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Tabla de Contenidos
YAM tiene un gran número de opciones, que pueden configurarse en la ventana de Configuración. Las opciones del programa están divididas por grupos que se pueden seleccionar mediante las palabras correspondientes en la parte izquierda de la ventana de Configuración. Además hay tres menús disponibles.
Primeros Pasos
Esta hoja contiene alguna información esencial necesaria para trabajar con YAM.
Configuración Mínima
Nombre Completo
Su nombre y apellidos. Por favor, preste atención en que este campo se rellene correctamente. NO utilice DO NOT use comillas en el nombre.
Ejemplo: John Doe
Dirección de correo
Esta es su dirección de correo, consistente en su <usuario>@<dominio>.
Ejemplo: jdoe@…
Servidor de Correo
La dirección de Internet (nombre del anfitrión o IP) del servidor de correo de su sistema. Este servidor, normalmente en un ordenador de su ISP (Proveedor de Servicios de Internet), debe ser capaz de trabajar con el protocolo POP3/SMTP.
Ejemplo: mail.example.com
Nombre de Usuario
El nombre de usuario para registrarse en el servidor de correo de su ISP.
Ejemplo: jdoe
La contraseña que le solicitará el servidor de correo. Esta contraseña es posiblemente aunque no necesariamente idéntica a la contraseña de registro en su ISP, y habitualmente diferencia entre mayúsculas y minúsculas.
Ejemplo: nguz56
Zona Horaria
Zona Horaria
La hora y fecha mostrada por YAM en la lista de mensajes siempre se convierte a su hora local. Esto garantiza el ordenado correcto de los mensajess procedentes de todo el mundo y por tanto con diferentes zonas horarias. La zona horaria es parte de la fecha del mensaje y especifíca la diferencia entre la hora local y la hora del Meridiano de Greenwich (GMT).
Ejemplos: GMT+01:00 (para Europa Central), GMT 00:00 (para el Reino Unido), GMT-05:00 (para Este de U.S.A p.ej. Nueva York)
Normalmente YAM adpotará la zona horaria de sus preferencias Locale, por lo que este selector estará deshabilitado.
Añadir ajuste de horario de verano
Esta opción se debe activar durante el horario de verano. Al hacerlo, se añadirá una hora para el valor de zona horaria. YAM cambia automáticamente a / desde el horario de verano si el soporte del sistema operativo de conmutación DST (por ejemplo AmigaOS4) o si una herramienta AutoDST como SetDST, FACTS o SummertimeGuard está instalada. Esto se indica si la casilla está sombreada.
Ejemplo: John Doe
Aquí puede introducir la información necesaria para enviar correo, al igual que definir cuentas adicionales de POP3.
Enviar correo (SMTP)
A parte del servidor primario SMTP ya definido en ls sección de Primeros Pasos, aquí puede definir un número ilimitado de servidores SMTP; los nombres aparecen en la lista de la izquierda y haciendo click sobre uno de ellos nos muestra información detallada a la derecha. Observe que estas cuentas pueden ser para el mismo usuario en diferentes servidores, o diferentes usuarios en el mismo servidor. De cualquier manera, puede comprobar si tiene nuevo correo con un simple click del ratón. Pulse en [Nuevo] para insertar la información requerida para una cuenta nueva de correo. Con [Borrar] puede eliminar cuentas.
La dirección de Internet del sistema al que le envía su correo. Este servidor, usualmente es un ordenador de su ISP (Proveedor de Servicios de Internet), debe ser capaz de procesar el protocolo SMTP.
Ejemplo: mail.example.com
El número de puerto del servicio SMTP. El puerto standard es 25 para SMTP simple. En caso de utilizar conexiones SSL/TLS este puerto también puede ser 576 ó 456.
Ejemplo: 25
Servidor SMTP permite 8bit
Originalmente sólo el juego de caracteres US-ASCII estaban permitidos para el uso del correo electrónico, lo que significaba que los usuarios estaban forzados a utilizar vocales (p.ej., tenían que poner 'ae' en vez de 'ä'). La razón de esto es que muchos servidores sólo procesaban los primeros 7 bits y simplemente cortaban el octavo, paralizando el correo electrónico mientras lo hace. Este problema se resolvió introduciendo el MIME quoted-printable standard, que convierte todos los caractéres 'no autorizados' a 7 bit antes de transferir y los reconvierte en sus caractéres originales en la entrega. Los servidores de correo moderno no tiene problemas con los caractéres no US-ASCII, por lo que los mensajes no tienen que ser convertidos necesariamente. Si está completamente seguro de que su servidor soporta la transferencia de 8 bit, puede activar esta opción y ahorrar unos cuantos bits en la transferencia de correos. El mejor modo de saber si su servidor soporta esto es escribir un mensaje a usted mismo que contenga vocales modificadas y ver que ocurre.
Ejemplo: Yes
Usar SMTP AUTH
Esto le permite utilizar la autenticación SMTP si lo desea, por lo que YAM solicitará su servidor de correo para utilizar una capa adicional de autenticación como se documenta en RFC 2554. Usted tendrá que rellenar un par de campos de ID de usuario/contraseña en este caso. Si el servidor SMTP no admite SMTP AUTH, recibirá un mensaje de error al intentar enviar correo electrónico. Pregunte a su proveedor de Internet en caso de duda.
Ejemplo: No
Nombre de Usuario
Cuando utilice SMTP AUTH aquí puede insertar el nombre de usuario para la autentificación SMTP. En la mayoría de los casos será idéntica al nombre de usuario de su dirección de correo electrónico. Aunque, hay excepciones, verifique las instrucciones de su ISP (YAM construye en nombre de cuenta en el formato <Nombre de Usuario>@<servidor>).
Ejemplo: jdoe
La contraseña que se enviará al servidor de correo a la hora de registrarse. Puede dejar este campo vacío por razones de seguridad; si lo hace, la contraseña se le requerirá cuando envíe nuevo correo. Recuerde también que la contraseña diferencia entre mayúsculas y minúsculas.
Ejemplo: nguz56
Usar SMTP TLSv1/SSLv3
Si su servidro SMTP soporta TLSv1/SSLv3, activa conexiones seguras. YAM conectará via librería AmiSSL con el servidor SMTP y encriptará cada transferencia.
Ejemplo: No
Recibir correo (POP3)
A parte de lo definido para el servidor POP3 primario en la sección de Primeros pasos, aquí puede configurar un número ilimitado de servidores POP3; los nombres aparecen en la lista de la izquierda y haciendo click sombre uno de ellos le facilita información detallada a la derecha. Observe que estas cuentas pueden ser para el mismo usuario con diferentes servidores, o diferentes usuarios en un mismo servidor. De cualquier modo, puede comprobar nuevo correo con un simple click del ratón. Pulse en [Nuevo] para insertar la información requerida para una cuenta nueva de correo. Con [Borrar] puede eliminar cuentas.
La dirección de Internet del sistema al que le envía su correo. Este servidor, usualmente es un ordenador de su ISP (Proveedor de Servicios de Internet), debe ser capaz de procesar protocolo POP3.
Ejemplo: pop.example.com
El número de puerto del servicio POP3. El puerto standard es 110 para POP3 simple. En caso de usar conexiones SSL/TLS este puerto puede ser también 995.
Ejemplo: 110
Nombre de Usuario
The user name for authentication against the specified POP server.. In most cases this will be identical to the username in your e-mail address. However, there are exceptions, so check the instructions from your ISP (YAM then constructs the full account name in the form <Username>@<server>).
Ejemplo: jdoe
The password which has to be sent to the mail server at login time. You can leave this field empty for security reasons — if you do, the password will be asked to you whenever you send new mails. Also, remember the password is case sensitive.
Ejemplo: nguz56
Switch this option on to have the selected POP3 account checked for new mail whenever you use the Get new mail button in the toolbar, or the equivalent item in the "Folder" menu. If you don't want this email account to be checked automatically, switch this option off and use the menu item Folder/Check single account from the main window instead.
Ejemplo: Yes
Usar POP3 TLSv1/SSLv3
Activate this option to use SSL based encryption under the TLS protocol as described in RFC 2595. This adds extra security to prevent the typical eavesdropping and hijacking attacks which POP is commonly subject to, and will use port 995 instead of the usual 110. The with STLS option will force the use of the POP3 STARTTLS extension, adding another layer of security to the communication, using again port 110. If your POP3 server doesn't support any of this, you will receive an error message when checking for new mail. Also, AmiSSL is required.
Ejemplo: Yes
Login using APOP
Normally the Username and the password are transmitted as plain text when connecting to a POP3 server. Under certain circumstances, this could be a security risk, and for this reason modern POP3 servers support the APOP authentication, which transmits the username and password encrypted with a key which is delivered by the server. If your POP3 server does not support APOP you'll receive an error message when checking for new mail; in that case, switch this option off. Also note, that if your POP3 server supports TLS/SSL this should be preferred as it also transmits the email content encrypted rather than in plain text.
Example: No
Borrar correo en el servidor
If this option is activated, new mail will be deleted after downloading it from the mail server. The messages will be deleted only after they have been successfully saved to your computer. If the POP3 account is used by several people, or if you'd like to access your account again later from another computer, this option can be deactivated.
Ejemplo: Yes
Nuevo correo
Controle el modo de descarga de su correo.
After establishing a link with the POP3 server, a preselection window may open showing a list of all new mail in the POP3 mailbox. This allows you to decide whether to download, delete or leave a message on the server, according to its size, topic or sender. For pre-selection to work properly, the server must support the TOP command which most of them do.
nunca: pre-selection is deactivated
mensajes grandes: only messages bigger than a size defined by you will be displayed in pre-selection
siempre: every message will be displayed in pre-selection
siempre, sólo tamaño: all messages will be displayed but only their sizes will be shown. The advantage of this method is that it is pretty fast.
