Mac Forum / General / Networking / November 2006

Hi.  I have a clamshell with a 466 G3 processor, 576 RAM and a 7200 RPM
60 gig HD.  I'm currently running 10.3.9, but I've been thinking about
finally upgrading to Tiger. However, before I do so, I wanted to see if
anyone has thoughts about whether the forthcoming Leopard would run ...

My ISP (Cox) blocks all outgoing email that's on port 25 if it's not on
their own SMTP server. Which port does .Mac mail use?
Can I still use .Mac mail, given that my ISP blocks outgoing mail on
port 25?

Is it possible for the OS X "Mail" application to quickly and easily
switch between two different Internet Service Providers?
My initial attempts to use Mail in this fashion failed, in so far as
using the "Location" feature in the Apple menu was concerned.

It keeps saying the server mail.mac.com is not responding. However, I
can check my .mac email through Apple's own site just fine. I've tried
deleting all prefs for Apple Mail and starting all over again, but it
still won't work. What am I doing wrong?

It's not available for download at Cisco's site. If you know where it
can be downloaded that would be a big help. Thanks.

I have a connection question for Airport Extreme Base Station.
I have Comcast cable broadband.  I connect that to a Linksys router for
use with my Vonage phone, and then from the Linksys router I connect
via Ethernet to my iMac.  I like the direct Ethernet connection for

I'm online right now, at least, but I've encountered some problems
recently in switching over from a plain old 4 port wired router
(Linksys), which worked OK for years, to a wired/wireless router, in
order to accomodate a Powerbook with Airport card. I first picked up a

I have a G5 running OS 10.4.8 and an HP psc 950 all-in-one using HP
Image Zone for FAXing.  Any recommendations on dedicated FAX software
for the above?

Every so often (a few times a year), my Mac (OS 10.3.9) acts strange.
The pull down menus in the Finder and any open application
automatically scroll from bottom to top (when you click on the pull
down menu, the list appears and each item is the list is automatically

Just wondering if anyone knows how to re-populate the incomplete files from
the Acqusitioin folder back in to the app...
Mine crashed and now it doesn¹t recognise all of my incomplete downloads...
Thanks

I set up my new DSL/WLAN yesterday and eventually got it to work with
both my MacBook Pro and my old Windows laptop at the same time.  Today
I noticed an odd thing.  The Windows machine has been off most of the
time today and I never noticed this problem with it when I used it for

Hi all, I've seen online that you can get base stations for your apple
- that allow you to extend the range of wireless that you are providing
to others.  But what about the opposite.  My house-mate has set up a
wireless access point in his room.  And my other house-mate and I would

Having a quick look at the Apple Leopard sneak peak, there doesn't seem
to be much mention about Safari?
I wonder if Apple are thinking / planning to scale back work on this
and encourage people to use Firefox?

I have two port numbers open on my Mac (10.4.7): 3827 and 5000. Not sure
what they're used for. I think the first is unassigned (is that opened
by iTunes?). The second is complex-main, which is the standard
designation for port 5000 (in my list of ports), although I'm not sure

I have two machines on an Airport Express in my house connected to a
cable modem.  I rarely have any problems with the connection and when I
do, a simple reboot of the cable modem/airport/computer fixes it.
Tonight I came home and my work computer (Powerbook G4 OS 10.4.8)