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STEFAN PERSON to MGS.SRS, 24-12-2003:

>> I have just installed VetoMail an anti spam filtering tool.
>> VetoMail is free to evaluate for 30 days.

> Doesn't DCML have some kind of spam filter?

As far as I know, DCML only accepts incoming messages from known email
addresses, the ones that have been filled in by the subscribers. If
you use another email address than the one known at DCML, your email
will be bounced. This has been done to keep out spammers. And it works
pretty good, I must say.

But I guess that one subscriber has installed an "anti spam filtering
tool" that sends out spam messages to people. As the subscriber's email
address is trusted by DCML, these messages will not be filtered.

I think that this "filtering tool" uses the list of trusted non-spam
addresses that the user apparently needs to fill in, to divide spam
emails from real emails. This means that, if you fill in DCML as
trusted address, DCML will receive one or more spam messages from you.

In other words, VetoMail operates like a Trojan horse.

--- Dani?l

Olaf Solstrand wrote, last Friday:

> [COA] What is wrong with the character names there?
> Something is not the way it's supposed to be.

For the record: I think our COA programmer Ari has solved that problem now.

Happy holidays to everyone!

--Harry.

Hey, everyone.

My special holiday and New Year's greeting to all of you is here:
http://wso.williams.edu/~dgerstei/WDC4Xmas.gif

Damn, coloring that thing was murder. But now it's time to relax totally and enjoy some Yuletide ducks... be they our fictional favorites or the roasting variety... yum, yum!
(Yikes, I hope nobody brands me a heretic! Just like a Mouse fan to eat roast duck, huh?)

Warm wishes, David

And now, on Christmas Eve, Santa Dani?l's Christmas present:
A Barks Christmas quote quiz. Twelve quotes in total. Enjoy!

1. "SELL him? For the love of jingle bells! Who would want a REINDEER?"

2. "It's a shame to spend our Christmas savings, but what else can we
do in a case like this?"
(Picture shows a piggy bank.)

3. "It's going to be EASY to buy that turkey, it won't even be fun!"

4. "Yimminy Christmas! Heavens to betsy!"
(Barks character reading a message, received from a bearded sonny.)

5. "Man! For that kind of surfin' I'll double my donation to the
Christmas fund!"

6. "Here is the deed - all filled out! Sign it on the dotted line!"

7. "If I can keep anything BAD from happening to it, I may get a
four-dollar bonus for Christmas!"
(Page shows a Disney character with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.)

8. "I'd be satisfied with something SIMPLE for a Christmas present -
say a new GOLD MINE, for instance!

9. "I'll drive this pernicious pellet clear to Christmas!"
(Picture shows a Barks character on a chimney.)

10. "By jingo! I'll lock up shop and go to Grandma Duck's for a
Christmas vacation!"

11. "Well, I'm on my way to Christmas dinner! Who says that CRIME
doesn't pay?"

12. "Here goes, men! Merry Christmas, Mexican style!"

--- Dani?l

P.S. Be fast with your answers. I might forget the sources if I get
too much ginger beer and root ale in the next few days. Cheers! %-)

>>> And now, on Christmas Eve, Santa Dani?l's Christmas present:
>>> A Barks Christmas quote quiz. Twelve quotes in total. Enjoy!

:)
Here are my guesses-- i haven't checked the stories, only the references (on
my site).

>>> 1. "SELL him? For the love of jingle bells! Who would want a REINDEER?"

Not me. How about a (hammy) camel? Not that I think it's the story, but at
least it's an answer.

>>> 2. "It's a shame to spend our Christmas savings, but what else can we
>>> do in a case like this?" (Picture shows a piggy bank.)

Sounds familiar.

>>> 3. "It's going to be EASY to buy that turkey, it won't even be fun!"

WDC&S something, where Donald decides to win a turkey in a raffle rather
than buy it; and, of course, he enters a no-win luck competition with
Gladstone. (WDC&S 136, Jan '52-- "Gladstone's Usual Very Good Year").

