an unfortunate "bonus" of upgrading Acrobat Reader is the newer one tends to crash rather a lot if you try to open pdf files directly from the...
still no problems, I think that may have it nailed (saying that's bound to make it go wrong) I think there must have been something else as...
Zander the size may well be involved - the mailboxes had got large; inbox itself was small but several other folders were up to 35MB. The...
Zander I think my troubles may be due to corrupt mailbox files - particularly pop3uidl the mails which OE hasn't attempted to retrieve seem...
Zander 2 good ideas! (the corrupt file and the new thread) == Sal one thing I never found out - might be important - did your...
Sal_gal how odd! so when you find it using "Find messages ", which folder does it say it's in - or is the folder column blank or something?...
Sal_gal do yours always not turn up in the sent folder, or is it intermittent pls? best wishes, HJ
at last some facts to work on Hi again I misinterpreted the POP3 logs earlier: now by comparison I've found that OE is not even attempting to...
Hi John thanks for looking in no mail rules, no news rules, no blocked senders; I even re-checked in case some had somehow been created for...
Hi Sal_gal and all... a clue at last? having enabled the POP3 log, I managed to catch it going wrong (got lucky for once - it's not...
Hi Steve thanks for reply but... it's not Norton; our AV is by Computer Associates, all it does is real-time check on all file opens and closes...
Hi starting a few days ago: OE seems to be losing incoming email. example of problem: When doing a receive: shows "receiving message 1 of...
Hi all gammaepsilon, you deserve brownie points (or something); I had just about got there but you had it, hole in one. applog folder was...
Hi again gammaepsilon - applog - yes I was using it still - because I never got round to getting rid of it until about 20 minutes ago! I never...
Hi gammaepsilon I'm afraid I already have let scandisk automatically fix a load of future dates. The PC threw a wobbly at midnight 24th>25th,...
Hi Pete thanks for looking in, also thanks for putting my mind at rest. Diagrams can be really useful sometimes. BB - I'm going to do a...
Hi merlin again, thanks for taking the trouble to reply. You are kind. I've cleared up the mess now - not so much due to the date/time...
Hi merlin thanks for replying will check with DOS-type defrag after writing this when I get a chance I'll have a go with the W98 defrag...
Hi all Using the ME defrag, all seemed to be going well; I was watching the end of the drive, watching it tidy up the mess 'coz it's fun....
Hi all my computer has just automatically adjusted to come off daylight saving time - a day early :confused: I checked to see what it...
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