Ejemplo: siempre
Límite de Tamaño
If pre-selection is activated, messages which exceed the size given here will be highlighted. This way you can avoid downloading messages with huge attachments. The size is given in kilobytes. If you don't want to use any limit, just insert '0'.
In everyday use, the settings 'pre-selection = large messages' and 'size limit=100 kB' have proved to be advantageous. With these settings, the pre-selection window will only appear if at least one of the new messages exceeds 100 kilobytes in size.
Ejemplo: 100
Ventana de Transferencia
Here you can decide if you want to see the transfer window while receiving or sending mail. With automatic it only opens if you manually initialize the transfer, staying closed while YAM automatically checks for new mail.
Ejemplo: nunca
Evitar duplicados
If you choose not to have YAM delete the mail on the server after downloading, it will be downloaded again next time YAM gets your mail, so every message will appear twice in your mail folder. To prevent this, switch the Avoid duplicates option on — as long as this option is activated, YAM will keep track of all your downloaded messages in the .uidl file and use special commands of the POP3 server to avoid downloading the same message twice. If the POP3 server supports these UIDL commands, this check will be done rather quickly. If the server doesn't support these commands, YAM will try to read the Message-ID using the TOP command instead of the UIDL commands. In case the mail server doesn't support any of these commands, this option must be turned off.
Ejemplo: Yes
Actualizar estado de mensajes
If this option is activated, new messages in the 'Incoming' folder will be marked as 'unread' before downloading new mail. This way you can instantly recognize the new mail that was downloaded the last time you've fetched mail.
Ejemplo: Yes
Operación Automática
Comprobar nuevo correo cada [xx] minutos
Here you can specify a time interval after which YAM will automatically recheck your mail server for new mail. To deactivate this option, simply select zero.
Ejemplo: 15 minutes
Descargar mensajes grandes
Whenever new mail is downloaded automatically (every x minutes or using ARexx), the selection window won't pop up since the user is likely to be working with another program at the time, or not in front of the computer at all. Mails exceeding the size limit won't be downloaded and will remain on the server if this option is not activated.
Ejemplo: No
Once YAM has downloaded new mail, it will display a requester showing the number of new and deleted messages.
Ejemplo: Yes
Once YAM has downloaded new mail, it will play a sound file. The datatypes library is used for playing, so the sound file can be of any format (like AIFF or WAVE), as long as you have installed the appropriate datatypes. Click the small arrow (PLAY symbol) to test the sound.
Example: Data:Audio/Newmail.snd
This is a program to be executed when new mail arrives. Insert the command as you'd do at a command line interface. If it is an Arexx script, you have to put the 'RX' command in front of the name of the script.
Ejemplo: RX PROGDIR:rexx/Newmail.YAM
The purpose of a mail filter is to process mail according to criteria defined by the user. Whenever a mail matches a specified pattern, it can trigger certain actions. Applications for the use of filters include
- automatically moving mail from a mailing list to a specified folder
- automatic processing of incoming inquiries by sending pre-defined answers
- automatic deletion of unwanted spam (advertising by e-mail, a real pest nowadays)
- automatic re-directing of mails to another recipient.
You can define theoretically an unlimited number of filters. The list on the left shows the names of all the filters defined so far. Click on a name to bring up its details on the right, spread across three sheets — Options, Comparison and Action. Click on [New] to create a new filter or use [Delete] to delete one. Filters are executed in top-to-bottom order, therefore you should place filters that delete or move messages at the bottom of the list.
The filter's name is merely for recognition and not of any other use.
Filtro Remoto
With a remote filter, new email can be checked on the POP3 server without being downloaded completely. The POP3 server must support the TOP command to be able to process this kind of filter. In contrast to 'normal' filters, only the contents of the e-mail headers can be searched for certain patterns. For obvious reasons, functions like forwarding or moving e-mails cannot be used with remote filters. In addition, if remote filters are activated they might slow down downloading e-mail, but they are handy and powerful if used with care.
Aplicar a nuevo correo
Activate this option to have all new mail processed by this filter. Processing will start automatically after receiving new mail.
Aplicar a correo enviado
Activate this option to have all sent mail processed by this filter. Processing will be initiated automatically after sending mail.
Apply on request
If this option is activated, the filtering process will be started by clicking on the Filter button in the main window or by choosing 'Filter' from the 'Folder' menu. This way you can also process old messages which do not necessarily have to be in the Incoming folder.
Buscar en
Here you can define what part of the e-mail should be scanned for the search pattern. If you want a field of the message header to be searched, you can choose one from the list which appears when clicking on the cycle gadget, or select 'Other field' and insert the name of the header field into the text field on the right side of the cycle gadget. If 'Message body' is selected, the whole message -except for the headers- will be searched. Please note that this type of full text search may take quite a long time when big mails are processed (YAM will have to decode mails in MIME format).
Ejemplo: 'Other field: X-Mailer'
The instruction comprises the comparison operator and the search pattern.
YAM supports the following comparison operators:
- = the text which is compared must match the search pattern
- < the text must be "less" than the search pattern
- > the text must be "greater than" the search pattern
- ≠ the text must be different from the search pattern
- IN the text must match pattern contained in the file which is specified in the text field to the right side of the comparison cycle gadget. Instead of a search pattern itself, the name of a file has to be inserted here, containing one or several lines of search patterns. In this way it is possible to create a so-called 'Killfile' containing a list of e-mail addresses. Click on the page icon to edit the file.
Note that the comparison operators '<' and '>' work differently according to the type of field. YAM knows that a message size or date is numeric and sorts these in numerical order, but for fields such as "Subject:", alphanumeric order is used as in a telephone directory, so James < Jim and 12 < 2.
The search pattern may contain AmigaDOS wildcards such as ?, #?, (a|b) or [abc]. Please note that the search pattern [YAM]#? will filter all messages beginning with Y, A or M. For filtering mails coming from a mailing list (for example, a mailing list related to YAM), you'd better use the search pattern #?YAM#? or have the filter compare the Reply-To: field with the address of the mailing list.
Ejemplo: '= YAM 1.3.#?'
If you make the filter search a header field containing an e-mail address, you can specify here whether the search pattern should be processed on the actual address (e.g. jdoe@…) or the author's name (e.g. 'John Doe').
Case sensitive
Activate this option if you want the filtering process to distinguish between normal and capital letters.
Substring search
If the search pattern consists of only a part of the header field which is to be searched through, you must activate this option - YAM will then complete the search pattern with #? internally.
It is possible to combine two search criteria. The cycle gadget lets you select how this is to be done:
none don't use a second criterion and both criteria must be satisfied or at least one of the two criteria must be met exclusive or either one or the other of the two criteria must apply, but not both
Activate this option to have mail matching the search criteria bounced to another recipient — for instance, you might use this to automatically resend certain email to your mailbox at work.
The new recipient's e-mail address must be inserted into the text field next to the option.
Example: jdoe@…
Activate this option when you want e-mail matching the search criteria to be forwarded to another person. The new recipient's e-mail address must be inserted into the text field next to the option.
If this option is activated, YAM will send an automatic reply to any mail matching the search pattern. Enter the filename containing the auto-answer text into the text field next to this option.
Example: PROGDIR:Auto-Texts/Answer1.txt
If this option is activated, an external program will be executed whenever an email matches the search criterion. YAM will send the path of the e-mail to the external program as a starting parameter. Insert the command line into the text field next to this option.
Please note that if you want an ARexx script to be executed, you will have to explicitely put the 'RX' command first.
Example: 'rx PROGDIR:Rexx/Subscribe.rexx'
Play sound
Activate this option to have a sound played whenever a message matches the search pattern. The sound file name is to be inserted into the text field next to this option. YAM uses the datatypes library for playing the sound. Click the small arrow (PLAY symbol) to test the sound.
Example: Data:Audio/Ihatespam.wav
If you activate this option, YAM will move any email matching the search pattern to another folder. You can select the folder with the pop-up button.
If this option is activated, all messages matching the search pattern will be deleted. (You probably guessed that… )
Don't download
If this option is activated, any message matching the search pattern will not be downloaded from the mail server. You can use a remote filter together with this option if several people share the same POP3 account.
Setup of the spam filter.
Activate spam filter
Activates the spam filter, believe it or not
Reset Spam training data
Resets the Spam training data. Should only be necessary in rare circumstances.
Check new mail for spam content
Automatically checks new mail for spam content.
Addressbook whitelisted
If a mail has an From: address that exist in your addressbook, it will never be considered as spam.
Mark mail as spam when moved to Spam folder
Any mail that is manually moved to the Spam folder are automatically marked as spam.
Mark new spam as read
This option will automatically mark new spam mails as read.
Move 'Not Spam' back to 'Incoming'
Will move mails that has been wrongfully detected as spam or mails that have manually been marked as 'Not Spam' back to 'Incoming' folder.
Apply filters
Applies all your defined filters to mail that is moved back to the 'Incoming' folder.
Layout options
Message header layout
If 'full' is selected, all the headers will be displayed. Select 'none' if you don't want to see any header. When you switch to 'selected', you can specify yourself which header fields should be visible in the Read window. For specifying the fields you can use any AmigaDOS pattern. The FROM, TO, DATE and SUBJECT fields are displayed by default. The header layout can also be changed (temporarily) in the Read window itself.
