Hi there. I have a bunch of questions that have come up in the past day or two, mostly concerning my recent change in ISP. So here goes.
1) Not only do I have a new ISP (Earthlink rather than Comcast), but I have signed up for my alumni group's email service so I can have just one email address essentially forever...so when I have to change again someday I can just notify them rather than everyone. But, in dealing with this list (and others like it that I might join), I am confused about how to participate. That "accommodation" address isn't an ISP, so when I create a message like this one it's coming not from my subscribed accommodation address but from the ISP. Wouldn't the receiving system reject it as being not a subscribed address? Is there a way around this? 2) When I reconfigured Mail to use the new ISP servers, I lost everything in the Inbox and the Sent box. I had thought everything had been downloaded from Comcast and was safely on the local HD, but apparently not? Comcast said this is a problem with Mail and I am out of luck. Ideas. comments, sympathy, Scotch anyone? 3) My wife, when she deigns to use email at all, uses Outlook Express in Classic rather than Mail (though I hope to get her migrated soon). Will the same thing happen to her, or does OE handle messages differently? 4) I just tried resending a message to folks about this email change but got an error message saying something about configuring Mail to use authentication. But I don't see anything about that in Mail's prefs; I have stuck in the various servers and passwords but maybe that's not enough? Individual messages work fine but distribution lists seem to do this. What's up there? Actually, further to #1 above, I am in fact sending this message from the Earthlink webmail page since I cannot send anything right now using Mail, though I can receive. 5) Similar to #2, when someone gets an email from me from here on, will they see the Earthlink address or the accommodation address? And if they reply, will it go to the accommodation address, which is what I would like to have happen? Again, that's the point of the accommodation address, it seems to me. 6) Ever since I moved to Panther recently Classic has been very moody about launching. Sometimes it's fine but oftentimes it hangs near the end and will not finish loading. I just repaired permissions after installign Earthlink's software, to no avail. More ideas etc.? Probably more will come up, but that's it for now. As always, my thanks in advance, and gratitude for your patience and help. Funny, I'm in the IT biz, but I just don't especially care about this getting-under-the-hood stuff. I'd much rather just do what I want to do. That's why I like the Mac. *************** Bill Spencer in on-and-off wintry NH B&W G3/400mhz/rev.2/896mb/12G + 14G dual HDs/Panther! (10.3.9) -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
