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Sending mass e-mails
by kuriah samuel 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi guys Any suggestions of tools/solutions that can be used to send e-mails to a large number of contacts and avoid mails being treated as spam. Sending emails to like 700 email contacts on almost per week/month basis. -- Regards Samuel Kuriah

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Unlocking SAFCOM MODEM
by Lawrence Kago 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Sorry for my ignorance guys... A friend asked me how to unlock his safcom Modem.. Can someone assist? [?] -- No mountain is too high to keep you from Climbing it.... Lawrence K 0720784912

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Can someone confirm how possible this is?
by Lawrence Kago 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

-- On hi, i have just received this email.............quite disturbing. take care and sambaza to all the people you care about. This incident happened to a colleague recently.A bad experience indeed. He received a call from someone claiming to be calling from Safaricom.The caller was very composed. The caller told him 'thank you for being our loyal and valuable MPESA customer.You recall we had initially given you a black Sim card but changed to green".He answered in the affirmative.The caller then went ahead to tell him that Safaricom was running a reward promotion scheme for their loyal MPESA customers and went ahead to ask him to confirm his National ID number and year of birth.Unsuspecting,he disclosed that information.Coincidentally his birth year was also his Mpesa pin no. The guy posed for a while and asked him whether 19- - (say 1967) was his year of birth.He again answered in the affirmative. The caller then told him he would be sent Nokia 8230, but before then he needed to dial *33*0000# ,which he did.He was then told not to call or transact anything using his line for the next ten minutes as they perfrom transactions,purportedly at Safaricom,facilitating the process of receiving the Nokia 8230 set.He complied.He is asked about his current location,which information he gives. After 10 minutes he tried to call back the number to confirm status of the alleged gift only for the following message to appear :"Barring all outgoing calls activated for SMS services activated for all data circuit async". After 15 minutes the wife calls him on his alternate line claiming that some one had called her using his (husband"s ) safaricom line telling her to send them Ksh.10,000 for his release from arrest.She is baffled and hence decides to use alternate line,only to discover he is safe and sound. In the meantime the wife calls safaricom to block the line,but it was too late,as all the money in his MPESA had been withdrawn. What is apparent is that this line was blocked by the code he typed ,viz *33*0000#. The question uppermost in mind is how it could be unblocked without some form of connivance by Safaricom staff.He had a substantial amount in his Mpesa account.Could these thugs be getting targeting lines-with good balances through connivance with Safaricom staff. It is unlikely Safaricom will admit culpability,but tujichunge wenyewe.Keep safe. The caller identified himself as Alex Omondi(Of course fake name) and called using 0720 464 777 Guys,kaeni chonjo. Send this to all your friends b4 its too late... No mountain is too high to keep you from Climbing it.... Lawrence K 0720784912

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Fw: Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions
by Walubengo J 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

fyi...had 4gotten the skunks ;-( walu. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions To: "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "ke-users" <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:28 AM Apologies for cross-posting; @Barrack, it was about time these Internet Governance (IG) issues were reviewed and am glad you have offered to moderate the discussions since I have been on some temporary self-imposed "minimized" mode... But allow me to jump ahead of the scheduled topics and go to the management of the .KE namespace which is scheduled for later - I just have an update from yesterday's KENIC AGM (www.kenic.or.ke) where the Chair, Sammy Buruchara made some clarification on the role of the regulator (CCK) with regards to the management of the 2nd level Kenyan domain name space. While he conceded that the Kenya Comm. Act (2009) does mandate the Regulator to oversee these subdomains, the Minister had yet to issue regulations on how it would be done because most stakeholders have shown concern and reservations on that specific clause...meaning status quo remains where the multistakeholder, public private partnership that makes up KENIC still manages and oversees all levels of the .KE namespace untill hopefully some consensus is reached on the way forward... That notwithstanding, one of the Registrars (those who register domains) had already felt the heat, when she reported that KENIC had recovered a name she registered in favour of a "bigger" player using dispute resolution mechanisms that were yet to be made public... walu. nb: With the recent Govt handing over the management of the National Optical Fiber Backbone (+the TEAMS gateway?) to one of the Operators, the impact of the mandatory requirement for Mobile SIM card registrations, the launch of the M-Kesho (eMoney bank account) amongst other regular ICT issues such as Internet Prices, Security, IPv6 etc, I do believe you have your plate full and I look forward to these discussions. --- On Fri, 7/2/10, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 11:01 PM Dear Listers, The Kenya ICT Network KICTANet is pleased to announce commencement of the Kenya IGF Mailing list discussion. The discussion will provide input to the Kenya National IGF that will be held on 29th July 2010. The discussions are aimed at identifying and exploring National level Internet Governance Issues. As key players in the Internet Industry, it is my pleasure to invite you to the online discussions which start on Monday 5th July 2010 and will end on 17 th July and will be moderated by myself and Judy Okite. Discussions will focus on Critical Internet Resources which is the theme in this years regional discussions to be held as from 11th to 13th August in Kampala Uganda, other topics on the agenda include: Impact of the undersea cable and the National Fibre optic Backnbone --Lessons Learnt Impact of the Unified Licensing ModelManagement of the dotke CCTLD---Challenges and MilestonesAdopting IPv6 ----Challenges and Milestionese--crimes, Privacy, Data SecurityLooking forward to an interesting discourse over the two weeks period. Thank you -- Barrack O. Otieno +41767892272 Skype: barrack.otieno -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com

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Why I'd rather be punched in the testicles than call support
by isaac kinyanjui 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Why I'd rather be punched in the testicles than call support...lol! http://theoatmeal.com/comics/customer_service

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Which Android phone would you prefer
by Alex Ngatia 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hey skunks, Not to steal the thunder from the iPhone generation :D but which Android phone would you prefer? I will not refer to the best phone since was all out for the HTC Evo 4G <http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/>and then the Motorola Droid X<http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/exclusive-motorola-droid-x-preview/>came along. -- Regards, Alex

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Re: [Skunkworks] Geekalender
by [watchman] 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Skunkateers HOO!!!! Idea for a cool project. I've got the hookup with some cool calendar printers, thought i'd get something cool out there. I'm looking for anyone who wants a skunkalendar for next year.../ this year with skunks on it :D heheh i mean us, not actual skunks. I'll do the shooting for free and then the calendars can be procured from the printers / via me. Anyone think this is a kewl idea? and we can also add birthdates to the Calendar so everyone can be remembered :D Add important dates too like Skunk Meeting dates, etc etc . Viable? -- watchman

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ZTE AC 8710 evdo modem
by Cynthia Wahome 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hello All Anyone know where i can get a couple of ZTE AC 8710 evdo modems? Cynthia ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world"

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How I explained REST to my wife
by Frankline 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi y'all! Found this interesting post. A way to explain to 'mere mortals' what REST is all about. http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife Enjoy! -- "We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”

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South African Airways does not allow Flight mode on smart phones....
by aki 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

They rather you switch off the device entirely..... Another myth being peddled by Airlines? So smartphone manufacturers go to lengths to create a flight mode function but a waste of resources. I'm in Port Elizabeth and my other friends also confirmed the flight mode story. :-)

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