John, Victor, and All,
I deleted the message that had been stuck in my outbox and my e-mail was
fine for several hours until early this morning when I tried to send a
message and I
got the host cannot be found message and the message was in my outbox. I
deleted it and I kept getting the error message when I tried to send mail.
My head was a bit better and I was able to go to the Cox site and find
the correct POP and server settings. It looked like the SMTP setting had
somehow gotten changed. I put in what I found for the settings and my mail
has been okay for more than 12 hours now. Knock on wood!
Could someone try to explain about "host" and e-mail? As I mentioned,
, when I got the host cannot be found error message on previous occasions, I
couldn't receive or send any mail at all and this one seems to have only
been with
some sent mail.
Thanks,
Margaret
"JOHN O CARVALHO" wrote:
Margaret,
If you want to get rid of that message in your out box,just go into the out
box,& delete it.
PEACE
John Carvalho
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages
> Victor,
>
> Thank you very much for the good instructions. I now seem to be only
> getting one copy of all messages. The bad news is that,after I sent my
> original message, and it looked like I was getting mail again, a message I
> sent on its way got stuck in the outbox and and got the same invalid user
> name or
> password message asking me to type in my password that I was getting the
> 17
> hours or so when I wasn't getting
> or able to send mail. Now, I'm
> getting mail along with a "The host 'amtp.east.cox.net' could not be
> found.
> Please verify
> that you have entered the server name correctly" error message with OE.
> I'm receiving test messages I send myself, but that one message is stuck
> in
> the outbox.
>
> The "'amtp" before the "east.cox.net'" doesn't sound familiar. I'm also
> confused because usually when I get the host cannot be found message, I
> can't send or receive any mail.
>
> I wasn't clear when I said "outage" and I apologize if I mislead you.
> As far as I know, there was no power outage at my place and I meant mail
> delivery problem. There might have been a power outage since we've had
> unsettled weather. For whatever reason, I didn't hear the UPS beeping.
>
> I haven't had a chance to tackle the problem with the message stuck in
> the outbox or to call Cox.
>
> I apologize if this message isn't very clear-my head is still not good.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Margaret
>
>
> "Victor Gouveia" wrote:
>
>
> Hi Margaret,
>
> If, as you say, the power went out midway through downloading your
> messages,
> then the computer didn't have time to transmit the fact that it had been
> downloaded, and so the server assumed you had not gotten the messages.
>
> Once your computer downloads your e-mail, it sends the information to the
> mail server, letting it know that the messages did come down, and that it
> shouldn't re-send them again.
>
> This happens quite often during power outages.
>
> Whether this was a result of your e-mail problems, I don't think so, it
> sounds more like the power outage knocked your computer for a loop, and it
> literally couldn't remember what it did before the outage.
>
> To change the leave a copy on the server option, go into the accounts in
> the
> tools menu, highlight the account and go to properties.
>
> Control+tab over to the advanced tab, and it will be below the time out
> settings on that tab.
>
> Make sure the checkmark is unchecked, then go to apply then ok, and it
> won't
> leave a copy of the messages on the server anymore.
>
> I should note that this will not delete any messages that are there
> already,
> just the new ones you receive from that change on.
>
> If you want to delete those messages you'll have to go back into the
> account
> through webmail and delete them manually.
>
>
> Victor
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