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Title: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 01:51:20 PM
My Outlook Express alerts me to incoming e mails. For the last day or two it reports incoming e mail, then pings to alert me to their arrival, then nothing happens. No e mails. A lot of my subscription e mails have failed to arrive too.

Virus?

Setting change?

HELP!
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 01:59:01 PM
Look in your "Junk" mail box. Your settings may be identifying some emails as Junk and sending them there rather than to your in box.
If this is not the case I'll send you an email and we'll see where it goes.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: The Moan Ranger on July 30, 2008, 02:24:25 PM
Agree with Snoops - in the first instance look at your Junk e-mail box.

If that is empty, let us know.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:26:22 PM
Eight minutes after he asked the question I replied with a possible solution. I follow that up with an email to "check his system settings" and where is he ~ fvcking vanished is where.

I can only assume he has the back off his PC looking for little envelopes full of emails.   whistle:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 02:28:47 PM
I am here.I have checked all the settings a nd they appear to be normal.

Send me an e mail snoops.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:30:25 PM
I am here.I have checked all the settings a nd they appear to be normal.

Send me an e mail snoops.

I did ~ nineteen minutes ago evil:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 02:31:55 PM
Nothing has arrived  cussing:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:34:13 PM
 rubschin:

Email me on (removed now that I know you have it) and if it reaches me I'll hit reply and we'll see what happens
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 02:37:51 PM
I have done so
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:40:55 PM
Strangely your email went straight into my Junk Box  eeek:

I have replied.

If the reply doesn't show up I would suggest phoning your service provider's help desk and getting them to talk you through a complete reset ~ unless they immediately confess to having a problem today.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:43:53 PM
You might first try sending yourself an email. That's my usual test when in doubt.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 02:50:41 PM
OK. A little plus sign in a box has appeared next to a number of emails. When I click on it new emails appear. What setting is that then?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Grumpmeister on July 30, 2008, 02:53:37 PM
I can only assume he has the back off his PC looking for little envelopes full of emails.   whistle:

Nah Snoop, you mentioned junk mail so he was out the back going through his dustbins...  whistle:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:55:35 PM
Since I don't use Outlook Express I have absolutely no idea mate.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 02:56:20 PM
OK. A little plus sign in a box has appeared next to a number of emails. When I click on it new emails appear. What setting is that then?  rubschin:

Since I don't use Outlook Express I have absolutely no idea mate.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Barman on July 30, 2008, 04:54:46 PM
OK. A little plus sign in a box has appeared next to a number of emails. When I click on it new emails appear. What setting is that then?  rubschin:
You idiot... you pressed the little minus sign that collapsed the folder (and then turned into a little plus sign)...  noooo:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Snoopy on July 30, 2008, 04:58:43 PM
We have established that emails are turning up but they are taking about 30 minutes from sending to arrival and similar when he sends them.
Yes you are of course right about the plus and minus signs but I still reckon his service provider has a problem with traffic today if it's taking that long. That is why I suggested seding himself an email to see what the timing was like and remove other SPs problems from the equation. I know the interweb isn't that simple but it usually helps me to identify who to shout at.
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Barman on July 30, 2008, 05:02:06 PM
We have established that emails are turning up but they are taking about 30 minutes from sending to arrival and similar when he sends them.
Yes you are of course right about the plus and minus signs but I still reckon his service provider has a problem with traffic today if it's taking that long. That is why I suggested seding himself an email to see what the timing was like and remove other SPs problems from the equation. I know the interweb isn't that simple but it usually helps me to identify who to shout at.
The Boy is prolly diverting his e-mails around the Intermong several times...  whistle:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Nick on July 30, 2008, 05:39:56 PM
It appears The Boy has fiddled with a setting  cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Vanishing e mails
Post by: Barman on July 31, 2008, 05:26:57 AM
It appears The Boy has fiddled with a setting  cussing: cussing: cussing:
[I told you so emoticon]