From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Jul 2 11:21:21 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i62FLLlJ047977; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:21:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i62FLI6w047961 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:21:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <633501c46048$3bbe8530$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net We're Back. Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:21:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... OK. Let's take care of a little business... Sandi and I have returned from I-Day with TONS of photos including almost a hundred of Unaccompanied Plebes using the volunteers' phones to call home. They will all be posted as soon as we can. We'll announce them when they are up. But you have to understand, Sandi's son, Michael, the new Lieutenant, is home on Basket Leave before reporting to Naples, Italy for two years. So while we will get them us ASAP. It might be a bit before we can get to them. Time with our son has to come first. :>) In the meantime, you should visit http://www.usna.edu/PlebeSummer/index.php for some really great photos of I-Day and such provided by the Academy. This link had been previously posted but it is much more accessible from the above link than the longer one given previously. Plebe note the Capitalization IS necessary in PlebeSummer. Next... About those EMPTY emails... One of or more of our members is INFECTED WITH A VIRUS which insists on sending out copies of the nasty thing to everyone in the infected computer's address book. This particular member has corresponded with a number of our current members and has THEIR addresses in his/her address book. The computer FORGES the return address of the infected email as being FROM someone in the infected computer's address book. It then sends out copies to ALL of the addresses in that address book, including our system's list addresses (i.e. USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org, etc.). BUT... Our server CANNOT pass along the virus. It is contained either in an attachment or in Rich Text in the original message body. Our server automatically REMOVES all such Rich Text and Attachments. Unfortunately, since the message appears to come FROM a legitimate member (remember we said the virus forges the return address), the EMPTY message still is sent to our lists. And you see a few messages which appear to be from members with nothing inside. It's a bit of a nuisance but in truth it's harmless. YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE A VIRUS FROM USNA-NET. It is physically impossible. Just ignore the empty messages and realize that some poor member out there is operating without AntiVirus Software and is infected, sending out hundreds of copies of their infection every time they turn on their computer. It's not YOU, is it???? If you don't have AV Software operating (AND CURRENT) on your computer, you're probably the one that is infected. You can get free AV software at http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php One quick note on I-Day plus one... We saw nine different Platoons marching and drilling on Thursday Morning. We didn't see a lot of coordination but we saw a lot of smiles. Everyone looked bright eyed and enthusiastic as some went to swimming and others were on their way to other activities. Things appeared to be very much underway in fine fashion. More later. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jul 7 11:35:30 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i67FZUxZ067526; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:35:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i67FZSoC067511 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:35:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <17ca01c46437$bf937f30$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net SECRET PALS Care Package Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:33:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Again this year, USNA-Net will be helping the Chaplain's Office at the Naval Academy with the "Secret Pal" Project to provide care packages this summer for Plebes who are not fortunate enough to receive their own. We have a large number of Plebes whose parents live overseas, who were priors or Napsters, or are otherwise unfortunate enough to not receive care packages. After confirming the details with the Chaplain's Office this morning we are happy to announce that the Chaplain's Office will be distributing care packages to Plebes who need a special lift from a caring family. Please help in whatever way you can to send along a spare care package this summer. They MUST be received before 09 AUG 2004. Please be sure to MAIL your package using US Mail and make sure that it is securely sealed. If you are sending a plastic box, be sure to seal it in brown paper with the proper address and return address plainly printed on the outside for easy identification. Members who desire to participate in this year's "Secret Pals" project should adhere to the following guidelines: 1. DO NOT SEND HOMEMADE TREATS! Without the preservatives commonly found in the store-bought items, the home-baked treats don't travel well. In three days, a home-baked brownie can turn from ambrosia to a brick. Packaged cookies and other commercially produced foods have a much longer shelf life. 2. Do NOT gift-wrap your package. Once the travel paper is removed, the box must be able to be easily inspected. Clear plastic containers are good for this purpose. 3. Resist the temptation to send junk foods. Dried fruit, beef jerky, snack bars are all good choices. If you must send Oreo cookies, do so in moderation. :-) Individually wrapped items are best, such as "snack portions" of foods. 4. No over the counter medicines, including vitamins, aspirin and Tylenol are permitted. Such items are provided by the medical staff when needed. 5. NO BODY OR FOOT POWDERS, medicated or otherwise, are permitted in these care packages. Powdered DRINK MIXES are OK and are encouraged. 6. DO include a personal note of encouragement. It needs to be general, of course, and short. 