Ejemplo: '(From|Subject|Date|X-Mailer)'
Info del Remitente
If a mail's sender is found in YAM's address book, YAM can display additional information in the header part of the Read window. If 'data only' is selected, YAM will show some information such as the name, date of birth, snail mail address, description, etc. as found in the address book for this entry. Select 'data and image' to make YAM display a picture of the sender (of course there's got to be one in the address book ) in addition to the other data.
Wrap headers
Choose whether to show long headers on one line or to break them on two or more. In the first case, you will need to use the horizontal scrollbar in order to see all the information.
Message body layout
Separate sig.
It has become a custom to separate the signature from the text of an e-mail using two dashes and a space. If you don't like this kind of separation, you can define another here. Apart from the setting 'two dashes' you can select between 'separator bar', 'blank line' or even 'no signature' to have no signature at all.
Colored text
Text passages embedded in # characters will be highlighted by YAM in a special color both in the internal editor and in the Read window. Here you can define the color used for that purpose.
Old quotes
Select here the color used for the several levels of quoting.
Use fixed font
It often makes more sense to use a non-proportional font to read messages, since the layout of any tables will be distorted when using proportional fonts. Don't forget to specify the font of your choice in the 'TextEditor' module of YAM's MUI settings, under 'Fonts/fixed'.
Display all texts
If this option is activated and the message contains attachments, not only the actual body of the message will be displayed, but also those attachments themselves, as long as they are of the 'text' type.
Text styles
YAM uses the characters '_', '/', '*' and '#' to indicate underlined, italic, bold and colored text. For certain special documents, as it is the case with source code, this can make things difficult because some characters are suppressed. So you have the option of switching the rendering of text styles on or off.
Otras opciones
Múltiples ventanas
With this option selected, each message which you choose to read will open its own Read window.
Headers, stock phrases and editor settings
Cabecera de Mensaje
Responder a
Normally this field should remain empty. The default Reply-To address is your e-mail address. If you want to use a different address, then (AND ONLY THEN!!) you should insert that address here. Alternatively, you can use the pop-up button to open the address book window, and then drag an entry from there into this field.
Ejemplo: jdoe@…
If you want the name of your organization, school, club or whatever to appear in a header of your message, insert it here.
Ejemplo: Doe Donut Production Ltd.
Cabeceras Extra
If for some reason you need to add one or more special extra lines to the headers of your mail, you can insert these header lines here. If you would like to insert several lines, separate them by inserting '\n'.
POR FAVOR NO utilice esta característica a menos que tenga conocimiento suficiente de la estructura del correo de Internet.
Ejemplo: 'Content-Language: uk\nKeywords: Pattern, YAM, Internet'
Cuerpo del Mensaje
Frase de Bienvenida
YAM will insert this text at the beginning of every new message you write (except for answers and forwarded messages). You can define a line break by inserting '\n'.
Ejemplo: 'Hello,\n'
Frase de Despedida
This text will be inserted at the end of every new message you write, just before the signature separator. You can insert a line break with '\n'.
Ejemplo: 'Kind regards\n\nJohn Doe'
Warn when there's an empty subject line
Activate this option to let YAM warn you any time you try to send an email with an empty subject line. This may be the case when sending email to mailing list managers and other automated services, but it is generally considered as bad taste to use an empty subject line when posting to a mailing list. If you seldom use empty subject lines or you use to forget to fill in this field, you might want to use this option.
Word wrap
When you save a newly written message, it will be formatted to make sure that no line has more characters than the value specified here. You can also decide whether YAM will insert line breaks as you type or if this should be postponed until you send the message. In the first case, the internal editor will insert line break codes while you're typing the message. This way you avoid unwanted surprises when the text is formatted later on saving the message, but on the other hand, any subsequent insertion or deletion of text might be a little less comfortable.
Ejemplo: 76
Editor Externo
If you do not like the internal editor and wish to use another one (thereby forgoing automatic spell checking, text styles and glossary), you can insert its name here. Remember to insert the full path for the editor, and maybe an appropriate command line option.
Ejemplo: 'C:Ed'
Lanzar inmediatamente
Activate this option if you would like the external editor to be launched automatically as soon as you start creating a new message. By doing so you won't have to click on the [Editor] button in the Write window.
Caché de correo
YAM can cache on disk a certain number of the most recent recipients used when writing a new email, if those recipients aren't already in your address book. This may improve the performance of the automatic name completer, especially if your address book is rather brief and you often find yourself having to type your recipient's name and address.
If the hit ratio of the email cache is very low in your everyday use, you might want to turn it off completely by selecting zero mails.
Options for quoting messages
Frase Inicial
This text will be added at the beginning of the original text of any message you forward. Click the pop-up button to select from a list of variables which can be inserted (for example %r stands for the name of the recipient, %s stands for the subject, etc.). When the text is inserted into the message, YAM replaces the variables with their respective values, taken from the forwarded message.
Ejemplo: '* Forwarded message, originally by %n on %d: *\n'
Frase Final
This text will be inserted at the end of any forwarded message, but before the greetings phrase. Click the pop-up button to select a variable from the list (for subject, date, sender, etc.).
Ejemplo: '* End of forwarded message *\n'
Fras de Respuesta por defecto
When you reply to a message, YAM can automatically insert three different phrases in the new message: greetings (Open), an introduction to the quoted message (Intro) and a closing phrase (Close). Use the cycle gadget to select one of these phrases and enter it in the field on the right. Click the pop-up button to select a variable from the list (for subject, date, sender, etc.).
Ejemplo: [Open] 'Hello %f,\n'
[Intro] 'On %d, you wrote:\n' [Close] 'Kind regards'
Frase de respuesta Alternativa
Communicating via Internet often means writing in another language. For that reason, YAM is capable of using an alternative reply phrase set, which will be used automatically whenever the recipient's address matches an user defined pattern. This way you can, for instance, use a German version of the reply phrase set for addresses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while using the English version for all other countries.
Ejemplo: [Open] 'Hallo %f,\n'
[Intro] 'Am %d schriebst Du:\n' [Close] 'Mit freundlichem Gruss'
Usar con estos dominios
Whenever the recipient's address corresponds with this AmigaDOS pattern , the alternative reply phrases will be used.
Ejemplo: '#?.(de|ch|at)' (Addresses of countries with German mother tongue)
Frase de respuesta Lista de correo
To answer a message belonging to a mailing list, another set of phrases is available — they will be used if the message that is being answered is stored in a folder for which mailing list support has been activated (see folder configuration ).
Ejemplo: [Open] 'Hi!\n'
[Intro] 'On %d, %n wrote:\n' [Close] 'Kind regards'
Quote message using
The character(s) specified in the editing field plus a space will be put in front of each line of the original message. Click the pop-up button to select a variable for the sender's initials.
Example: '%i>'
Quote external using
The character(s) specified in the editing field plus a space will be put in front of each line quoted from an external source, not necessarily related to e-mail. This is used when inserting or pasting text using the "alternate quoted" method.
Example: '|'
Quote empty lines
Usually, the quotation character is inserted at the beginning of empty lines contained in the quoted message. If for some reason you don't like this, just deactivate this option.
Verify recipient address
If this option is enabled, YAM will check if the sender and the return address are the same — if the "From:" and the "Reply-To:" headers of the message are different, you will be asked to select whom to reply to. This way it is fairly easy to reply privately to a message from a mailing list.
Strip signature
Activate this option to avoid quoting the signature (since you'll delete the signature anyway in most cases). This option will work only when the signature in the quoted message is separated from the actual message by the standard '— ' separator, that is, two dashes AND a space.
You can define and use one standard and upto two alternative signatures within YAM (e.g. one signature for private email and another one for business). Clicking on the cycle button in the upper left corner of the window you can display and edit the signatures in the small text editor window below.
Usar firma
If this option is activated, a signature will be inserted at the end of each message you write.
Editar en editor externo
Click this button to open the external editor you have defined in Configuration/Write/External editor to edit the signature currently selected.
Insert random tagline
Click this button to insert the '%t' variable at the actual cursor position in the editor. When processing a new message, YAM will replace this variable with a random tagline from the taglines file.
Insertar ENV:Firma
Click this button to insert the variable '%e' at the current cursor position in the editor. YAM will replace this variable with the contents of the 'SIGNATURE' environment variable while creating a new message. This way it is possible to have random values automatically inserted into the signature, like the date, the actual temperature, the time, your weight or whatever…
Tagline file
The tagline database contains taglines, little poems or other very important and witty pieces of wisdom which can be selected randomly and be inserted into the signature. There are collections of thousands of these taglines on Aminet.
Ejemplo: 'PROGDIR:.taglines'
Tagline separator
Since a tagline can consist of several actual lines, the single entries in the tagline file have to be separated from each other. Insert the string that is used for separating one tagline from another in your tagline file into this text field.
Ejemplo: '%%'
Columnas, tamaños, unidad de tiempo, menús contextuales
Preferencias de Campos
Lista Carpetas, Lista Mensajes
Seleccione los items que desea ver en estas listas.
Como en YAM 2.4, puede también tener un menú contextual para ambas listas (carpetas y mensajes).
Preferencias Generales
Usar fuente fija
It often makes more sense to use a non-proportional font since the display might become distorted with proportional fonts. Don't forget to specify the font of your choice in the 'TextEditor' module of YAM's MUI settings, under 'Fonts/fixed'.
Hora en Pulsos Swatch
Enable this option to display the time in Swatch Beats instead of the hours:minutes format. This revolutionary unit of time, invented by Swatch, a Swiss watch manufacturer, divides the day in 1000 beats and abolishes the different time zones. The meridian is Biel, a town located in Switzerland.
