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Re: Replacing my Comcast internet/voice access point, moving up to 8 by "James Robertson" jamesrob328i
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Re: Replacing my Comcast internet/voice access point, moving up to 8 by "James Robertson" jamesrob328i
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Sun Aug 4, 2013 5:36 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"fussyoldfart" fussyoldfart
Thanks Dan,
I checked and that is exactly how Mail is configured but I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Darrell McDonald
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan <denver.dan@...> wrote:
>
> Howdy.
>
> Darrell, launch Apple's Mail program.
>
> Open Mail>Preferences.
>
> Click the General icon on Toolbar in Preferences (if not already
> clicked).
>
> Note the very first item named Default email reader.
>
> What program is it set to?
>
> You should be able to set it to Mail to make Mail your default email
> program.
>
> Sometimes other email program may configure themselves as the default
> email program.
>
> BTW, same thing is available in Apple's Safari to set the default web
> browser program.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:04:39 +0000, fussyoldfart wrote:
> > I recently switched providers and now mail at the new address
> > provided by the new ISP comes in to Outlook as web mail. I want it to
> > arrive in my Mail Inbox with all the other mail such as gmail and
> > yahoo messages. It actually did this for a few days after the switch
> > but then I "signed in" to Outlook and now I have to use Safari to get
> > my email.
> >
> > With my other provider my personal mail always arrived in "Mail" as
> > well as my gmail.
> >
> > I went to the help section in Mail and followed the instructions to
> > have it delivered there but that didn't work. Outlook seems to have
> > taken control. It is possible I have misread the help instructions
> > but they seemed clear enough. I do know that I did nothing
> > intentional to commit to using Outlook and I don't like using it just
> > because it is not Mail and I can't save important messages to my hard
> > drive, they seem to reside on the net.
> >
> > Darrell McDonald
>
I checked and that is exactly how Mail is configured but I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Darrell McDonald
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Howdy.
>
> Darrell, launch Apple's Mail program.
>
> Open Mail>Preferences
>
> Click the General icon on Toolbar in Preferences (if not already
> clicked).
>
> Note the very first item named Default email reader.
>
> What program is it set to?
>
> You should be able to set it to Mail to make Mail your default email
> program.
>
> Sometimes other email program may configure themselves as the default
> email program.
>
> BTW, same thing is available in Apple's Safari to set the default web
> browser program.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:04:39 +0000, fussyoldfart wrote:
> > I recently switched providers and now mail at the new address
> > provided by the new ISP comes in to Outlook as web mail. I want it to
> > arrive in my Mail Inbox with all the other mail such as gmail and
> > yahoo messages. It actually did this for a few days after the switch
> > but then I "signed in" to Outlook and now I have to use Safari to get
> > my email.
> >
> > With my other provider my personal mail always arrived in "Mail" as
> > well as my gmail.
> >
> > I went to the help section in Mail and followed the instructions to
> > have it delivered there but that didn't work. Outlook seems to have
> > taken control. It is possible I have misread the help instructions
> > but they seemed clear enough. I do know that I did nothing
> > intentional to commit to using Outlook and I don't like using it just
> > because it is not Mail and I can't save important messages to my hard
> > drive, they seem to reside on the net.
> >
> > Darrell McDonald
>
Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:19 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:36:26 -0000, fussyoldfart wrote:
> …I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Maybe it's an option/preference on the ISP end.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O'Brien ––– –... .-. .. . -.
> …I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Maybe it's an option/preference on the ISP end.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O'Brien ––– –... .-. .. . -.
Sun Aug 4, 2013 2:35 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
I'm sure if you set up the accounts in Mail, you could read them there. Go to the Bell.net support page or call them, and dig up the info you need if Mail can't set it up for you.
I tried setting up a fake bell.net account on mine and the error message started "bell.net POP server �pophm.sympatico.ca� ", so there is a set up in Mail. If it is up to date is another question. I don't use bell.net and that is the reason I got an error message since it could not find my account on their servers.
