posted September 12, 2007 12:19 AM         

I can receive emails but I can't reply as Outlook is messing up and will not let me send out messages.

I will reply as soon as I can.

If anyone here sends me a moderator concern I am sorry, I cannot reply until this problem gets fixed.

posted September 12, 2007 11:54 AM         

Hope I am not on hold at email tech support for an eternity.

posted September 12, 2007 01:04 PM         

Just the thought of that gives me an anxiety attack. hee hee

I contacted tech support and they discoved what the problem was and are working on correcting it. I was told they would call me when it is fixed.

Seems that recent changes we made here is creating the email problem. We recently got Comcast Voice for our telephone server and it works off the computer and it's own modem. At the same time we installed networking. There are now two modems connected to my computer. The modems are not in sync and are getting conflicting messages. Why it suddenly started doing that after we have had no problem before is beyond me.

posted September 12, 2007 01:16 PM         

Now - this is a first hand experience for me, how slow, and resource hungry Windows is., and how fast, reliable and free Linux is!

Anyways......don't change anything till you are sure of the backups - that is important.

posted September 12, 2007 01:59 PM         

And I wouldn't exactly call myself a techie. After I got used to it, I found like Moonie said, I prefer how fast and clean my computer runs. Hack free, Virus/Bug free, and Money free. What more can you ask for?

Glad your email will be getting fixed soon Mirandee

posted September 12, 2007 02:07 PM         

I run a Linux Server which makes things faster.

posted September 12, 2007 11:35 PM         

The problem is still not fixed. I will have to call tech support again tomorrow and go through the whole thing all over again.

The first message I got when I gave the recorded message the phone number of my account was that Comcast is having service problems in my area and were working on getting that fixed. Maybe that interfered with their being able to get my email working. I have had no internet disruptions today though. The problem for all I know may be with the email and everyone in this area is experiencing it.

posted September 13, 2007 02:04 AM         

Also I am thinking it may be time to change my current email address. I normally do that every few years but the one I have now I have had for years. I do that because your email address goes out in forwards which can end up all over the world. So it's good to change it now and then.

posted September 13, 2007 02:36 AM         

My favorite web mail would have to be Yahoo. I don't know if you've used it lately, but they updated it again not long ago. I don't know if it's the best or not, but it's the one I most use outside of Outlook. Actually, the reason I use that one most is because I generally turn on my Yahoo messenger, which I more attractive than MSN's.

posted September 19, 2007 12:27 PM         

Just remembered that I hadn't updated my email situation. On the third day ( I like the religious significance of that phrase ) I finally got hold of someone at Comcast who actually knew what they were doing and it didn't take long to fix it. What I was told by two other tech support people was impossible she said. She told me that the two modems are totally separate and do not communicate with each other.

So Outlook is running smoothly again. The only two things not communicating were MSN network and Comcast. A setting at Comcast had to be adjusted.

From one pea to another I am happy to be in that pod with you, AG.

posted September 19, 2007 01:23 PM         

seriously. I wouldn't know.

Ubuntu - Zulu word for "humanity" for a lack of a better word.
It encompasses that theory that we are all one, and that a child is raised by the community.. etc. Linux sounds cool. But, I think I need to know how to use Vista first.