Tag Archives: e-mail

Computer Quandries: Mail.app on Startup

At some point in time, I wanted Mail.app to launch on login/startup. At that time, I did something to ensure it loaded on login. Now, however, I do not want this to happen, mainly because I want to use the vacuum process to shrink my Mail.app footprint.

The problem is that I can not figure out how to stop Mail.app from launching on startup. The first place to always check is the login items in your user account settings, but Mail.app is not listed. The second place to look is in .profile or .bash_profile (right?), but no entry is there.

I suspect two possible locations:

  • some *nix file about which I have forgotten or never known
  • some other piece of software is launching

On this latter point, it could be my MailUnreadStatus plugin, but I do not think so.

Any thoughts?

Spam’s Evolution

Someone should put together a history of the evolution of spam. I assume no one has done this yet, which is probably a silly assumption.

In the few months I have been working with blogs, both this and ones at work, I have seen how blog spam has evolve. The latest evolution, apparently, is the use of jokes in the comment box. I suppose the thinking is that if it is funny, you will follow the link provided. Here’s one example that was on this site before I deleted it:

why’d the monkey fall outta the tree?
’cause he was dead…

And another:

Two men were changing in the locker room after a game of tennis. One notices the other one is putting on pair of stockings and suspenders. He says “When did you start wearing them?” To which the other man replies “Since my wife found a pair on the back seat of the car.”

I found both amusing and considered keeping them on the site, until Ben and GR harassed me into deletion.