization is the only resolution, destroying all
data on the disk in the process.

I recovered a friend's iBook suffering from this problem using Disk
Warrior v1.0.4 on a special emergency CD I burned, containing lots of
utilities.  I informed publisher ALSoft's tech support about the
success and received a very modest response to the effect that they had
had one similar experience, but that they could not conclude on such
limited experience that Disk Warrior would consistently handle the
problem.

But if YOU have the problem, it's at least worth a try--sure beats the
Apple alternative, and there's not much to lose!  Cheers,
--
Gib Henry

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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:20:38 -0800
From: "Kee Nethery, Kagi CEO" <kee@kagi.com>
Subject: MailSmith & MondoMail

Just thought I'd pass on my experiences with these two nice email programs.

MailSmith is a mail client from http://www.barebones.com and the thing I
like about it is that it has very sophisticated filtering capabilities,
much more powerful than Eudora Pro. Took a while to wrap my head around how
they work but very powerful.

The other feature that I completely love is that one possible filter action
is to run an applescript. I use the message label to tell the applescript
what to do and then the script reports back to MailSmith by setting the
message label to something else. Very powerful. Just to make sure I am
clear, I am not scripting MailSmith, I am using MailSmith to launch scripts
that control other applications and then to act upon the results provided
by those applications.

The other mail program I like is MondoMail. MondoMail is a scriptable SMTP
mail sender from http://www.acmetech.com/ and the thing I like about it is
that it is very simple to make it send emails. It can set the headers, set
the sender, include attachments, basically reconstitute the email so that I
can save all the incoming header info and tag it to meet my needs. Very
simple, very powerful.

Kee Nethery

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