Rhonda, Error message 608 means some parameters with the modem settings are wrong. I get it all the time when trying to download mail with the PK and sometimes with the bn18. Isaac
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Rhonda Clark wrote: > Has anyone ever gotten an error message 608? I was helping someone tonight, > and we kept getting error 608. I'm used to the error message 10022, but not > this one. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] > >Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:34:55 -0800 > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] for HumanWare: Rectifying a bad situation > > >Hi, Bob and list. Bob, I see what you are saying, but the problem is that > >only the email is affected and that not all of the time. I have > >successfully downloaded amounts of email under 50 messages without a > >problem. I have hung on messages at around 100, but usually, a retry will > >get it eventually after a couple of tries. > >I tried downloading email on Sunday morning at 171 messages and kept > >getting errors. I did a reset three hours later and, although I hung once > >or twice, I eventually downloaded 272 messages. > >Everything else in 6.1 seems to work as far as I can tell. If you don't use > >your bn to download email, go ahead and upgrade. If, like me, you only do > >it occasionally just to see how it works, go ahead and upgrade because the > >wireless is great. Web browsing works well. Connecting to the shared > >ddrives on your network works pretty well except for an occasional lockup. > >But, for the most part, the upgrade is good. > >Perhaps we need to hear from 6.1 users where email is working fine for > >them. Of course, we don't even know about the 6.1 users who don't subscribe > >to this list and only PDI could tell us how many tech support calls they > >are getting because of email problems. One user I talked to who has a bn > >doesn't even use his on the net, so upgrading to 6.1 would only be a good > >thing for him. > >Also, as I mentioned in other messages, sending mail to the trash and > >emptying the trash has been greatly improved with 6.1. > >The word processor, planner, media player, scientific calculator, active > >sync and other features are as good as they ever were, in my opinion. > >But, if email is important to you, you can upgrade and see if it works for > >you or wait for 6.1.1. > >At 3/8/2005, you wrote: > > >>Hi, folks: I guess it's safe to say that the 6.1 upgrade has been, shall > >>we say, troublesome. Ie might even say "ill-fated." Until HumanWare comes > >>out with 6.11, There are certain steps which should be taken, which, I > >>think, would greatly help in soothing ruffled feathers, and which would > >>make great business sense. Here they 5: > >>1. Immediately halt the shipment of the 6.1 upgrade. > >>2. Send out an announcement, stating that, because of major issues, the > >>upgrade is being withdrawn for revision. > >>3. People, who have already received the upgrade, should be fully > >>apprised of these issues, and advised not to stall it until the new > >>version, 6.11, comes out. > >>4. From this point on, anyone who orders the upgrade should be sent > >>6.11. 5. When 6.11 is ready, everyone who has either received 6.1, or > >>who ordered it before these actions were taken, should receive the upgrade > >>on a CF card. (Optional) It might not be a bad idea to give these folks > >>one SMA. > >>While these steps may seem a bit drastic, I think they would do wonders, > >>in restoring confidence in this company, which, in my opinion, still makes > >>the best line of products around. Thanks, and God bless. Bob and Maxy-wax > > > >>___ > >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