Formato de tamaño
This setting allows you to select the exact format of the sizes given in the message and folder lists, as well as the preselection window.
Barra de Estado
Allows you to select the position of the status bar, or even disable it completely.
Ejemplo: Top
The contents of the status bar. Use the pop-up button at the right to select a variable for new, unread, etc. messages.
Ejemplo: '- Total: %t New: %n Unread: %u'
Encriptado de correo con PGP
Directorio de PGP
The famous (some people and authorities might even say notorious) programme PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) by Philip Zimmermann is used for encrypting, decrypting and digitally 'signing' messages. Please install PGP as described in PGP's manual and insert the full directory path of the PGP executable here. YAM recognizes automatically if you're using version 2.6 or 5.x.
Ejemplo: 'Work:Programs/PGP/bin/'
Su clave PGP de ID
If you want to sign messages with PGP, YAM needs the shortcut of your secret PGP key. Click on the pop-up button and select your key. If YAM cannot find your PGP key, then either PGP is not installed correctly on your system, or you've specified the wrong path for the PGP executable.
Ejemplo: 0x70804A7B
Encrypt to self
Encrypting messages for a certain recipient has one disadvantage: you cannot read or edit the message any more after encryption. Activate this option to be able to read the message after encryption. YAM will enable you to do so by simply encrypting the mail using the recipient's key as well as your own.
Ficheros de registro
Ruta fichero de registro
YAM will save the log files to the path specified here. The format of log files is explained in the Reference chapter.
Separar fichero de registro
Switch this option on if you want YAM to create a new log file each month. To distinguish the different files that will be created, YAM includes the date in the log file name, e.g. YAM-Jan98.log. If you'd like one big single log file, just leave this option deactivated.
If you are not interested in having log files at all, select 'none'. Select 'normal' to have only the important events like receiving/sending mail recorded. In 'verbose' mode, YAM will log every transferred e-mail in detail.
Registrar todos los eventos
Deactivate this option if you're only interested in logging events having to do with the mail transfer (sending/receiving).
Opciones para acciones al arrancar y al salir del programa.
Al Inicio del Programa
Cargar todas las carpetas
If you have many voluminous archive folders, you can increase YAM's starting speed by deactivating this option. Furthermore, deactivating this option will save memory, because only the index files of the system folders will be loaded on startup — the index files of the user-defined folders will be loaded only when they are needed.
Marcar nuevo correo como no leído
Switch this option on to mark all new messages as "unread" on startup.
Borrar correo antiguo
In the case that you have defined a maximum age for specific folders, YAM will delete all messages exceeding this age before actually quitting if this option is activated.
Eliminar correo borrado
Switch this on to make YAM empty the 'Deleted' folder on startup.
Comprobar cumpleaños
Switch this option on to make YAM search the address book on startup for people whose birthday is today. This way you can send your congratulations at once, in case it's the birthday of one of your pals (or maybe even business partners). When run from a shell, the NOCHECK switch prevents this check from being done.
Enviar correo en cola de salida
If this option is activated, YAM will search the Outgoing folder for messages to send on startup and ask you if you'd like to send them. Please note that this will work only if a TCP/IP stack has been loaded previously. You can temporarily stop YAM from doing so by starting YAM from a shell with the NOCHECK switch.
Descargar nuevo correo
If this option is activated (and there's already a TCP/IP stack running on your system), YAM will check the mail server for new messages on startup. You can temporarily stop YAM from doing so by starting YAM from a shell with the NOCHECK switch.
Al finalizar el programa
Enviar correo en cola de salida
Activate this option to make YAM look for ready to send messages in the Outgoing folder before actually ending the program. If it's activated, YAM will ask you if you'd like to send those messages before quitting. (Of course it will do so only if there are actually any messages in the Outgoing folder.)
Borrar correo antiguo
In the case that you have defined a maximum age for specific folders, YAM will delete all messages exceeding this age before actually quitting if this option is activated.
Eliminar correo borrado
Switch this on to make YAM empty the 'Deleted' folder when closing down.
Configure MIME viewers for attachments.
Visores MIME
The program selected by default to display attachments is MultiView. Messages in MIME format contain a field called Content-Type in which the type of the encoded file is specified. You can define a different program to process every single type of file. This is important for users who do not want to use MultiView for processing images and sound files, or for processing file types not yet supported by datatypes. Click New to configure a display program, or use Delete to delete an entry. In addition, new file types defined here are also taken into account when composing a new message. For instance, if a new attachment type "application/pgs" is defined for filenames ending in ".pgs", YAM will automatically use this MIME type when attaching files that bear this extension.
Tipo de Anexo
This is the type of the actual entry, and corresponds to the Content-Type field contained in the message. You can select one from the pop-up list or use AmigaDOS wildcards, e.g. 'image/#?' to use the programme for a whole class of file types.
Ejemplo: 'image/jpeg'
Filename extension for the file type. This extension allows YAM to assign the correct "Content-Type:" field for a file.
Ejemplo: 'jpg jpeg jfif'
Choose the program you'd like to use to display the attachment. Do not forget to insert a "%s" into the command line, which will be replaced by the filename when processing.
Ejemplo: 'TOOLS:Gfx/ViewJPG "%s"'
Visor por defecto
This viewer will be used if the attachment doesn't match any of the user defined types (see above).
Ejemplo: 'SYS:Utilities/MultiView "%s" SCREEN'
Identificar anexos binarios
Some mail clients always use application/octet-stream as the "Content-Type:" field for binary attachments. To still show such attachments with the correct program, YAM can search the viewer list based on the file name extension of the attached file (see Extension above).
Decode files to
This is the pre-selected directory to decode attachments into.
Example: Work:Data/In
Attach files from
Whenever you want to attach a file to a new message, YAM will look for it at this position first.
Example: Work:Data/Out
Address book
Visible columns, personal data exchange
Select the items you want to see in the address book.
Personal data exchange
Add personal info
Check this option to create special message headers containing personal data like your postal address, phone number, homepage, date of birth or URL of your picture. If the recipient works with YAM too, (s)he will able to create an address book entry and fill it with your data. To get this working, add an entry to your address book containing your data (YAM will find your entry based on the e-mail address).
Save sender's address
YAM can automatically save the sender's address when you're reading a message, i.e. it will create a new entry in the address book. Choose one of these modes:
never Don't save addresses if info available; ask You'll only be asked if there's personal data of the sender available, otherwise the address won't be saved ask before You'll be asked every time whether the address should be saved or not if info available The address will be saved automatically if there's personal data of the sender available always All new addresses will be saved automatically
Group for new entries
Alias of the group that will contain the new address book entries created by the previous option. The group will be created if it doesn't exist yet.
Example: NEW
Save photos in
The pictures of the senders are stored here.
Example: PROGDIR:Gallery
URL of your picture
If one exists, enter here the WWW address (URL) of a small photo of yourself. The URL will be listed along with the headers of every outgoing message if 'Add personal info' is enabled.
Example: 'http://yam.ch/gallery/BECK_Marcel.gif'
HTTP Proxy server
If you're behind a firewall and only get into the Internet using a proxy server, then you have to enter here the address of that proxy server, otherwise it won't be possible to download photos or get information about new versions of YAM.
Example: proxy.example.com:8080
As well as the "Scripts" menu in the main window, which can hold up to ten scripts, ARexx scripts can also be started by certain events. For example, it is possible with two simple scripts to start up Miami in order to go online and fetch new mail, and then close Miami again once the mail has been downloaded.
The title of the script as it appears in the "Scripts" menu, e.g. "Start Browser".
File name of the ARexx script, including any needed parameters (in the usual ARexx fashion, but without a call to 'RX').
Example: PROGDIR:rexx/StartBrowser.rexx
Open Console window
The script will open a console window for input and output while it is running. Switch this option off if a console window is not required.
Wait for termination
Switch this option off if you want the script to run in the background, which means you don't want to wait for it to finish before YAM can go ahead with other tasks.
Paths, AppIcon, save/delete, tracking & packing
Directory for temp files
YAM needs this directory to save some files needed while processing e.g. messages with MIME attachments. If you are short on memory (2 MB or less), you better choose a path on your hard disk to avoid possible problems with very large messages.
Example: 'T:'
Mailbox status AppIcon
Position X/Y
Enter here the desired position on your Workbench for YAM's AppIcon. If another icon is already ocuppying this position, Workbench will choose a 'safe' position for the AppIcon on its own (so you don't have to worry about 'deleting' another icon).
Example: 'X:550 Y:144'
The label for the AppIcon which will be displayed while YAM is running can be specified here. Click the pop-up button to select a variable for new, unread, etc. messages.
Close gadget iconifies program
Following the MUI default behavior, the close gadget (or the <Esc> key) will terminate the program. Activate this option to let them iconify YAM instead.
Save/delete messages
Confirm deletion of [xx] or more messages
If this option is activated, a security requester will appear before deleting a certain number of messages. This makes sense especially when a number of two or more is selected.
Remove messages immediately
If this option is switched on, messages won't be moved to the 'Deleted' folder on deletion — instead, they will be erased immediately from the hard disk. This saves some time and memory, but on the other hand you won't be able to retrieve any message deleted by mistake.
Save sent messages
Activate this option to make YAM save sent messages into the 'Sent' folder. You can select this as well specifically for any single mail, by using the relevant option in the Write window.
Message tracking
Here you can define how YAM should react if a message's sender has requested a disposition notification (MDN) while writing his/her message.