Brent
On Aug 4, 2013, at 5:36 AM, fussyoldfart wrote:
Thanks Dan,
I checked and that is exactly how Mail is configured but I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Darrell McDonald
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan <denver.dan@...> wrote:
>
> Howdy.
>
> Darrell, launch Apple's Mail program.
>
> Open Mail>Preferences.
>
> Click the General icon on Toolbar in Preferences (if not already
> clicked).
>
> Note the very first item named Default email reader.
>
> What program is it set to?
>
> You should be able to set it to Mail to make Mail your default email
> program.
>
> Sometimes other email program may configure themselves as the default
> email program.
>
> BTW, same thing is available in Apple's Safari to set the default web
> browser program.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:04:39 +0000, fussyoldfart wrote:
> > I recently switched providers and now mail at the new address
> > provided by the new ISP comes in to Outlook as web mail. I want it to
> > arrive in my Mail Inbox with all the other mail such as gmail and
> > yahoo messages. It actually did this for a few days after the switch
> > but then I "signed in" to Outlook and now I have to use Safari to get
> > my email.
> >
> > With my other provider my personal mail always arrived in "Mail" as
> > well as my gmail.
> >
> > I went to the help section in Mail and followed the instructions to
> > have it delivered there but that didn't work. Outlook seems to have
> > taken control. It is possible I have misread the help instructions
> > but they seemed clear enough. I do know that I did nothing
> > intentional to commit to using Outlook and I don't like using it just
> > because it is not Mail and I can't save important messages to my hard
> > drive, they seem to reside on the net.
> >
> > Darrell McDonald
>
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I tried setting up a fake bell.net account on mine and the error message started "bell.net POP server �pophm.sympatico.
Brent
On Aug 4, 2013, at 5:36 AM, fussyoldfart wrote:
Thanks Dan,
I checked and that is exactly how Mail is configured but I still have to open Safari and go to Outlook to get my bell.net mail.
Darrell McDonald
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Howdy.
>
> Darrell, launch Apple's Mail program.
>
> Open Mail>Preferences
>
> Click the General icon on Toolbar in Preferences (if not already
> clicked).
>
> Note the very first item named Default email reader.
>
> What program is it set to?
>
> You should be able to set it to Mail to make Mail your default email
> program.
>
> Sometimes other email program may configure themselves as the default
> email program.
>
> BTW, same thing is available in Apple's Safari to set the default web
> browser program.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:04:39 +0000, fussyoldfart wrote:
> > I recently switched providers and now mail at the new address
> > provided by the new ISP comes in to Outlook as web mail. I want it to
> > arrive in my Mail Inbox with all the other mail such as gmail and
> > yahoo messages. It actually did this for a few days after the switch
> > but then I "signed in" to Outlook and now I have to use Safari to get
> > my email.
> >
> > With my other provider my personal mail always arrived in "Mail" as
> > well as my gmail.
> >
> > I went to the help section in Mail and followed the instructions to
> > have it delivered there but that didn't work. Outlook seems to have
> > taken control. It is possible I have misread the help instructions
> > but they seemed clear enough. I do know that I did nothing
> > intentional to commit to using Outlook and I don't like using it just
> > because it is not Mail and I can't save important messages to my hard
> > drive, they seem to reside on the net.
> >
> > Darrell McDonald
>
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Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Jul 31, 2013, at 11:16 AM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.
> They keep sending me emails saying they have increased by speed, if I have a 3.0 DOCSIS modem. You might go out and buy one of the ones on their approved list and see what that does for you. But that will not help if you are in a situation where the node that you are on is overloaded with users. You would see faster speeds at times of low usage, but probably still see slowdowns at times of peak usage.
Thanks for your suggestions. In my case, I know that when it's connected to my LAN by Ethernet, throughput between my laptop and the internet is not impaired). I've also discovered that when my "Transmission Rate" drops to 5, my wife's MacBook Pro (1 year older, also running the current OS 10.8.4, placed immediately next to my own laptop, reports the same transmission rate.