7. Packages MUST be mailed. No local, hand deliveries will be accepted. 8. The project ends in August and care packages must be received no later than 9 August 2004 in order to allow movement through the mail system and arrival at the Academy before the Reform of the Brigade. Mail packages to: Project "Secret Pals" c/o U. S. Naval Academy Chaplain 101 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402 Thanks for your willingness to share your gifts with our Plebes and for your partnership with the Naval Academy Chaplains. If you have questions, please call me directly at mzets@USNA-Net.org. Thanks again for your loving responses to the wonderful cause. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Jul 18 20:07:02 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6J072X6073305; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:07:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6J070g6073297 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:07:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4ab001c46d24$9d03f8f0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Are YOU a Secret Pal? Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:09:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Just a reminder that you are all invited to send a Care Package to a Plebe during Plebe Summer who doesn't receive packages from home for a variety of reasons and who would love to be included in the generosity of our USNA-Net membership. In cooperation with the Chaplain's Center, we are asking our members to put together a care package just like the ones that you are assembling for your own Plebe and send it to the address below. It will be distributed by the Chaplains to Plebes who are less fortunate and are not receiving care packages of their own. Won't you consider being a Secret Pal to an anonymous Plebe? Along with the usual stuff, be sure to include some words of encouragement and a card with your name and address if you wish or just sign it "From your Secret Pal." They are all part of our Navy Family now. Please show them that they are appreciated. These young men and women have volunteered to serve our country beside your own sons and daughters. Let them know that we care about them and want them to succeed at USNA. On behalf of all those who can't send you a thank you note directly... Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. Go NAVY !! Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= SUPPORT PROJECT SECRET PALS - SEND A CARE PACKAGE TODAY ! Address it to: Project Secret Pals c/o USNA Chaplain Center 101 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402 This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 19 15:36:19 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6JJaJuM046928; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:36:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6JJaHgM046909 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:36:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <10a801c46dc7$a94298d0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Surfing the Net with Blinders on... Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:36:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... I'm sending the info for all our new members and those who have difficulty find new things on our web site. If you always find the new photos and such when they are announced, you can skip this message. CACHE MEMORY and BROWSER DESIGNS... A long time ago (in cyber years) when everyone used dial up connections over slooooow modems and graphic images were being used more and all text sites were fading away like yesterday's newspapers, the programmers who were redesigning the first Web Browsers decided that they could make the Internet APPEAR to run much faster if they copied all of the pages you viewed into your computers temporary files as you viewed them the first time. Then, if you went back to that site again, instead of downloading the page again over that sloooooow modem, the browser software would retrieve the page from your hard drive at speeds that appeared to be lightening fast by comparison. There is only one little problem with this scenario. If the contents of the page changed since the first time you viewed the page, the copy on your hard drive in "cache memory" would not reflect the newer, changed version that the web authors wanted you to view. Hence, when we announce new pictures on a certain page, and you go to that page, you don't see the new content. The reason that you STILL have this problem years after modems became fast enough to handle the speed required by graphic intense web pages is that your browser software still comes from the factory set to NOT look for new content. "How can this be?" you ask. It's simple. If for instance you're an AOL client, they have millions of customers and if they all want to download NEW content EVERY time they visit a page, their transmission equipment would be severely overloaded. So they don't want your browser to look for new content on every visit to a web page. This is true for most browser software supplied to you with any of the major internet service providers. They want you looking at a page one time and then using your cache copy every other time you visit the page. TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM... you have to open your browser and find the Internet Options (or User Preferences such as My AOL) and find the place where it specifies how often your browser looks for new content. It should be set to EVERY VISIT TO A PAGE. In Internet Explorer, this is in Tools | Internet Options | Temporary Internet Files | Settings. Check next to Every visit to a page and then click on OK until you have closed all the little windows and are back at the main browser window. With this setting fixed, you will see the new content EVERY time we make a change, automatically. A shortcut, one time remedy is to hold down the CONTROL key while you click on REFRESH or RELOAD in the browser's main menu on the page that should show new content but doesn't. This will not FIX the problem but will show the latest content of THAT particular page this one time. Hope this helps. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org PS. For a sneak peek at what our main page looks like on MY computer screen this afternoon, click on this link... http://www.usna-net.org/screenshot.gif I've made it smaller to fit your screen but it has all the elements that appear on the main page as of 1530 today. Does yours look like that? It should. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= SUPPORT PROJECT SECRET PALS - SEND A CARE PACKAGE TODAY ! Address it to: Project Secret Pals c/o USNA Chaplain Center 101 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402 This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 19 21:16:57 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6K1GvpA019071; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:16:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i6K1GtKK019056 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:16:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <329301c46df7$3f4dceb0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net It's that time again... Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:16:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... OK folks. It's that time again. I have to lecture about VIRUSES and your responsibility as a member of the Internet Community. Currently there are probably 6 to 10 individual computers out there in cyberspace which are infected with any one of several Computer Viruses. All of these computers belong to individuals who are (or were) members of our USNA-Net. Because of the way the new generation of viruses operate, it is impossible to determine exactly who they are. The viruses send copies of themselves to everyone in the infected computer's address book AND they FAKE the return address so that they can 't be tracked back to their source. They select an email address at random from the infected computer's address book and send all of their copies out as though they were sent by that FAKE address. Since our List's email addresses are in sooooo many of your address books, we get tons of copies sent to our server every day. When I say tons, I really mean it. Today alone, our server has receive over 1,400 copies of different variations of about a half dozen viruses. AND, our server did want it is programmed to do. It rejected all of those viruses that were sent to it FROM a non-member's email address. That stopped all but about four of them. But every once in a while, the virus uses a FROM address at random that IS a member of the lists. The server then does what it is programmed to do. It strips the attachments (which contains the virus, not because it is a virus but because it is an attachment and all attachments are stripped from ALL messages sent to our lists) and then sends along the empty "carrier" message to the list to which it was addressed. That's why we just passed along about four "empty" emails with strange little notes included. They were harmless but a bit annoying, anyway. NOW... Let's get down to business. We've got to stop these viruses from continuing to send out copies of themselves. The ONLY way to do that is for each and every one of you to install UP-TO-DATE AntiVirus Software and make sure that your computer is not infected. You can download FREE AntiVirus Software at... http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 It's really IMPORTANT that you are protected. Not only because these viruses will eventually harm your computer but because as long as the infected computers are TURNED ON, they will continue sending out thousands upon thousands of copies of themselves every hour... To your friends, your Mid, everyone in your address book. By not installing AV software, you are spreading these horrid little programs to everyone you have EVER written to since you got the computer... Grandpa, Aunt Bea, even your local pastor if his email address is in your address book. STOP ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE NOT INFECTED. ASSUME THAT YOU ARE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. We can't do it for you. If you don't know how to do this, find a friend of the family or a relative who can do it for you but TURN OFF THE COMPUTER until you have up-to-date Antivirus Software installed and you KNOW you're clean. It's FREE, after all. What's your excuse? Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= SUPPORT PROJECT SECRET PALS - SEND A CARE PACKAGE TODAY ! Address it to: Project Secret Pals c/o USNA Chaplain Center 101 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402 This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Jul 30 12:20:09 2004 Received: (from navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i6UGK9kY008937; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:20:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id i6UGK7Y7008928 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Secret Pal Program is winding down... Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:20:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Senior Chaplain CAPT Luther Alexander would like to thank all of the parents who participated so far in the Secret Pal Program. He reports receiving over 220 care packages and says that the initiative was a resounding success. Due to the wonderful response, CAPT Alexander asked that we announce an official deadline for sending packages of MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2004. So if you were thinking about doing something nice for a Plebe you don't even know, you have only a few days remaining to get that Care Package in the mail. The address is at the bottom of every email sent to our members for the past three weeks. Won't you consider doing just one more? It leaves you with such a warm feeling when you know you've done something sooooo wonderful for someone who is dedicating the next nine or ten years to serving our country. Go Navy... Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= SUPPORT PROJECT SECRET PALS - SEND A CARE PACKAGE TODAY ! Address it to: Project Secret Pals c/o USNA Chaplain Center 101 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402 This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org