Ignore - The request will be ignored completely and there won't be any report. Autodeny - The sender will be informed that you don't wish to send a disposition notification for the message. Accept - The sender will be informed as requested about the message's disposition. Ask user - You can decide in each case if you want to ignore, deny or accept the request.
Additionally, YAM's reaction can be related to the event activating the disposition notification:
Display - The message was read or answered Process - The message was bounced or forwarded without reading Delete - The message was deleted without reading Filter - The message was automatically processed or deleted by a filter
Send at once
The condition report will be sent immediately if there's a TCP/IP stack running, otherwise it will be saved to the 'Outgoing' folder.
XPK/LhA settings
By clicking the pop-up button, you can choose the XPK library you wish to use to compress folders. Before doing so, an XPK package must be installed on your computer system. This package is not contained in the YAM archive, but can be downloaded from the Aminet. You can select the packer's efficiency by using the slider bar on the right-hand side of the pop-up button — the higher the value, the better compression, but also slower.
Example: 'NUKE 100%'
Click the pop-up button to select the XPK library you wish to use for compression and password protection of folders. You can only select XPK libraries offering password protection. Specify the packer's efficiency with the slider bar on the right-hand side of the pop-up button.
Example: 'HUFF 50%'
YAM is capable of crunching one or more files before attaching them to an e-mail, using a suitable archiver such as LHA, LZX or ZIP. Enter here the full command path line for your favourite archiver, including any options. You can insert variables for the resulting archive and the source files (or a list containing the source files) by clicking the pop-up button on the right hand side of the text field.
Example: 'LhA -a -m -i%l a %a'
Look & Feel
Here YAM will display a list with available themes and a small preview of what it will look like.
Activates the selected theme, which requires you to save the configuration and restart YAM, in order to see the new icons.
Status bar
Will show a status bar at either - top, middle, bottom or don't show any at all.
Here you can select what the status bar should show. There are a number of different options to select from.
Size format
Here you can select how YAM will display sizes for mails and mail drawers.
Embedded read pane in main window
Shows an embedded read pane in the main window, which allows you to read mails directly in the main window instead of double-clicking a mail to open it in a separate read window.
Show quick search in main window
Shows a quick search field in the main window, for quick searches
Update settings
Check for updates
Allows you to select the interval at which YAM will check for updates to itself and other third party software, which YAM needs. A button next to it, allows you to do manual checks for updates at will.
Below you can also see when exactly the last check was done.
Hidden Configuration
YAM recognises some extra parameters that are not mentioned in any configuration window. You have to load the file .config into a text editor and alter the parameters in the Advanced section by hand.
Usually the first part of a multipart letter contains the actual message, while the subsequent parts are the attachments. A few mail servers, like GeoCities, use the first part for their advertisements, which would then be quoted in a reply instead of the actual message. With the LetterPart option you can correct this.
Example: 'LetterPart = 2'
If the contents of a folder are altered, YAM must rebuild the index. This index is in RAM memory, and it is saved back to the hard disk on a normal exit. In the event that the computer has to be rebooted (because of a crash, perhaps), YAM has to rebuild the indices on startup. Therefore, YAM will save alterations to the index file at intervals of 120 seconds. This time interval can be altered using the WriteIndexes option.
Example: 'WriteIndexes = 30'
While you're writing a message, YAM saves the contents of the editor every ten minutes as .autosave0.txt or .autosave1.txt in the program directory. After a crash you can load this file using "Text/Insert". The AutoSave parameter contains the time interval between two backups, in seconds.
Example: 'AutoSave = 600'
This is the address of the YAM homepage, used to access the user picture gallery and to request the version check.
Example: 'SupportSite = http://yam.ch/'
If this option is set to 'Y', YAM will jump to the first new or unread message whenever you select a folder.
Example: 'JumpToNewMsg = N'
If this option is set to 'Y', YAM will jump to the first new or unread message whenever you download new email. This only comes into effect if 'Incoming' is the current folder.
Example: 'JumpToIncoming = N'
If this option is set to 'N', YAM won't ask if you want to jump to the next/previous folder with unread messages if you are reading the last or first message and select any of the Next/Previous unread message items in the Navigation menu.
Example: 'AskJumpUnread = N'
YAM does some printer checking before printing a message. This test can be disabled because it's not fully compatible with some printer drivers.
Example: 'PrinterCheck = N'
If you're using Miami or AmiTCP/Genesis, YAM can check if your Amiga is really online. If you're using another TCP/IP software and YAM is claiming a missing connection although you're actually online, then you must switch this option off.
Example: 'IsOnlineCheck = N'
Specifies which Miami Deluxe/AmiTCP/Genesis interface should be used for the online check (see IsOnlineCheck).
Example: 'IOCInterface = ppp1'
If this option is enabled, YAM will ask for confirmation whenever you try to quit it. By default, YAM only asks for confirmation if there is some unsaved data (configuration, address book).
Example: 'ConfirmOnQuit = Y'
This can be used to hide some elements of the graphic user interface. The following values can be combined: 4 for the toolbars, 2 for the cursor position in the editor, and 1 for the status bar.
Please note that as of YAM 2.4, the status bar is not affected by this setting anymore, but it is now set in Configuration/Lists.
Example: 'HideGUIElements = 3'
This is the ISO name of the character set you're using on your computer. The default iso-8859-1 (Latin-1) works for Western Europe and English speaking countries. Polish and Russian users probably have to adjust this option.
Example: 'LocalCharset = iso-8859-2'
Sets the stack size for programs which are launched from YAM (e.g. MIME viewers and PGP).
Example: 'StackSize = 40000'
Setting this option to "Y" will add a recipient string object below the identity chooser in the write window. The contents default to the chosen identity's address but can be modified freely. This makes it possible to use a different From: address than the one configured in the identity while still using all other settings like the SMTP server.


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When I drive by roadside memorials made up of flowers and crosses, I wonder about the person whose death has been marked there.
What happened? How old were they? Who is doing the decorating?
A different kind of street-side memorial project is in the works in Rockford. It's sure to engage curious passersby and may even lead them to publicly share a bit about their loved ones who've died.
There are two prongs to the Ghost Bike Project that are intertwined:
The outside effort — 15 old, stripped-down bicycles will be painted white and chained to street signs or lamp posts around the city at spots considered dangerous for bicyclists.
The project is a temporary public art installation conceptualized by Chicago artist Carlos Rolon, who also goes by "Dzine." The outside display of the bikes dovetails with a sculpture Rolon will create inside Rockford Art Museum that will be displayed for the public from Oct. 11 through Feb. 1.
The inside effort — The sculpture created at the museum will be about 10 feet tall. It will feature 100 donated, old, stripped-down bikes that have been painted white and welded together. Rolon may embellish the bikes with flowers and candles.
Rolon is asking the public to connect to the project inside and out.
He wants those who have lost loved ones from any cause to post handwritten notes or letters near the sculpture revealing something about the deceased.
"I don't see them as somber memorials," he told me in a telephone interview, referring to the standalone ghost bikes on streets and the sculpture. "I see them as celebrations of life."
He also is asking the public to be more aware of bicycle safety. The aim of chaining the white bikes to signs around town is to remind vehicle drivers and bicyclists alike to be careful.
The museum is in the process of getting the city's OK for a right-of-way permit for the ghost bikes to be affixed to signs, said Carrie Johnson, museum curator.
Team Fur Bandit, a Rockford-based group of bicyclists with about two dozen members, is helping the art museum choose where to place the ghost bikes. "There are a lot of dangers with cars," said Dj Wilson, president of the group whose members decorate their bikes with various colors and patterns of fake furs to draw attention to themselves.
Team Fur Bandit also is collecting the names, dates and locations of cyclists killed on the road in the Rockford area for possible use in this or other projects.
Ghost bikes — often placed anonymously near crash sites with a note about the deceased — have been part of the landscape in cities such as St. Louis, Chicago and New York City for years, according to ghostbikes.org.
For more information: ramghostbikeproject.tumblr.com/; facebook.com/TeamFurBandit. To post a note about a deceased love one next to the ghost bike sculpture, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Georgette Braun: 815-987-1331; firstname.lastname@example.com; georgettebraun


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Move over, Madonna and Dionne Warrick. Taylor Swift has her eyes focused on the Queen of Soul now.
Swift�s latest slew of hits has dominated the Billboard Hot 100, tying her for second place with Madonna and Dionne Warrick for most appearances � 56 � in the chart�s 54-year history.
Aretha Franklin remains in first among female performers, with 73 charting Hot 100 hits.
Swift is on the Hot 100 with five singles from her record-setting �Red� album: �Stay Stay Stay� (No. 91), �All Too Well� (No. 80), �Everything Has Changed� (No. 67), �I Almost Do� (No. 65), and her most recent No. 1, �We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,� is at No. 11 this week.
Let�s also not forget that the singles �I Knew You Were Trouble,� �Begin Again,� �State Of Grace� and �Red� have already made appearances.
If I were the Material Girl, I�d be seeing Red, too � not over jealousy, either. Swift has an advantage over artists from the past because of how songs are released now. Albums today are digitally released, so songs can be individually released for separate purchase right out of the gate That�s another reason why the �Glee� cast ranks above Elvis Presley, James Brown, and Franklin for most chart appearances.
You can�t tell me Madonna wouldn�t have benefited back in the �80s if each of her album tracks could have been purchased at the time her albums dropped. I think we�d be seeing her way out in front of even Franklin if that would have been the case.
Needless to say, Swift�s current album is huge from a sales standpoint. �Red� debuted at No. 1 selling in excess of 1.2 million physical CDs in its first week. That�s people actually buying the CD and not downloading it. That�s an impressive feat by today�s standards. It�s currently spending its second week atop the album chart.
