My Mac CD?

I stumbled onto your site while in search of some shareware and was very excited. I have been a loyal reader and subscriber to Chris McVeigh's MacSense CD from its start and was deeply saddened by its early demise. I did not know of your existence, despite your many issues, and would suggest that you take the place of MacSense in producing your Magazine and shareware collections on a monthly CD. I would gladly be the first subscriber!

I hope that you, or someone, will publish a monthly CD with Mac articles, reviews and shareware. Thank you.

Alfred Moreschi
www.moreschi.com
moreschi@aye.net

It is something we have looked into in the past, but we have no plans for a monthly CD-ROM right now. However, with the monthly CD-ROM from MacAddict, I'm not sure how profitable that would really be. I would, however, love to bring My Mac to print someday.

My Swedish Mac

I wonder if we are allowed to upload My Mac to our FC BBS, SVT Direkt?

SVT Direkt is controlled by the Swedish Public Television and we have about 4000 accounts at SVT Direkt. If we are allowed to upload My Mac, IŽll create a new conference in the Mac area and put up every new issue the same day My Mac is out.

Jonas Stolt
administrator, SVT Direkt, Sweden
jonas.stolt@mailbox.swipnet.se

My Mac may be uploaded anywhere, as well as being included on any CD-ROM. In fact, many of our readers outisde of the U.S. receive copies via other magazines' bundled CD-ROMs. If you got this issue in such a way, please drop us a note and let us know where you found it!

One Way To Stop Junk E-Mail

One problem we all encounter is the ever growing clutter of junk e-mail invading our mailbox. Although some will say, "There is nothing you can do about this," I disagree. After doing a little research I found the following. Anytime you get junk e-mail, send the following back to the sender:

By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec. 227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec. 227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation. All incoming unsolicited commercial traffic will therefore be billed at a rate of $500 per msg to compensate for loss of service.

Steve Adelson
Researcher & Consultant
Steven_M._Adelson@tmug.com

Thanks, Steve!

Not Alone

Dear Mr. Robertson:
I just completed your open letter (as well as Guy's response) and you both make valid points. However, I feel that you have the stronger argument for these spam letter writers that appear on Guy's "E" list.

I have been an avid reader of the EvangeList for the better part of a year now. And, I used to do just as you indicated in your article, I would go to the aforementioned piece to see what the author had to say, make the choice as to either write to him or ignore the entire subject.

Well, I'm at the point now when I start to read one of these spam letters to Guy I just fast forward to the next article hoping that it will give me the knowledge that will help me use my Mac better. Or pick up some new program or improve the way I use other software, etc.

Anyway, thanks for not letting me feel alone.

Best Regards,
Giuseppe Verhauz
gverhauz@mlode.com

I just finished reading your "My Turn" editorial. I would like to say that you wrote it very clearly and professionally. There's one more thing I would like to say; you're right, Guy does not say "spam them." In fact, for every posting which may cause reactions like you described, he notes, "this is not a call for spamming..." So basically, you're right, Guy should take some responsibility, and he has. Thanks for the great column, Tim.

Whoops! A second page! Thanks for giving that Guy (pun intended :) a chance to tell his side of the story. Bye, again.

From,
Ross Hemphill
ross@ctol.net

I am very interested in writing for My Mac Magazine. I would like to write a column on evangelism every month, and how we can bring power to each Mac user... I'll send you my first column in a few days.

By the way, about Guy K. and all- I'd much rather have you state a solution rather than a problem. Why complain if you yourself have not created a solution? He has a point there.

Sincerely,
Tim O'Neill
JSBach617@aol.com

Thanks to all the readers who voiced either their support for my column last month, and for all those who wrote in disagreeing with me. (A much smaller number than I had thought.)

Above, Tim O'Neill asks "Why complain if you yourself have not created a solution?" The answer, of course, is that I do not have to. If it were written somewhere that to voice a concern, or point out a problem, you first had to have an answer, where would the human race be? I pointed out a problem. Is it therefore up to me alone to solve it?

And, of course, My Mac is always looking for new writers. So drop us a submission, Tim!

Rhapsody for PCI

Hey, just because Rhapsody won't support your Mac (which is the exact same as the one my dad has, btw) doesn't mean OS 8 is the last version of the Mac OS that will support your computer...

Apple, at the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) said they plan to support the Mac OS, right along side Rhapsody, for TEN YEARS! That means at least 5 more years of updates for your Mac! By the time they don't support your Mac anymore (2002-2005, somewhere between there), you'll be ready to move up to a new Mac, a CHRP one by that time, about 3 GHz (that's right, gigahertz!) And DVD... nice huh? So don't be so ticked off at Apple's plans, they really are quite good!

Parnell Maxwell
madmax2084@earthlink.net

I have to agree with Ryan Grimes. It is really irritating to read that Apple is not going to port Rhapsody to non-PCI Macs but is jumping through hoops to port it to Intel based PCs. Now does that make any sense? PC people hate Apple and few are going to jump at Rhapsody. However, Apple is going to ignore the vast majority of Mac users who do not have PCI Macs and forgo the income from sales of new OS software. Even aside from loyalty to your past customers, it does not even make any economic sense. There are already indications that Apple is counting heavily on sales of System 8 to save its bottom (line) and it cuts out pre-040 owners.

Do you think this will be another one of those issues Gil will waffle on or do you think Apple just figures we will all upgrade our hardware if we can't run the latest software?

Winsor Crosby
wincros@bigfoot.com

Honestly, I don't think Gil will waffle. ;-)
And yes, Apple thinks we will simply upgrade our hardware to have the latest/greatest. Of course, what Apple is NOT thinking of is that it may not be a Apple Macintosh we may buy...

A Quick Chuckle

Remove the little plastic bag on your diskettes.
It is not a condom for protection against computer viruses.

John Is Back!

I just read your July article. Wow! John is back, better than ever. That is a first class piece of writing, John. Congratulations! That may be the best piece that you've ever done. Fast paced, to the point, interesting. Everything that you could ask for in a great article.

Keep it up and you'll be writing for MacUser before you know it.

Paul E. Martin

MacUser? What's that? And why would you want John to go there? Hey, he might make money at this. As such, he would pay taxes. He would have to write his column two months in advance. Where is the fun in that? Ha! Just kidding, MacUser! (And, umm, could I have a job?)

My Mac Stand-alone Document

I love your Web site and also I enjoy reading the downloaded version. I have been a fan of My Mac since March and I never miss a chance to re-read it.

A question I have though is how does one get a downloadable document to begin with? I didn't notice *or maybe I was looking in the wrong place* a credit for the software you used. I looked it the document through GET INFO and it shows it being a DOCMaker stand-alone document, from Green Mountain Software. I tried finding a resource for the company but failed. *Again , maybe I was looking in the wrong place on the Internet* I was wanting to know what the software is, and where if anywhere it can be found/downloaded and what is the average cost of such a program.

I thank you for your time

Mike
tio@hotmail.com

DOCMaker can be found at http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn or on the major online services and info-mac mirror sites.

Be sure to drop us a note with any thoughts, corrections, or problems you may have. We all love to hear from you, and we do need to fill this page every month! (Please note if you do not want your e-mail address printed)

Tim Robertson is the Publisher of My Mac, and answers all the e-mail on this page unless otherwise noted.