-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express, download problem

Thanks Gman, if I do not hear from today I will go to his house tomorrow.  I 
would bet he does not know if it is POP 3 or SMTP or where to look.

Bob T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:05 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express, download problem


> Hi Bob,
>    The webmail suggestion may be his only hope, but much depends on how 
> his
> email is set up.  If he is using POP3 access, the emails are usually 
> deleted
> once they are confirmed as downloaded into his email client (OE in this
> case).  On the other hand, if he is set up to use SMTP, all of his email
> will be found in the webmail's interface, too.
>
>    Still, I don't see any reason why an antenna adjustment would affect 
> his
> already downloaded email.  It's very likely that something else is 
> affecting
> it. I wil have to hold off on guessing until I know more about how he
> collects his email (POP3 vs. SMTP).
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob T" <n4aoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:07 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Outlook Express, download problem
>
>
>> Good morning friends,  one of my former co-workers is having a problem.
>> Any e-mail prior to 07/29/09 will not open. It appears to download, but
>> when
>> he double click to open he gets a window saying "Outlook Express has not
>> downloaded this message to download this message click here.  He did and
>> nothing happened.  About the time of this message he had a problem with
>> his
>> antenna and provider had to do some adjusting.  Not physical but with
>> keyboard.

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