�Red� also gave Swift another major distinction to move her ahead as sales figures go. She is now the first female artist to move more than a million CDs during the first week of an album�s debut. She did so in 2010 with �Speak Now.�
Swift is well on her way to superstardom, but last week�s CMA telecast showed the Country Music Association doesn�t like it when one of �their own� strays away from the country music zone. Swift went home empty-handed, losing Best Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year awards to Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, respectively.
Next week, Swift meets her chart nemesis as Susan Boyle�s latest album, �Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage,� is released. Boyle seems to throw a wrench into everyone else�s sales when her albums are released. Boyle�s previous three November album releases all have debuted at No. 1 and stayed there through most of the holiday season.
Who knows, though, maybe Swift will have Boyle seeing �Red� this time.
David T. Farr is a Sturgis, Mich., Journal correspondent. Email him at email@example.com. You can also find The Farr Side on Facebook.
The Farr Side: A Swift ascent
Move over, Madonna and Dionne Warrick. Taylor Swift has her eyes focused on the Queen of Soul now.


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City honors Kurt Cobain with bizarre crying statue
Kurt Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, Wash., unveiled a bizarre statue of the late Nirvana frontman crying on Thursday.
It must have been modeled on his reaction upon waking up and realizing he was married to Courtney Love.
Thursday was Kurt Cobain Day in Aberdeen, according to RollingStone.com, which reported festivities turned awkward with the unveiling of the statue in the town's museum, featuring Cobain shedding a solitary tear.
The website reported that Nirvana fans reacted with a mixture of shock, confusion and uncontrollable giggling.
Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson told USA Today, "We have been remiss for a long time of not honoring him." He also said he supported the event, but that it was a controversial decision because of Cobain's expressed disdain for the town and arrest for vandalism there.
"We hope this is just as big as Graceland eventually," he said.
Seattle's KOMO News said sculptor Randi Hubbard began work on the sculpture shortly after Cobain's death in 1994. Crying Kurt remained in her auto shop, Hubb's Muffler Shop - which Cobain's grandfather reportedly visited frequently to watch its construction - for two decades. Hubbard offered it to the city, which refused it. It eventually made its way into the Aberdeen Museum of History. The report said nearly 5,000 people visit the museum annually, a number museum officials expect to double with the addition of the statue.
The celebration also featured a 30-minute set by local rock band Gebular, along with appearances from Aaron Burckhard (an early drummer for Nirvana) and Warren Mason, a guitar teacher from Cobain's youth.
Apparently not realizing Aberdeen isn't exactly Paris, local news station King 5 mocked the tribute. Reporter Dennis Bounds reportedly referred to Cobain as "the well-known heroin addict who shot himself 20 years ago" and also that Cobain was "not exactly George Washington."
Right. George Washington couldn't write a song to save his life.
Nirvana will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10. No word on when Dennis Bounds will get inducted into the local news guy hall of fame.


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A few days ago a writer for Huffington Post named me as one of twelve Buddhists to follow on Twitter. Ever since that article appeared, people have been adding me like mad. Since I usually post links on Twitter to any new blog post I put up here, I thought I'd take the time to write a little intro to this blog for all those potential new readers.
I started the prototype for what became this blog about ten years ago. At that time I didn't even know the word "blog." It was a website that I updated once a week with a new article. Many of those early articles formed the foundation of my first book Hardcore Zen. Sometime later I found out I didn't need to spend hours and hours writing HTML format, that there were lots of free on-line thingies that would do that for me. And thus this blog in its current form was born.
I try to update it about every three days. Unfortunately I don't have something profound to say every three days. I know Zen teachers who refuse to give dharma talks more than once a month. They're smart. Preachers give sermons once a week in general. Also a good idea. Profundity every three days? It ain't gonna happen.
So sometimes this blog is about something I think is important. Sometimes it's about Buddhism. Other times it's about a book I'm reading. Or it's a link to a video I found. Often it's a list of upcoming live appearances. People get annoyed by my use of the blog for promotion. But I can't understand why. If I don't promote my speaking appearances here, then who's going to promote them? And where?
I don't really make money from this blog. I've heard that lots of people make tons of cash from writing blogs. I wish I had a clue how that's done. I have a few ads here. But they generate laughably small revenue. I think I cleared $75 last year from blog ads. I installed a donation button last year and that brings in a bit more. In fact some people have been really surprisingly generous. Since my books don't generate a huge income, those donations really help.
I'm up in Arcata, California right now to give some talks and lead a day-long zazen retreat. Here's the link to info about that and here is a link to a list of other upcoming appearances (note the plug). That link, by the way, is always on the left side of this page at the very top of the list of links.
The guy I'm staying with said to me, "Whenever I think of your blog I just think of Whack the Dalai Lama!" He is referring to an article I put up here several years back called Whack the Dalai Lama. It upset a lot of people.
But the reason that article upset people – if you want my analysis – is because they didn't read anything except the title. The title came from a song by The Dickies. What I wrote in that article was about how I, in fact, did not want to whack the Dalai Lama. I consider Mr. Lama to be a basically decent human being but also to be fairly irrelevant to me in terms of my life as a Buddhist. The article was about fame and celebrity and how that can get in the way of real spiritual practice.
What I'm trying to get at here is that this blog sometimes seems to upset people. No matter how many times I say this people don't believe it, but I swear to God that 90% of the time this blog upsets people I have no clue why. People assume I am trying to be controversial. But I almost never am. In fact the few times I deliberately attempt to be shocking nobody seems to notice. It's almost always when I say things that to me seem incredibly obvious that people get upset. Like in the aforementioned Dalai Lama bit. The song I referenced in the title is over a decade old for gosh sakes! (Here are the full lyrics by the way)
Which brings us to the comments section of this blog. In 2009, Tricycle magazine published an article called Dharma Wars. The article talked about the phenomenon of flame wars on various Buddhist blogs. This very blog you're reading now was singled out for special attention. The writer says, "Warner's posts often draw hundreds of comments from readers, some of whom throw insults at each other—and at Warner—with abandon." Then he goes on to completely misconstrue a few things I've said about why I think that happens. So it goes.
In any case, enter the comments section of this blog at your own risk. It should start to get a little better, though. Because as of yesterday the comments section is now being moderated. A guy who regularly reads it was complaining of how incredibly awful it had gotten. So I asked him if he wanted to be the moderator. He did and now he is. But he prefers to remain anonymous. I can understand why.
I've asked him to only delete comments that are wildly inappropriate or obviously spam. He discovered that my spam filter was actually filtering out real comments. So some of you who were getting deleted by the spam filter will now be heard. But people who just want to post irrelevant nonsense will have those comments deleted. I'm not asking him to delete comments by people who disagree with me, though. So go ahead and dissent all you want.
As for me... my info is all listed in the link under the "Who Wrote This" section to your left. It says, "I'm a Zen monk, writer, bass player and film-maker. I wrote the books Sex, Sin and Zen, Hardcore Zen, Sit Down And Shut Up and Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate. I received Dharma Transmission from Gudo Nishijima Roshi, who received his transmission from Rempo Niwa Roshi who was the head of the Soto Sect in Japan. I was also a student of Tim McCarthy, who was a student of Kobun Chino Roshi. I enjoy getting your e-mails. But please be aware, if you send me e-mail, I may use it in a blog either here or on Suicide Girls." I write for Suicide Girls too, by the way.
So there you go. There's your introduction to the blog.


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What's so good about regular exercise? Apart from the well-known and significant cardiovascular benefits, regular exercise helps you maintain, strengthen, and continually upgrade your store and supply of connective tissue - muscle and bone.
Weight-bearing exercise is the key. One of the primary structural purposes of bone is load-bearing. Your long bones are designed to support the weight of your body and carry that weight around in three-dimensional space. Your skeletal muscles (voluntary muscle) support the functions of bone. Muscles are the tissues that move bones and joints. The bones passively bear the loads and the muscles actively move around those weight-bearing loads.
But your body is very smart. If you're not doing enough physical work your body will begin to break down muscle and bone tissue and use those biochemical components elsewhere, where the need is greater. In order to maintain the optimal health of your muscles and bones, you need to do sufficient exercise - regularly and ongoingly.
Just like the well-known, best-selling American truck, your body is built to last. But if it's built to last, why do so many people have serious problems with their bodies? If a human body is built to last, why does it seem to break down so easily?


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Believe it or not, a survey released Thursday by AARP found that the majority of respondents prefer to read retirement plan information on paper rather than with electronic media.
What's more, AARP didn't come to this conclusion by ignoring iPad-owning and e-reading millenials. The organization surveyed over 1,000 adults over 25 who are current or former participants in a 401(k) or pension plan.
While 70% of respondents go online at least once a day, three-quarters of respondents said they would choose paper disclosures if they could only choose one method.
The survey found 27% of people receive disclosure documents both on paper and electronically.
Among participants who have an email address, 70% said they were more likely to read paper versions of plan information. Seventy-three percent said they were more likely to save paper versions than electronic versions.
What isn't surprising about the survey results is that when they are broken out into age groups, younger respondents were more likely to prefer electronic delivery. The survey found the 25-49-year-old age group was also more likely to receive both paper and electronic disclosures.
When specifically asked which delivery method should be the default–paper or electronic–74% of all age groups said paper disclosures should be the default, but individuals should be able to request email delivery if they prefer. Just 20%–and only 27% of younger respondents–said electronic delivery should be the default.