I ALSO know that if I carry my laptop upstairs to where my Airport Extreme Base Station and Comcast cable modem rest behind my desk in a dense array of power bricks, cables, Ethernet switches, and surge protectors, the transmission rate remains at 5, but normal throughput is restored virtually instantly by plugging it into Ethernet.
Those datapoints each suggest to me that it's a WiFi issue and that the AEB, not the Comcast box, is the culprit.
My next tasks are to find out whether my Comcast box is "just" a cable modem or a device with routing capabilities. I don't think rebooting the AE Base Station will clarify the situation, because I've done that using the Airport utility, and THAT usually makes things better, at least temporarily. One thing I WILL try, however, is working in my upstairs office with the laptop on WiFi but located within a few feet of the AE Base Station to see if the slowdown in "Transmission Rate" just doesn't happen when the WiFi access point and client device are close to each other.
By the way, do you (or any other readers of this thread) know what I should learn from the "RSSI" and "MS Index" reported when I <option-click>
I'll also contort myself to visit that nest of vipers behind my desk to figure out exactly what kind of box Comcast has provided me. I've not jumped on their "offer" to upgrade it because there's a fee involved to get a device with battery backup (essential because they also provide me voice telephony services). On the other hand, if I could eliminate any possibility of a "double-
Thanks again,
Jim Robertson
Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:39 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Pat Taylor" pat412255
I recently replaced my Comcast modem & use it with the newest model Time Capsule. To eliminate the "double NAT" situation, I called Comcast & they disabled the wireless feature on the modem. My service has been excellent since the upgrade. My modem model is: SMC Networks smcd3gnv.
On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:28 AM, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
> I'll also contort myself to visit that nest of vipers behind my desk to figure out exactly what kind of box Comcast has provided me. I've not jumped on their "offer" to upgrade it because there's a fee involved to get a device with battery backup (essential because they also provide me voice telephony services). On the other hand, if I could eliminate any possibility of a "double-NAT" situation by getting a device that is NOT a router (assuming what I have now IS and has DNS routing info configured into it), I could probably eliminate one potential cause of network issues, so that remains a possible solution.
>
> Thanks again,
> Jim Robertson
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On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:28 AM, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.
> I'll also contort myself to visit that nest of vipers behind my desk to figure out exactly what kind of box Comcast has provided me. I've not jumped on their "offer" to upgrade it because there's a fee involved to get a device with battery backup (essential because they also provide me voice telephony services). On the other hand, if I could eliminate any possibility of a "double-
>
> Thanks again,
> Jim Robertson
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Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:58 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Aug 4, 2013, at 6:39 AM, Pat Taylor <pat412@mac.com> wrote:
> I recently replaced my Comcast modem & use it with the newest model Time Capsule. To eliminate the "double NAT" situation, I called Comcast & they disabled the wireless feature on the modem. My service has been excellent since the upgrade. My modem model is: SMC Networks smcd3gnv.
I'm pretty certain my Comcast box is not a WiFi router (no antennas protruding from it). I'm NOT so certain it doesn't have wired routing capabilities.
Thanks for the suggestion nevertheless.
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Sun Aug 4, 2013 8:34 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> I recently replaced my Comcast modem & use it with the newest model Time Capsule. To eliminate the "double NAT" situation, I called Comcast & they disabled the wireless feature on the modem. My service has been excellent since the upgrade. My modem model is: SMC Networks smcd3gnv.
I am able to access my DSL Modem by entering 192.168.1.1 into my web browser of choice, and control many of the controllable functions from there.
You might try that.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
I am able to access my DSL Modem by entering 192.168.1.1 into my web browser of choice, and control many of the controllable functions from there.
You might try that.
