Mac Forum / General / Networking / April 2005

Does anyone else get a lot of timeouts in Unison?  It seems as if I
can't read 5 messages in a row in Unison without losing contact with
the news server.  Any help would be much appreciated.

The version of iChat that ships with Tiger, apparently supports Jabber.
Does this mean that you will be able to use iChat to talk to people on
MSN?

My newsreader, Hogwasher 4.2.2 has a subscription defined which contains the
following two newsgroups:
<microsoft.public.virtualpc> and <microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc>.
I have no problems reading these two newsgroups through my SBC DSL account.

I bought a new ibook G4 last fall in order to put my very old PC
(Microsoft) retired. Unfortunately, I can not connect the internet
with my ibook G4. I have been using Netzero internet with my old PC
and ordered a CD from Netzero for my ibook. I applied the same Netzero

I'd like to set up a signature line or two that gives the posting date
and time.
Yeah, its in the header already but I'd also like to insert it there
if possible as well.

In Fink two bitchx's are listed - one with -gtk on the end. I cannot
find any info as to what gtk means or what the difference is. Does
anyone here have a clue?
TIA,

I'm looking for Mac software that allows me to "find" wireless networks.
Anybody have any suggestions for good WiFi finders for the Mac?
Preferably Mac OS 9...
Thanx

I am attempting to hook up my old HP 340 Deskjet printer to my wife's
slot-loading iMac G3. The adapter cable that shipped with the printer
is a special Parallel-to-Serial cable specially designed to work with
older serial port Macs (I used it originally on an LC II).

A friend in Oakland, California has access-4-free as her ISP, mainly
because they were one of the few who stated that it was possible to use
OS 7.5 on their Mac.
She's recently got an iMac running 9.1, which offers more choice. And

Is anyone out there successfully using MT NewsWatcher on their Comcast
cable Internet connection? I've used MT NewsWatcher for years and love
it. But I just got cable Internet with Comcast and can't get NewsWatcher
to log into the Comcast news server. It works fine with my old ...

Whenever I telnet into any Cisco equipment from Mac OSX, I need to use
the -K switch. ie telnet -K a.b.c.d
Don't need to do this from Windows telnet.
Why do I need the -K switch?

10.3 supports two VPN protocols
  "L2TP over IPSec"
  "PPTP"
Our university seems to require us to use another:

TidBITS#775/11-Apr-05
 April 15th is just around the corner, which turns Jeff Carlson's
 mind to the financial software necessary to finish his taxes:
 not Quicken, but Moneydance. The topic of Internet faxing

possibly ready for every day use.

I'm beginning to get a bit tired of Qualcom's lack commitment to the
Mac version (several bugs are years old, lack of real OS X support,
poor tech support, etc., but that's another thread.) plus I have a
need to deal with S/MIME support, so I'm really looking at biting the