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I feel that, for me, Eudora has reached the end of the line.  A twenty-seveI year run ended yesterday, 08 MAY 2024 when my domain host implemented a new protocol ending support for TLS 1.0 & 1.1.  I copied in the four files, 3 DLL and 1 P7B, from HERMES and fiddled with the settings in Eudora in all possible combinations to no avail.  One site suggested that if using GMAIL, that one can flip the “less secure app” switch.  However, my host has no such switch and will not accommodate my request to lessen the security level on my domain alone.  Moreover, GMAIL is going the same way in September.  So as it stands, from yesterday, I am unable to send or receive email using Eudora.  This is a huge inconvenience since, as is well known, Eudora does many things that no other email client can.  I am hamstrung without it.  Aurora looks like a smart phone app that works only with IMAP.  Am I mistaken?  What to do?

Thank you for the suggestion. In answer to your question, I would like the mail accumulated in two instances occuring on two separate machines to be identical; same account, differing content. The problem is to merge the content, while eliminating duplicates. The objective is to end up with the same mail content on both machines. I believe that boxes can be added to the mail directory, and Eudora will recognize them, automatically incorporating them and displaying when next Eudora is opened. And mail can be moved around from box to box. However, it remains to discover and remove duplicate messages to obtain a clean data set. That said, I am not sure about anything, in this connection, and seek assistance. I do recall some years ago, when Eudora belonged to Qualcomm, having a problem related to duplicate mail, and recall the Qualcomm folks providing assistance. However, I do not recall the details.

Than you …. it will be great if the post can be moved to the best possible location ……….. cheers

Could I suggest putting that in a document and attaching it? It’s a lot to scroll through.

Commercial filtering providers have been decoding these kinds of messages for years, and some of the better programs might also recognize it. What kinds of junk filters are you using?

Yes, I noticed that scrolling through is difficult and even trying to wipe the text and copy to another document is hard to control. Is this an artifact of the lounge software. Anyway, please find the offending code in an MS document for your convenience. As for the filter, it is built into the my domain name hosting package with Network Solutions, and I have no idea what is being used. The options offered are not very sophistcated and included only limited date and text variations.

You can’t create a combination chart that includes bubble series.

You could create a bubble chart based on the data you need, give it a transparent background, set its axes to go from 0.5 to 5.5 and overlay it on the area chart. But it’s tricky to get the chart areas to match exactly.

Thank you Hans. I had a feeling that this was the case. This presentation will eventually appear in an automated Integrated Performance Monitoring system built on a Business Objects platform; so in the end it will be the tech folks who sort out out the presentation details. As the SME on the project, I direct content and algorythm development, and when possible, actually demonstrate a functioning prototype proving all steps and processes through to presentaion. However, in this case, the prototype will have to remain a little more primtive than usual.

So when the lizard is done basking in the sunshine on his extended vacation, I am looking forward to his reappearance in his usual postion, monitoring and commenting (so to speak) on user bahavior.

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Thank you …….. I learned about the advancd find from a colleague and although not as easy as Eudora, it will have to do ……

By the way, I “discovered” that the field chooser in the right click drop down menu contains a selection that provides the folder indentity. Cleverly concealed under the field heading title “In Folder” one would never suspect that this was actually the heading needed to reveal the folder identity of residence for a certain message. In retrospect, I suppose this means …. the folder “in” which the message resides; convoluted, but what the heck …… Outlook Help is not much more revealing and if I had not stumbled on this by accident, I am sure that it would have remained safely camoflaged under its own little rock.

1. Using the Advanced Find dialog in Outlook (Ctrl-Shift-F), use the options under the “More Choices” and “Advanced” tabs. No, MS didn’t make it easy, but you can do powerful searches with some work. And you have already been given advice about Search Folders – they also have a Custom option at the bottom of the New Search Folder Dialog which enables you to create some powerful groupings.

2. MS probably assumed that since users can open the message in the Advanced Find window (and relocate the open Item from there), you don’t need the path information. This little macro will give it to you (intended for a single Item only)

Sub showpath()
Dim selitem As Object
If TypeName(Application.ActiveWindow) = “Explorer” Then
Set selitem = ActiveExplorer.Selection(1)
Else
Set selitem = ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
End If
MsgBox selitem.Parent.FolderPath
Set selitem = Nothing
End Sub

It was replaced by Organizer, still available from IBM.

Sure, Lotus Organizer is an ok tool. In fact I used it for many things. After Kapor left Lotus and Lotus was consumed by IBM, Agenda’s original vision faded and eventually vanished. Eventually, Organizer evolved, touted as Agenda’s successor. But it falls way way far short of being the speed of thought, data absorbing super tool that Agenda represented. The software was a true tool. It could be picked up and applied with the same breezy, universal utility one associates with the spreadsheet. In a DOS module less than a mage byte in size, this tool was a breakthrough in data organization and presentation, and there is nothing out there today that has picked up the slack and filled the void.