At ASPPA's 401(k) Summit in March, Executive Director Brian Graff and Michael Davis, then deputy assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, debated which format was more beneficial. "The department has to balance between a lot of different constituencies," Davis said then, adding that people who were closer to retirement, and therefore needed disclosures more, tended to be "less electronically literate."
Judy Miller, director of retirement policy for ASPPA, pointed out that although respondents appear to prefer paper disclosure documents, they weren't about how the cost of delivering paper documents would affect their decision.
"They should've been asked if they're willing to pay more for paper delivery," Miller said. "Cost went up significantly with fee disclosure rules. I've heard substantial amounts from different companies. It's not hundreds, but it is meaningful."
What's more important than cost, though, is how participants engage with the information they receive and if they're reading it at all, Miller said.
"I was pleased to see close to half of people who receive documents electronically read them," she said. "There was no similar question for people who get paper documents." The survey found 48% of people who receive electronic documents read them on a computer, tablet or smartphone.
Companies are doing creative things with how they electronically deliver retirement plan information to their participants, Miller said. "When they also have to invest substantial resources into paper delivery, it takes away from what they can do."
Ultimately, regardless of the delivery method, the goal is for participants to read the disclosures. "If we're going to do it, it'd be nice if people read it."


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GENERIC NAME(S): Urea
OTHER NAME(S): RE Urea 40 Gel
Urea is used to treat dry/rough skin conditions (e.g., eczema, psoriasis, corns, callus) and some nail problems (e.g., ingrown nails). It may also be used to help remove dead tissue in some wounds to help wound healing. Urea is known as a keratolytic. It increases moisture in the skin by softening/dissolving the horny substance (keratin) holding the top layer of skin cells together. This effect helps the dead skin cells fall off and helps the skin keep more water in.
How to use RE Urea 40 Lotion
Use this product as directed. Follow all directions on the product package and prescription label. If you are uncertain about any of the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Some products need to be shaken well before use. Check the label to see whether you should shake the bottle. Apply to the affected areas of the skin/nails, usually 1 to 3 times a day or as directed by your doctor. Rub in well until absorbed. Wash your hands after applying unless you are treating the hands. How often you apply the medication will depend on the product and your skin condition.
Apply to the skin/nails only. Avoid sensitive areas such as your eyes, lips, inside your mouth/nose, and the vaginal/groin area, unless your doctor directs you otherwise. Ask your doctor or check the label for directions about any areas or types of skin where you should not apply the product (e.g., the face, broken/chapped/cut/irritated/scraped skin, or recently shaved skin). Ask your doctor if you should cover the treated area with a bandage or gauze. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it.
Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
Side Effects
Burning, itching, stinging, redness, or irritation may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: unusual changes in the skin (e.g., blistering, peeling), signs of skin infection.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: skin cuts/infections/sores.
Some products may make you more sensitive to the sun. Check the label for any warnings or ask your doctor or pharmacist whether you need to take any special precautions when in the sun. Your doctor/pharmacist may suggest that you limit your time in the sun, avoid tanning booths and sunlamps, and use sunscreen and wear protective clothing when outdoors. Tell your doctor right away if you get sunburned or have skin blisters/redness.
Some products may stain/discolor clothing. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
It is not known whether this drug passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding, especially if you are applying this product to the breast area.
Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, including skin-care products.
Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
This medicine may be harmful if swallowed. If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
Do not share this medication with others.
This medication has been prescribed for your current condition only. Do not use it later for another condition unless told to do so by your doctor. A different medication may be necessary in that case.
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Use your next dose at the regular time. Do not use more of this product or use it more often to catch up.
Store at room temperature between 59-86 degrees F (15-30 degrees C) away from light and moisture. Do not freeze.
Store foam at room temperature between 59-77 degrees F (15-25 degrees C). Do not freeze. Store away from heat and open flame. Because the contents of the canister are under pressure, do not puncture or burn the container. Keep all medicines out of reach of children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.Information last revised July 2018. Copyright(c) 2018 First Databank, Inc.
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It's garage sale season. It's the time of year we start looking around our houses at all the "stuff" we don't need and don't use. Think of the two-year rule: if you haven't worn it or used it since 2010, it's time to say goodbye. Instead of pretending it will disappear on its own, why not take control of your clutter and turn a profit at the same time? Having a garage sale is the best way to do a major spring cleaning - and put some cash in your pocket at the same time. Here's how to get the most out of getting rid of the stuff.
If you're going to all that trouble, why not make a party out of it? Call your friends and family, or round up some neighbours, because when it comes to garage sales, the bigger the better. You can pool everything and sell on the lawn of one house, or convince others on the block to set up shop in their own yards. The bigger the sale, the more people you'll attract, sort of like a pop-up department store on the boulevard.
Not only are you collecting items for your sale, you're also cleaning your space one room at a time. If you do it properly, this process will take a bit of time. You'll want to go through every drawer and open every cupboard. Ask yourself: when was the last time I used this? Do I really need it? If I decide to part with it, is my life going to be altered? If not, then consider it gone.
Then designate a space in the house where you can stash your goods while preparing for the sale. Bear in mind, this stuff may sit for a while, so put it somewhere where it won't annoy you.
We live in a mild coastal climate, so hope for sun, but be prepared for rain. And don't worry about the weather; garage sale diehards will show up regardless. If it rains, have a pop-up tent (and an umbrella or two) on standby.
Be prepared to start early, really early. Hard-core garage sale aficionados tend to be on the move early, so if you've advertised a 9 a.m. start, then you should count on your first customer shortly after 8 a.m.
You need to do a little merchandising. Approach it as though you're setting up retail pop-up store and put items in their proper "departments". Sporting goods in one spot, housewares in another, and so on.
If you've got kids, then chances are you've accumulated enough toys to stock a Toys 'R' Us. All toys should go together; break them down further by type. Place large toys in one spot, wooden toys in another, stuffed animals on their own, and so on.
It's always a great idea to have a "free" or five-cent bin where you toss all the plastic bits - the one-armed Barbie dolls and headless Transformers - that have no home and would otherwise end up in the recycling bin. This keeps the little ones happy, along with their parents.
Books are always a big hit, but categorize them, too, from board books to soft covers. Do the same with clothes, but hang up the more salable items like snowsuits and coats on a clothing rack. If you feel like sizing the items, then go for it. Otherwise, by compartmentalizing the items, you make it much easier for folks to sift through them. Plus, they're more likely to take multiples this way.
Place your stuff strategically, and put eye-catching items - like antique furniture - up front so people are drawn to your sale when they drive by.
Keep your area as neat as possible. After a major rush, swirl through and tidy up to before your next customers arrive.
If time permits, and you've got the staff, consider setting up a little concession. Offer bottled beverages, muffins and cookies for a dollar; you'll be surprised how many takers you have and how much extra dough you make.
The key ingredient for a successful sale of any kind is in the marketing. From traditional signage on strategically located telephone poles and community notice boards to placing a newspaper ad or posting on craigslist, there are many options to choose from when it comes to spreading the word. Choose your words carefully when advertising, and remember what the big draws are (toys, children's clothes, antiques).
If you've made it a neighbourhood affair, then check in with all participants to see what other means of advertising they have in mind. And don't forget about the balloons, they're an effective and inexpensive way to grab the attention of passing vehicles.
To price or not to price? That is the question. It's really a personal decision, but chances are you'll do better if you opt for a mix of the two. Consider pricing groups of items, like housewares for $1 each. When it comes to kids' clothes, create a sign that lists all pants for $4, or four pairs for $10. If you're comfortable with a little haggling, then the non-pricing strategy means your customers are more likely to engage rather than be turned off at an item they feel you've priced too high. Be prepared to think on your feet, throw out a price and see what they come back with. And remember, a little bit of money is better than no money at all.
Have plenty of plastic bags on hand for those shoppers who don't bring their own reusable totes. Other supplies you'll need: tape, pens, poster board, stickable tags, elastic bands, newspaper to wrap fragile items, and a bottomless cup of coffee to keep you on the go.
And if you have a lot to sell, best to conscript some help behind the tables, preferably someone who has a big personality and can keep the merchandise moving. And don't forget a small float - about $75 in small bills, toonies, loonies and quarters - and a hip pack or apron to stash all the loot you'll make.
You've taken the time to haul this stuff outside, so don't take it back inside if it doesn't sell. Putting it in the sale means you were willing to part with it in the first place. If you call your local thrift store in advance, someone will check in with you towards the end of the day and take your unsold goods. Alternatively, you could take it to your local Salvation Army. Some garage sale veterans swear by leaving their unsold goods on the curb, where they magically disappear overnight.
So you've been out on the curb since 7 a.m., setting up shop and hawking your wares. By 2 p.m., you're pretty much done and, if you've had a good day, your pockets will be full of bills and your yard will be clear of all that clutter. Time to celebrate: Retire to the barbecue, and enjoy a cold one. You've earned it.


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We were at Audi headquarters yesterday finalizing several details about our upcoming Audi Weekend in Carlisle PA May 18-20. Still more activities and announcements are pending but for now I can confirm some exciting details.
Truth in 24 II Posters for RSVPed Guests
First, we've procured enough Truth in 24 II movie posters to cover everyone on our RSVP list. If you are planning on attending and haven't
Earlier this week we'd posted a story linking a Volkswagen Group chassis architecture guide published last week by Georg Kacher over at Automobile. Kacher's submitted another piece this week about the Porsche 551 - the so-called "Baby Boxster" that was slated to be a corporate cousin of the proposed Audi R5.
