Re: Online updates

On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 16:20 -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> What link do you mean?  [email protected] is an e-mail address and I just tested it by successfully subscribing under one of my own addresses.
> 
>  - Dennis

     I'm thinking the link meant is the link used when you go to
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Online Update and click the "Check
Now" button. When this is done, no connection is made. At the top of
this page, there is a choice of how often to check for an updated
version. It would attempt to make a connection to www.openoffice.org
without any success.

--Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Holtzman [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 13:33
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [users] Re: Online updates
> 
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 02:02:36PM -0500, Dan Lewis wrote:
> 
>            ..........snip.........
> > 
> >      Since Oracle gave OOo to Apache last year, there has not been a new
> > version. Until that happens, there are no updates. Suggestion: turn the
> > autoupdate off. (Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Online Update.)
> >      Another point: Since Apache now has OOo, they have opened another
> > mailing list of OOo. This new mailng list is much more active than this
> > one has become. They will be closing down this mailing list in the
> > future. To subscribe to the Apache mailin list for click the following
> > link: [email protected]. It will create a new
> > email with only an email address. Send it as it. Soon afterwards you
> > will receive a confirmation email. When you get it, click Reply and
> > send.
> 
> That link is dead on the apache site.
> 
> > 
> > --Dan
> > 
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