The largest project I undertook using Agenda was as a data collector, organizer and presentation tool in 1991 for an energy audit of the 125 buildings in McMurdo Station Antarctica. I was able to capture all qualitative and quantitative information, perfrom summary calculations and reorganize data into useable reports in seconds. Thousands of observations quickly and effortlessly categorized, allowed me to shape custom views and reports in a flash of time. Agenda provided the framework and structure, and all one had to do was pick the mode and populate the data base.

Organizer, as nice a tool as it is, could not even be considered in the same class as Agenda. I have corresponded with various folks over the years and have found many sympathizers (including Mitch himself), but never any successful effort to duplicate Kapor’s extraordinary vision in a Windows compatible environment …. there a some specialized applications modelled on the Agenda concept that have been designed specifically for certain industries (Law for example). But these are so specialized that using them for adhoc purposes, as was the original intent of Agenda, is not very productive.

So Agenda remains locked away in the land of DOS, and and there it remains in a glaciated state waiting to be thawed so it may blossom once again …. like any great DNA, one day to be cloned and live again, providing a visionary glimpse of what can actually be done with so little …. just imagine what that little bit of code could do on today’s computers ……. never mind computers 50 years hence ….

Almost makes a person begin to truly believe that anything is possible …….. thank you

As always ……. thank you …… in fact, I have use this method in the past, and appreciate the reminder. A drawback on this method …….. since bars are used to simulate a background grid line get buried …. so I am back to hand drawn objects. Any ideas??

Once again …….. I am indebted to the gracious efficiency of your support …….. Mark

Once again, thank you for your assistance. I did purchase the plugin from 3ivxm, and it did work perfectly. In the event you do have some knowledge about iTunes, I am trying to find a script file that will tune up itunes so that it can disp;ay the path name in the library list ……. this is such a basic need, I cannot believe that it is not already part of the itunes software …… if you have a suggestion for a software package that will provide the correct functionality and release me from itunes bondage, this would be even better …… I maintain 3 ipods and it will be some time before they are replaced ….. so I am stuck with itunes or am i??

As usual Hans, you are my hero ……. I am beginning to believe that there is little that I actually know about Excel ………. thank you

Hans … you are my hero ……. thank you once again for pulling the rabbit out of the hat …….. or is that the alligator out of the swamp …… one way or the other … thanks

what a guy .. thanks ……. I already dummied up another sheet and chart set and got the bar colors to change as expected ….. the last time I programmed anything was with Fortran 4 and although I am a little rusty (an understatement) …. things are actually making sense ….. have a great day (night or whatever it is where you are) … I’m going to dinner …..

Ok … this works great ….. let me see if I have the syntax sorted ………… I assume that the ( ‘ ) in the line means that anything following is a comment …. so I will write what I think each line does (accordingly) in an effort to show that I can extend the logic to other situtations (umm looks like the lounge lizard out to lunch & is making me wish I could go to dinner too …… but I will finish this first):

Sub FillSeries() ‘ name of macro
Dim i As Integer ‘ establishes i’s identity
Dim intColorIndex As Integer ‘ this sets a vector called interColorIndex as an integer …… did you make up this name …….. just don’t know how this is selected or where name comes from
For i = 1 To 20 ‘ sets loop for number of data columns in chart data table
Select Case Worksheets(“HSE Chart Data”).Cells(11, i + 1) ‘ conditional routine for selecting which color to display
Case Is = Worksheets(” HSE”).Range(“U2”) ‘ sets interColorIndex vector (11,i+1) to 4 if (“HSE Chart Data”).Cells(11, i + 1) is in this range
intColorIndex = 4 ‘ green
Case Else ‘ ‘ sets interColorIndex vector (11,i+1) to 6 if (“HSE Chart Data”).Cells(11, i + 1) is in this range
intColorIndex = 6 ‘ yellow
End Select ‘ ends selction routine
Worksheets(“HSE Chart”).ChartObjects(1).Chart. _ ‘ id’s the object on which the macro acts – don’t know how to find name of objects – change tab name & object id for modification
SeriesCollection(“ABS(DELTA %)”).Points(i). _ ‘ id’s the series for changing color — in any case, only have to change series name, all else can remain the same
Interior.ColorIndex = intColorIndex ‘ must be inside knowlegde for series fill color coding …….. in any case this does not need to be modified … i think !!
Next i ‘ round and round until i = 20
End Sub

Will you please comment …….. the only things I am not sure about is how to ID an object name and where the name ” intColorIndex ” comes from ……. where may I find the names of objects and where may I find a list of variable names for Excel elements like intColorIndex ??