Screen Savers are at the top of the list of "Do Not Use" on a computer for which a person or company relies upon for a high level of availability. They have been the source of many headaches in concert with other "background" processes like AV software, etc.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: RE: Mail question > I never use screen savers. In my opinion they are unnecessary these days. > Have never seen screen burn-in on modern monitors. Eliminate the overhead, > and the headaches. Cute isn't worth it either. > > -- Dennis McGrath > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Productivity Tools for R:Base Programmers > http://www.enteract.com/~mcgrath/dennis > > -- Full time consultant with: > SQL Resources Group > Steve Hartmann > Oak Park, IL > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Ramsour Mike > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: R:Mail question > > > In using the R:Mail utility it appears that the screen saver prevents R:Mail > from completing its operation. Each time that it has run with the screen > saver on it won't do anything until the screen is deactivated i.e. I supply > the password so that I can use my system. This is running with the latest > version of R:Base for Windows under Windows 2000. I thought maybe the > e-mail client (Outlook 98 on my system) was required to be running when > R:Mail is launched. > > Has anyone experienced this situation? If so, is there a workaround or > configuration setting that I can adjust? I currently have a program that > runs at 5:30 AM that uses R:Mail when I get into my office at 7:30 R:Mail is > attempting to connect to the e-mail client. As soon as I turn the screen > saver off R:Mail completes its job -- and not until. It works great as long > as there is no screen saver on. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > > Mike Ramsour > c/o AK Steel Coshocton Works > > Voice: 1-740-829-4340 > Fax: 1-740-829-4211 > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
