probably, though I did not see it on my quick look throught the hard drive. But she did not know the account name for the isp and wanted a separate email account anyway. Bottom line, at last check, yahoo mail was working ok for the limited purpose of receiving list mail from the homeschooling group.
Thank you by the way to the people who offered software. It just is not in the picture for the way that household works apparently; the computer is *his* territory. Dana On 8/14/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He is probably using Eudora or something like that. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 1:11 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: stupid mac questions > > > > well see, her husband uses it for email and apparently it is working for > > him > > for that. I actually got her on yahoo and it seems to be semi-working. > > > > On 8/12/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 8/9/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A friend of mine has been telling me how much trouble she is having > > > getting > > > > on the web and/or getting email.... > > > > This was IE on... probably OS 8 by the look of it, t > > > > > > Yikes! > > > > > > > And before someone suggests a hardware upgrade -- not going to > happen. > > > > > > I understand your motivation, but leading her to believe that computer > > > will *EVER* be adequate to use on the internet is just plain cruel. I > > > would just advise her to place it in the back of the closet and give > > > up. Even if you get it going for her, it will be a fragile, teetering > > > pile of software and hardware that you will be over there looking at > > > for her every night. > > > > > > This reminds me of companies who absolutely insist on remaining on CF > > > 4.5 and then pitch a fit when they can't parse XML with it. Or of my > > > folks, who insist on saving $15 by using dialup when DSL is available, > > > and then complain that it takes forever to download anything, asking > > > me why it's so slow when I visit. > > > > > > The good, honest advice in this case is "turn it off and put it away, > > > it's not going to work". > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213234 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
