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>   1. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Phil Smith III)
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>   3. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Michael Geary)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:04:48 -0500
> From: "Phil Smith III" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: <[email protected]>
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> "STeve Andre'" wrote:
>>My #1 choice for memory is Crucial.  One messup so far in 9+ years of
>>ordering from them, and zero failures on the ram itself.
>
> Second the motion. I had a failure that pointed to bad RAM; called 
> Crucial, they cross-shipped without hesitation. It turned out to be a 
> failing mobo, too -- they never whined (but I felt guilty).
>
> ...phsiii
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>   1. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Andre' Blanchard)
>   2. Re: Need M-51 Ram (RayBay)
>   3. Re: Need M-51 Ram (David Ross)
>   4. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Andre' Blanchard)
>   5. Re: Need M-51 Ram (STeve Andre')
>   6. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Aryeh Goretsky (home))
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:40:08 -0500
> From: "Andre' Blanchard" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: <[email protected]>, "Lewis Bailey" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <06a001c9951c$fc8e0ac0$6601a...@sigmund>
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>
> Wow!  What a coincidence!
>
> My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because 
> of
> a bad smell followed by a dead computer.  Well after spending $29 dollars 
> to
> a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2
> processor based machine?, Come on IBM!:  Christmas gift from this guy's
> daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I 
> was
> immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram
> (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683).  Since I was working this for a 
> quick
> turnaround, I was off to the local chains:  End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400
> for $108 at Staples).  Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but 
> the
> savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it.  Also I think I maxxed out
> this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the 
> stated
> MB max).
>
> OH and JIC:  Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was 
> less
> than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they 
> wanted
> $64 each for the PNY stuff).
>
> HTH.
>
> Andre'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on
> Behalf Of Donald MacQueen
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM
> To: Lewis Bailey
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>
> Lewis Bailey wrote:
>> Howdy All,
>> I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks.
>> I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software.
>> I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some
>> scanning programs.
>>
> I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to
> dealnews.com and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted,
> and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted.
>
> You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are
> getting the right stuff.
>
> Hth,
>
> Donald
>
>> Here is what I know about the IBM machine.
>> It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots.
>> XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1  serial number LPFDRW5
>> 3.4 CPU.
>> Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 .
>> Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64
>> Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>> Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:16 -0700
> From: RayBay <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Lewis Bailey <[email protected]>, [email protected],
> [email protected]
> Message-ID:
> <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low 
> end
> memory, as well.
>
>
> RayBay
>
> ________
>
> You can be young without money
> but you can't be old without it.
>
> ..  ...   ....    .....     ......      Tennessee Williams
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Wow!  What a coincidence!
>>
>> My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because 
>> of
>> a bad smell followed by a dead computer.  Well after spending $29 dollars
>> to
>> a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2
>> processor based machine?, Come on IBM!:  Christmas gift from this guy's
>> daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I 
>> was
>> immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram
>> (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683).  Since I was working this for a
>> quick
>> turnaround, I was off to the local chains:  End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400
>> for $108 at Staples).  Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but
>> the
>> savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it.  Also I think I maxxed out
>> this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the 
>> stated
>> MB max).
>>
>> OH and JIC:  Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was 
>> less
>> than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they 
>> wanted
>> $64 each for the PNY stuff).
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Andre'
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on
>> Behalf Of Donald MacQueen
>> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM
>> To: Lewis Bailey
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>>
>> Lewis Bailey wrote:
>> > Howdy All,
>> > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks.
>> > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software.
>> > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some
>> > scanning programs.
>> >
>> I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to
>> dealnews.com and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted,
>> and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted.
>>
>> You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are
>> getting the right stuff.
>>
>> Hth,
>>
>> Donald
>>
>> > Here is what I know about the IBM machine.
>> > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots.
>> > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1  serial number LPFDRW5
>> > 3.4 CPU.
>> > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 .
>> > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64
>> > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>> > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Thinkpad mailing list
>> > [email protected]
>> > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
>> >
>> >
>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:16:58 -1000
> From: "David Ross" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <b241341ede214c64a86c382716132...@x61t>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>> Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>> Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>
> Looks like Newegg has the Crucial for $75, and Corsair for $45 or $50
> (depending on grade) after rebate.
