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Information overload. (helpful utilities for managing CompuServe messages) (tutorial)
Is it possible to know too much?
Looking at how quickly my hard drive fills up, it seems like it is.
Where does all of the information come from? Lately, more and more of it seems to come from CompuServe. Keeping old, tattered threads?
There's so much valuable stuff on my hard drive that there's nothing to discard. Besides, the stuff cost me money to accumulate, so it would be wasteful to throw it away. The trick is to get the most use out of it. If you've just started using TAPCIS, I'm sure you've noticed that trying to follow the conversations can be frustrating. The new messages are appended to the end of each Forum's MSG file, regardless of the fact that they refer to messages sent 14 sessions ago. This quickly leads to a computerized bedlam of unrelated responses.
One of the best things you can do to combat untidy threads is to use TAPORDER. This handy shareware utility from GRIMS Associates sorts your messages into continuous threads for you to view with TAPCIS. But that's not all. It also:
- Shareware shop. (shareware front ends for online information services) (Online)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Gralla, Preston September 1, 1993 700+ words
...the process. TAPCIS works by taking...download the message headers from...you're done, TAPCIS goes back online...downloads those messages. You read and...offers a better message editor. When...than the austere TAPCIS. OzCIS offers...and downloading messages where it left...
- Hot off the wire. (CompuServe's Navigator for Windows offline reader software)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper O'Brien, Jim January 1, 1994 700+ words
...reading, and automated message hunting and retrieval...shareware products like TapCIS and OzCIS, WinNav...Downloading summaries, messages, and files is accomplished...criteria: date, sender, message or library section, messages addressed specifically...
- On Microsoft's new network, hacker perils
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe August 21, 1995 700+ words
...appear as icons in the message and, when double-clicked...in an e-mail or BBS message without understanding...compose mail and forum message at your leisure, then...send and receive new messages for a minimum of charges...NavCIS PRO; others are TapCIS, OzCIS and CSnav. No...
- Connect time. (financial and other pitfalls of online services) (new services...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. October 1, 1993 700+ words
...Aladdin for GEnie and TAPCIS for CompuServe, slice...automatically gathering messages, files, and mail...growing collection of messages and files, already...For example, each BIX message exchange area has topics...CompuServe Mail to transmit messages back to corporate filers...
- QmodemPro: a new leader in software communications. (Mustang Software Inc.)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Vaughn-Nichols, Steven J. April 1, 1993 700+ words
...automatically downloading messages from such services into message packets. You can then...leisure using OLX's message viewer and then reply...capability between messages. It also includes...offline readers like TAPCIS (a popular front...
- What's new this month. (online services) (includes related article on Galaxy...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Banks, Michael A. August 1, 1991 700+ words
...reading E-mail, arguing in message bases, playing games, etc...wars," in which thousands of messages are posted on all sides of...are covered in the forum's message bases and various articles...ends, including Navigator and TAPCIS. Check the support area for...
- Connect time. (minimizing fees for online information services) (Column)
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. April 1, 1993 700+ words
...lets you prepare your mail and forum messages offline, hops online to send them, gathers up new mail and messages, and then bounces offline to let you...CompuServe like Support Group Inc.'s TapCIS, Ozarks West Software's OzCIS, and...
- Information consultants and brokers worldwide - let's talk. (Consultants Around...
- Magazine article from: Online Everett, John H. July 1, 1988 700+ words
...CompuServe. One of the sections of the message board and data library is dedicated to...charge or obligation. Then leave me a message and tell me you're there. There are...the two programs that are available are TAPCIS and AUTOSIG; both can be downloaded from...