>>> 4. "Yimminy Christmas! Heavens to betsy!"
>>> (Barks character reading a message, received from a bearded sonny.)

Familiar too.

>>> 5. "Man! For that kind of surfin' I'll double my donation to the
>>> Christmas fund!"

I guess that's from the surfing story, where Scrooge asks Donald to trade
clothes so that he can avoid all the societies that want Christmas donations
(WDC&S 280, Jan '64-- "Double Masquerade")-- my favorite one is the fund for
cowboys who can't yoddle (Shacktwon story).

>>> 6. "Here is the deed - all filled out! Sign it on the dotted line!"

No idea.
I can think of only two deeds: "Donald's Bay Lot" (WDC&S 51, Dec '44--
might be the one, calendar-wise) and "A Stone's Throw from Ghost Town"
(WDC&S 271, April '63).

>>> 7. "If I can keep anything BAD from happening to it, I may get a
>>> four-dollar bonus for Christmas!"
>>> (Page shows a Disney character with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.)

No idea. :(

>>> 8. "I'd be satisfied with something SIMPLE for a Christmas present -
>>> say a new GOLD MINE, for instance!

Very funny. Maybe the one where Scrooge "bah"s at the calendar; the nephews
want a chemist set, Donald a new truck, and the city new paved streets
(WDC&S 268, Jan '63).

>>> 9. "I'll drive this pernicious pellet clear to Christmas!"
>>> (Picture shows a Barks character on a chimney.)

Funny and certainly nothing to do with Christmas. Can't remember.

>>> 10. "By jingo! I'll lock up shop and go to Grandma Duck's for a
>>> Christmas vacation!"

Gyro is overworked and decides to take a holiday at Grandma's farm, but
naturally he can't stop inventing (Christmas Parade 8, Dec '56-- "Grandma's
Christmas Present").

>>> 11. "Well, I'm on my way to Christmas dinner! Who says that CRIME
>>> doesn't pay?"

Easy. The one where Donald disguises to talk Uncle Scrooge into buying him
dinner. WDC&S 148 ("Turkey with all the Schemings") (Jan '53).

>>> 12. "Here goes, men! Merry Christmas, Mexican style!"

A "three dirty ducks" story. Donald eventually gets the boys to actually
want (or rather need) to have a bath, by leaving a pinata hanging in their
snow fort; the thing is fileld with castor oil. WDC&S 184 ("Three Un-Ducks")
(Jan '56).

Thanks a lot for this funny Christmas quiz!
some of your quizes are hard enough, but here's a tough variant: instead of
quoting a story and asking which one it is, how about giving a title and
asking a quote (from memory) from it? ;)
For instance, do you remember any quote from the Cuspidoria story (WD&S 172,
Jan '55-- another variant: ask the story code and/or publication date)? I
don't; only vaguely-- "Santa won't find us here!"

Olivier

David (Gerstein?) wrote:

But now it's time to relax totally and enjoy some Yuletide ducks... be they
our fictional favorites or the roasting variety... yum, yum!
(Yikes, I hope nobody brands me a heretic! Just like a Mouse fan to eat
roast duck, huh?)
--------------

You evil, evil man! ;)

Speaking of Barks reprints, I can came across a reprint of Hard Loser in WDC&
S 551. So I decided not to read that story so it'll be new to me in the
upcoming Gemstone issue.

I came across a Chip n' Dale story called "If It Looks Like A Duck" with art
by Al Hubbard. Originally published in Chip n' Dale 5 March 1956 (reprinted
WDC&S 593). In the one pager, the chipmunks call the duck Donna Duck. And yet
'she' looks exactly like Donald Duck with no alterations whatsoever. Was this
some kind of misprint? Did Donna Duck show up in many stories?

Anyway, I hope ya'll have a Merry Christmas and that the day finds you well.
:)

Derek Smith

Here are some of the answers to the Barks Christmas Quote Quiz.

OLIVIER to me, 24-12-2003:

<SPOILER>

>> 1. "SELL him? For the love of jingle bells! Who would want a REINDEER?"