--
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Sun Aug 4, 2013 8:37 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
>> I recently replaced my Comcast modem & use it with the newest model Time Capsule. To eliminate the "double NAT" situation, I called Comcast & they disabled the wireless feature on the modem. My service has been excellent since the upgrade. My modem model is: SMC Networks smcd3gnv.
>
> I'm pretty certain my Comcast box is not a WiFi router (no antennas protruding from it). I'm NOT so certain it doesn't have wired routing capabilities.
If it is also a wired router, then it will have a cable connection and multiple ethernet connections. If it only has one ethernet connection, it isn't a router.
--
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
>
> I'm pretty certain my Comcast box is not a WiFi router (no antennas protruding from it). I'm NOT so certain it doesn't have wired routing capabilities.
If it is also a wired router, then it will have a cable connection and multiple ethernet connections. If it only has one ethernet connection, it isn't a router.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:39 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Aug 1, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Charles <schuetzen@gmail.
> I refuse to buy into the planned obsolescence game of Apple, M$$, etc.
> Mozilla FF 20 and TB 17 work on both platforms and I am going to start
> stripping down all the Add Ons, Extensions, Appearances, etc. Kinda like my
> old daddy used to say when I tried to get him into an Auto Tranny, electric
> door locks, etc. The more unnecessary stuff on cars, guns, etc - the more
> likely they are to break down. Damn but he was smart!
Interesting how the OS and software vendors tell us repeatedly that "security"
Still, I don't think Apple, MS, and the software vendors would issue all those security updates just as advertisements for their diligence, and I have seen each of the Enterprise networks I use regularly brought to its knees by malware, something that's never befallen me since my Mac 128 K RAM back in January 1984 was my first "personal computer."
Sun Aug 4, 2013 8:39 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Patsy Price" beyondwords2
Is it possible/easy to spoof an email address on an iPhone? in Mail?
I just want a general reply now. Later I can ask for details to pass
on to somebody else.
Background: I'm a lead moderator of our local Freecycle group with
more than 8,000 members and lots of email to manage. In Eudora (on my
iMac with OS 10.6.8) I have set up one personality with our mod team
address. So when I put on my moderator hat and send email to a member
it looks like the mail is going out from the mod team address. And
the reply-to address is the mod team address, so the member replies
go to the whole team, not just me.
It would be nice if other members of the mod team could do the same
with whatever OS/email program/ISP they are using. We'll start with
one, our other lead moderator.
She uses an iPhone. And she has just replaced her Windows machine
with some flavour of iMac (she hasn't yet answered my question about
model, OS, etc.). Her email addresses are hotmail and me.com. That's
about all I know so far.
Would it be possible/easy for her to spoof the mod team email address?
Patsy
I just want a general reply now. Later I can ask for details to pass
on to somebody else.
Background: I'm a lead moderator of our local Freecycle group with
more than 8,000 members and lots of email to manage. In Eudora (on my
iMac with OS 10.6.8) I have set up one personality with our mod team
address. So when I put on my moderator hat and send email to a member
it looks like the mail is going out from the mod team address. And
the reply-to address is the mod team address, so the member replies
go to the whole team, not just me.
It would be nice if other members of the mod team could do the same
with whatever OS/email program/ISP they are using. We'll start with
one, our other lead moderator.
She uses an iPhone. And she has just replaced her Windows machine
with some flavour of iMac (she hasn't yet answered my question about
model, OS, etc.). Her email addresses are hotmail and me.com. That's
about all I know so far.
Would it be possible/easy for her to spoof the mod team email address?
Patsy
Sun Aug 4, 2013 9:35 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"bob" rbmorin2002
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Bob,
>
> My mother and my husband have had this happen recently to their gmail
> account. We have since enabled two step authentication on all of our
> accounts which should help prevent this from happening in the future. You
> can read about two step authentication here http://www.google.
