+His_little_lamb Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 I know how to do pocket queries, get the gpx file and then convert in on my mac and make it work for my Magellen explorist 210. But aparently the rules have changed... Now when I download the file from my yahoo email instead of having a file entitled something like "1235015.zip", I have one called "secure download" which does nothing with my convert program (GPSBable). Did geocaching.com start using a different file type and me and my mac get left in the dust? I sure hope I don't have to go back to entering caches manually... Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I know how to do pocket queries, get the gpx file and then convert in on my mac and make it work for my Magellen explorist 210. But aparently the rules have changed... Now when I download the file from my yahoo email instead of having a file entitled something like "1235015.zip", I have one called "secure download" which does nothing with my convert program (GPSBable). Did geocaching.com start using a different file type and me and my mac get left in the dust? I sure hope I don't have to go back to entering caches manually... I still get zip files... Link to comment
+Miragee Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I wonder if Yahoo! is doing something different . . . ? I have found that getting my PQs through a gmail.com account is much better than using my ISP or using my Yahoo! email address. Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I wonder if Yahoo! is doing something different . . . ? I have found that getting my PQs through a gmail.com account is much better than using my ISP or using my Yahoo! email address. I use Gmail too and have never had an issue. Link to comment
+His_little_lamb Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 I wonder if Yahoo! is doing something different . . . ? I have found that getting my PQs through a gmail.com account is much better than using my ISP or using my Yahoo! email address. How is it better? I don't have gmail but I make an account and try that, thanks for the idea. Link to comment
+Miragee Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I prefer gmail to Yahoo! because the InBox is "dynamic." The messages come in automatically, meaning I don't have to refresh the page as I have to with Yahoo!. The other thing that was good is how I could forward the mail to my email client on my PC (Eudora), so everything is as it was before. Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I prefer gmail to Yahoo! because the InBox is "dynamic." The messages come in automatically, meaning I don't have to refresh the page as I have to with Yahoo!. The other thing that was good is how I could forward the mail to my email client on my PC (Eudora), so everything is as it was before. I had set up gmail to forward to my AOL email address a while back whern AOL was being a pain. I've been running weekly test queries and that go straight to AOL so i believe things are straightened out now, but i'm not changing a thing since this has worked so well. It shouldn't make any difference but the only thing i can think of is, have you unchecked the box that says, "send as zip"? Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Make sure it says send as a .ZIP - other than that - sounds like some level of security Yahoo added. Try gmail or some other free email service. Link to comment
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