> Not me. How about a (hammy) camel?

Wrong.

>> 3. "It's going to be EASY to buy that turkey, it won't even be fun!"

> WDC&S something, where Donald decides to win a turkey in a raffle
> rather than buy it; and, of course, he enters a no-win luck competition
> with Gladstone. (WDC&S 136, Jan '52-- "Gladstone's Usual Very Good Year").

Correct. Panel 2.8.

>> 5. "Man! For that kind of surfin' I'll double my donation to the
>> Christmas fund!"

> I guess that's from the surfing story, where Scrooge asks Donald to
> trade clothes so that he can avoid all the societies that want
> Christmas donations (WDC&S 280, Jan '64-- "Double Masquerade")--

Correct. Panel 8.8.

>> 6. "Here is the deed - all filled out! Sign it on the dotted line!"

> No idea.
> I can think of only two deeds: "Donald's Bay Lot" (WDC&S 51, Dec '44--
> might be the one, calendar-wise) and "A Stone's Throw from Ghost Town"
> (WDC&S 271, April '63).

Wrong.

>> 8. "I'd be satisfied with something SIMPLE for a Christmas present -
>> say a new GOLD MINE, for instance!

> Very funny. Maybe the one where Scrooge "bah"s at the calendar; the
> nephews want a chemist set, Donald a new truck, and the city new
> paved streets (WDC&S 268, Jan '63).

Correct. Panel 2.6.

>> 9. "I'll drive this pernicious pellet clear to Christmas!"
>> (Picture shows a Barks character on a chimney.)

> Funny and certainly nothing to do with Christmas.

Indeed. At least not that I'm aware of.

>> 10. "By jingo! I'll lock up shop and go to Grandma Duck's for a
>> Christmas vacation!"

> Gyro is overworked and decides to take a holiday at Grandma's farm,
> but naturally he can't stop inventing (Christmas Parade 8, Dec '56--
> "Grandma's Christmas Present").

Correct. It's 'Grandma's Present'. Panel 1.6.

>> 11. "Well, I'm on my way to Christmas dinner! Who says that CRIME
>> doesn't pay?"

> Easy. The one where Donald disguises to talk Uncle Scrooge into buying
> him dinner. WDC&S 148 ("Turkey with all the Schemings") (Jan '53).

Correct. Panel 6.2.

>> 12. "Here goes, men! Merry Christmas, Mexican style!"

> A "three dirty ducks" story. Donald eventually gets the boys to
> actually want (or rather need) to have a bath, by leaving a pinata
> hanging in their snow fort; the thing is fileld with castor oil.
> WDC&S 184 ("Three Un-Ducks") (Jan '56).

Correct. Panel 10.2.

> Thanks a lot for this funny Christmas quiz!

Thanks for joining! You have only six more quotes to go! :-)

</SPOILER>

> some of your quizes are hard enough, but here's a tough variant:
> instead of quoting a story and asking which one it is, how about
> giving a title and asking a quote (from memory) from it? ;)
> For instance, do you remember any quote from the Cuspidoria story
> (WD&S 172, Jan '55-- another variant: ask the story code and/or
> publication date)? I don't; only vaguely-- "Santa won't find us
> here!"

If you want to organize a quiz, just go ahead.
I like to pick out exact quotes.

Here are the remaining six quotes:

1. "SELL him? For the love of jingle bells! Who would want a REINDEER?"

2. "It's a shame to spend our Christmas savings, but what else can we
do in a case like this?"
(Picture shows a piggy bank.)

4. "Yimminy Christmas! Heavens to betsy!"
(Barks character reading a message, received from a bearded sonny.)

6. "Here is the deed - all filled out! Sign it on the dotted line!"

7. "If I can keep anything BAD from happening to it, I may get a
four-dollar bonus for Christmas!"
(Page shows a Disney character with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.)

9. "I'll drive this pernicious pellet clear to Christmas!"
(Picture shows a Barks character on a chimney.)

--- Dani?l