>
>
I looked at that when I was replacing my password. It requires giving my phone number which I am loath to do. Our landline phone now is almost useless and we seldom answer it.
likely will be less dependent on gmail and similar mail addresses.
bob
Sun Aug 4, 2013 10:33 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Charles Carroll" charlesmarkcarroll
http://www.macworld.com/article/1151287/textexpansionutilities.html
is research point #1
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1796214?start=0&tstart=0
is research point #2
My only caveat is I will use these a LOT. My iPad has a few dozen
expansions and the only reasn it does not have a few hundred is the
crudeness of the native feature.
In an ideal world it would be able to store the
abbreviations/expansions to the cloud and I could use on Windows and
Android clients as well. But I understand we may be a few years from
that but I am hoping soon it becomes a reality.
is research point #1
https://discussions
is research point #2
My only caveat is I will use these a LOT. My iPad has a few dozen
expansions and the only reasn it does not have a few hundred is the
crudeness of the native feature.
In an ideal world it would be able to store the
abbreviations/
Android clients as well. But I understand we may be a few years from
that but I am hoping soon it becomes a reality.
Sun Aug 4, 2013 11:23 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Hamm" jimhamm90
On a Mac forum I participate in a fellow posted a problem he was having,
all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
been provided to him for further analysis.
If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
usage, here<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580828-263/use-nettop-command-to-check-per-application-network-activity-in-os-x/ >is
an article explaining how you can open the
* nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
the most network traffic....Jim
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all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
been provided to him for further analysis.
If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
usage, here<http://reviews.
an article explaining how you can open the
* nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
the most network traffic....Jim
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Sun Aug 4, 2013 11:29 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Charles Carroll" charlesmarkcarroll
Even better
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jim Hamm <machamm@gmail.com > wrote:
> **
>
>
> On a Mac forum I participate in a fellow posted a problem he was having,
> all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
> per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
> not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
> been provided to him for further analysis.
>
> If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
> usage, here<
> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580828-263/use-nettop-command-to-check-per-application-network-activity-in-os-x/
> >is
> an article explaining how you can open the
> * nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
> the most network traffic....Jim
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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http://www.obdev.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jim Hamm <machamm@gmail.
> **
>
>
> On a Mac forum I participate in a fellow posted a problem he was having,
> all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
> per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
> not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
> been provided to him for further analysis.
>
> If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
> usage, here<
> http://reviews.
> >is
> an article explaining how you can open the
> * nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
> the most network traffic....Jim
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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Sun Aug 4, 2013 12:17 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Kenneth Silva" avliska
I had a similar thing happen to me. It turned out that I had been watching SkyNews on my AppleTV, and when I changed the input on my TV back to broadcast television, the AppleTV didn't know I had done that, and for 3 days kept streaming SkyNews even though I wasn't watching. That used up 75% of my month's bandwidth right there!
Could it be something like that happening?
Ken Silva
On Aug 4, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com > wrote:
> Even better
> http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jim Hamm <machamm@gmail.com > wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> On a Mac forum I participate in a fellow posted a problem he was having,
>> all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
>> per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
>> not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
>> been provided to him for further analysis.
>>
>> If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
>> usage, here<
>> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580828-263/use-nettop-command-to-check-per-application-network-activity-in-os-x/
>>> is
>> an article explaining how you can open the
>> * nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
>> the most network traffic....Jim
>>
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Could it be something like that happening?
Ken Silva
On Aug 4, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.
> Even better
> http://www.obdev.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jim Hamm <machamm@gmail.
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> On a Mac forum I participate in a fellow posted a problem he was having,
>> all of a sudden, with excess bandwidth usage. He normally uses about 40GB
>> per month, but in the last 3 days he has downloaded 120GB! So far he has
>> not been able to identify the culprit, but the following information has
>> been provided to him for further analysis.
>>
>> If you should ever have a concern with or want to know more about bandwidth
>> usage, here<
>> http://reviews.
>>> is
>> an article explaining how you can open the
>> * nettop command program* in Terminal to see which processes are generating
>> the most network traffic....Jim
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
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