Kacher's got new details on
If you've ever thought about joining a club like the Audi Club of North America and weren't sure why, here's one very good reason. quattro de Mayo is an event that combines your favorite German car with the legendary Tail of the Dragon and many, many more like-minded owners. This year's event (the eighth on record) just went down and writer Elaine Bak filed a report and gallery over at QuattroWorld.com.
Media Post recently had an interesting conversation with Audi of America chief marketing officer Scott Keogh and has published that conversation online. Keogh, a planned guest at this month's Truth in 24 II Screening as Part of the Carlisle Import Auto Show in PA, is not only Audi's head of marketing. He also oversees product
Have you heard about one of the latest videos going viral on Youtube involving a Russian hit and run by an Audi R8? Filmed near Moscow State University, a common spot for street racers and drifting, the short clip shows a white Audi R8 go into a wide drift on a cross street and sideswiping a Lada sedan as it re-enters traffic.
There's talk amongst critics that the film may have been staged as the camera man
On again. Off again. On again. Off again. When last we heard intel on the much-rumored and much-lusted-for mid-engine Audi R5 (rendered above and proposed baby brother to the R8), the project was dead... done... kaput. Now the often extremely well connected Georg Kacher has published his latest Deep Dive column in Automobile Magazine and the piece says otherwise.
Actress Jessica Alba was recently caught by paparazzi in Santa Monica exiting her grey Audi Q7. As a mom of two, the car is probably a very good choice and Jessica's not new to Audi, as we've spotted her before at events like the 2010 Audi Super Bowl party (see photo above).
The shots were posted at JustJared.com and we've linked
Here's an interesting take on the next-generation (MQB) RS 3 as rendered by Theophilus Chin. This image, based on a 3-door A3, takes elements from the recent Audi RS Q3 Concept and less recent Audi A1 quattro to make for one very mean-looking render. We love what we see here.
So How Accurate Is It?
From our experience with Audi, this isn't very accurate... no matter how cool we think
Audi Germany has just passed the 500,000 fans mark on Facebook and to celebrate they've made a cool new video starring Dindo Capello and an Audi R8 coupe. If the drifting and spinning of tires of an Audi sportscar floats your boat, then please do watch below or follow Audi Germany of Facebook HERE.
The eagle-eyed Audi motorsport fans over at the Audi Motorsport Bog must have been checking daily, because they were first to break the story that the Truth in 24 II website is now live and feature laden. Linked below, the site includes a trailer for the movie as well as a regular flow of details about the movie's launch.
We will have a longer feature of the behind-the-scenes story about the decision to make


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Before October 23 rolled around, there were rumors Apple might release a slightly revised iPad 3 around the same time as the iPad mini, likely adopting Apple's new Lightning connector. But the company actually had a bigger surprise in store, stuffing a faster A6X processor inside and calling it a "fourth-generation" iPad.
The move was uncharacteristic for Apple. By tradition, the company has never revved its mobile products more than once per year. The first three iPads were released about a year apart, all in the March/April timeframe. So why did Apple change up the iPad after just seven months?
We've heard a few theories, and have a few of our own. We thought it would be worthwhile to look at them and consider how much any lone reason may have influenced Apple.
Lightning compatibility
Adding compatibility with the new Lightning connector standard (as in, standard for Apple's mobile devices) was a no-brainer. Someone who owned an older iPad but recently bought a brand-new iPhone 5 suddenly found themselves swapping cables, or trying to carry multiple cables and chargers when traveling.
I solved this problem for my relatively technophobic girlfriend by buying a dual 10W charger, and hooking up one Dock connector cable and one Lightning connector cable.
But wouldn't it be nice if all your Apple devices used the same connector? Sure it would. That's the widely cited reason Apple was rumored to begin offering an updated iPad 3 around the launch of the iPad mini. After all, the holidays are around the corner, and iPads will show up in more than a few stockings.
How much did this weigh on Apple executives' thought processes when planning the iPad 4? We think it's plausible Apple could have offered this as the only change and gotten a few buyers. But the assembly line would have to be modified to make new aluminum shells and attach the new connector. And think of the headache of trying to handle the customer confusion when someone thought they were getting a 30-pin Dock-compatible device and got the Lightning-compatible one instead. We suspect Apple wanted a more substantial update too if it was time to handle a simple connector swap.
Performance improvement
Since the iPad 3 offered seemingly identical performance to the lower-resolution iPad 2, the lack of any tangible performance improvement was often seen as a sore spot for the otherwise nice generational upgrade of the iPad 3.
The A6X processor in the iPad 4 is significantly faster than the A5X in the iPad 3, offering double the number-crunching and graphics performance. Since a speed boost is what many iPad buyers claimed to have missed with the iPad 3, we suspect improving performance sooner rather than later might have been high on Apple's reasons to update.
Besides, Apple already did the heavy lifting in designing the A6X's ARMv7s-based "Swift" core for the iPhone 5's A6. Adding another 32nm processor variant to Samsung's chip fabs was probably no big deal.
LTE compatibility
LTE has sort of been its own "bag of hurt" for Apple. As LTE compatibility began becoming standard on most high-profile Android handsets over the last two years, Apple's devices chugged along on 3G speeds. Apple repeatedly noted the high power drain from existing LTE chipsets made including compatibility a "design compromise" Apple wasn't willing to make.
However, baseband chip supplier Qualcomm was expected to release a newer generation LTE chipset that integrated support for LTE, EV-DO, and HSPA+ standards on a power-efficient 28nm process early this year. Unfortunately, sufficient volume of these chips weren't available when Apple began assembling the iPad 3 for launch in March. Apple had to release the "iPad Wi-Fi + 4G" with an older LTE chip design that was only compatible with LTE networks in the US and Canada.
The extra power drain wasn't much of a concern for the iPad 3, which already had a gargantuan battery to power its Retina display. But the limited compatibility with international LTE networks ended up triggering a couple million dollars in fines.
It seems likely that updating the LTE chip to the newer Qualcomm design (which is compatible with most LTE networks around the world) factored heavily into Apple's decision to release an updated iPad a head of its usual schedule. After all, over 60 percent of Apple's revenues now come from customers outside the US. It can't risk alienating users with "US-only" features when a technical solution is available.
Surface/Nexus 10 competition
Maybe Apple felt increased competition in the tablet market, in particular from Microsoft's Surface, Google's Nexus 7, and more recently, Google's Nexus 10. It seems plausible that the increased offerings could have worried Apple a bit. After all, if it stuck to its usual March/April launch cycle, it would be six months before Apple could wow potential buyers with something that might sway them away from the competition.
By releasing a new tablet now, Apple gets increased press attention right as its competitors hoped to take the spotlight. Microsoft is trying to get its tablet strategy underway in full force. Google is trying to court tablet buyers and increase Android's installed user base with cut-rate prices for otherwise impressive hardware.
By releasing an updated iPad with the fast A6X processor, Apple has made more of a moving target for its competitors to deal with hitting.
We do think Apple definitely considered competitive strategy on its list, but we suspect this reasoning was more toward the bottom than the top.
iPad sales were slowing
iPad sales have historically (and no doubt, less than three full years of availability is a short history) risen throughout the year. They usually peak in Apple's fiscal first quarter, which happens to coincide with the holiday shopping season. Sales then drop in fiscal second quarter as potential iPad buyers await an announcement from Apple about the new version. However, Apple posted strong iPad sales after the initial launch of the iPad 3, which then dropped noticeably the following quarter (ending in September).
Even if Apple had been tracking the declining sales sooner and decided to react swiftly, that would only have given its engineers a couple months to get a new device out the door. A more plausible explanation is Apple was already working on a few of these elements for a revised iPad, and decided to release what was ready right now.
Still, despite the unexpected quarter-over-quarter drop, iPad sales were still up 26 percent year-over-year. Apple sold 14 million iPads altogether in fiscal fourth quarter. We suspect Apple wasn't as concerned about a potential blip in sales figures, though. Or at least, not worried enough to quickly develop a new model out of panic.
Holiday shopping timing
Perhaps the most interesting theory I heard was the impact of a fall iPad release on the holiday shopping season. As we noted above, iPad sales peaked at the end of the year when people bought them as gifts. The same has always been true for the iPod, and perhaps the iPhone, too.
As the theory goes, March was a bad time of year to release new iPad models. Someone's amazing new Christmas present would look old and busted just a few scant months after the holidays. But if Apple moved the iPad release cycle to fall, around the same time as new iPhones and iPods, it puts all of Apple's mobile devices "under the same seasonal umbrella." In other words, "it ensures that Apple has a host of new devices ready in time for the critical holiday demand," according to CNET's Lance Whitney.
We think there's really something to this thinking. Would you be more likely to buy someone an iPad as a gift you were reasonably certain it wouldn't be superseded by an updated model for at least six to seven months? My guess is that's true for many buyers. And with the iPad mini launching with a more gift-able size and price, a simultaneous iPad update ensures the full-size device won't get lost in a mini frenzy.
The obvious downside is Apple's revenues could become highly dependent on a single quarter of sales. Though we have a feeling Apple isn't all that concerned with when it makes a boatload of money. The company only cares that it is maximizing its potential to consistently make a boatload every year.
All of the above
Given all these sensible explanations for Apple's acceleration of iPad development, it seems perfectly conceivable that Tim Cook and his team relied on some combination of all of them. Maybe there are more we aren't even privy to.
Pick any one of the reasons individually, and none likely justify an accelerated development and release cycle. But even just two or three of the cited reasons together is enough, we think, for Apple to forge ahead with a revised iPad—even if it might have rubbed some iPad 3 buyers the wrong way.
Tell us why you think Apple jumped the gun in the comments below.