>
> DR
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:13:14 -0500
> From: "Andre' Blanchard" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lewis Bailey <[email protected]>, [email protected],
> [email protected]
> Message-ID: <06a801c9953a$c1cb0780$6601a...@sigmund>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Thanks so much for the feeback.  To that end could you elaborate, perhaps,
> with a ranking (highest to lowest) of your (memory) 'recommendations, base
> on distributor/manufacturer choices?  I will then stash that away for
> 'future reference'.
>
> Andre'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RayBay [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Lewis Bailey; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>
> Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low 
> end
> memory, as well.
>
>
> RayBay
>
> ________
>
> You can be young without money
> but you can't be old without it.
>
> ..  ...   ....    .....     ......      Tennessee Williams
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard <
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> Wow!  What a coincidence!
>
> My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because 
> of
> a bad smell followed by a dead computer.  Well after spending $29 dollars 
> to
> a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2
> processor based machine?, Come on IBM!:  Christmas gift from this guy's
> daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I 
> was
> immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram
> (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683).  Since I was working this for a 
> quick
> turnaround, I was off to the local chains:  End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400
> for $108 at Staples).  Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but 
> the
> savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it.  Also I think I maxxed out
> this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the 
> stated
> MB max).
>
> OH and JIC:  Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was 
> less
> than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they 
> wanted
> $64 each for the PNY stuff).
>
> HTH.
>
> Andre'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> [mailto: [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> ]On
> Behalf Of Donald MacQueen
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM
> To: Lewis Bailey
> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>
> Lewis Bailey wrote:
>> Howdy All,
>> I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks.
>> I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software.
>> I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some
>> scanning programs.
>>
> I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to
> dealnews.com <http://dealnews.com>  and signed up for an email alert on 
> the
> memory I wanted,
> and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted.
>
> You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are
> getting the right stuff.
>
> Hth,
>
> Donald
>
>> Here is what I know about the IBM machine.
>> It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots.
>> XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1  serial number LPFDRW5
>> 3.4 CPU.
>> Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 .
>> Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64
>> Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>> Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Thinkpad mailing list
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
>>
>>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:45:39 -0500
> From: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> My #1 choice for memory is Crucial.  One messup so far in 9+ years of
> ordering from them, and zero failures on the ram itself.
>
> PNY seems to be half junk.  I really try to steer friends away from them,
> after the 4th or 5th problem with them.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> On Sunday 22 February 2009 17:13:14 Andre' Blanchard wrote:
>> Thanks so much for the feeback.  To that end could you elaborate, 
>> perhaps,
>> with a ranking (highest to lowest) of your (memory) 'recommendations, 
>> base
>> on distributor/manufacturer choices?  I will then stash that away for
>> 'future reference'.
>>
>> Andre'
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RayBay [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]; Lewis Bailey; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>>
>> Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low 
>> end
>> memory, as well.
>>
>>
>> RayBay
>>
>> ________
>>
>> You can be young without money
>> but you can't be old without it.
>>
>> ..  ...   ....    .....     ......      Tennessee Williams
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard <
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>> Wow!  What a coincidence!
>>
>> My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because 
>> of
>> a bad smell followed by a dead computer.  Well after spending $29 dollars
>> to a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 
>> 3.2
>> processor based machine?, Come on IBM!:  Christmas gift from this guy's
>> daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I 
>> was
>> immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram
>> (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683).  Since I was working this for a
>> quick turnaround, I was off to the local chains:  End result: PNY
>> MD1024SD1-400 for $108 at Staples).  Had a chance to get some EDGE memory
>> for $79, but the savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it.  Also I
>> think I maxxed out this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration 
>> (i.e.
>> 2 gig is the stated MB max).
>>
>> OH and JIC:  Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was 
>> less
>> than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they 
>> wanted
>> $64 each for the PNY stuff).
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Andre'
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> [mailto: [email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]> ]On
>> Behalf Of Donald MacQueen
>> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM
>> To: Lewis Bailey
>> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>>
>> Lewis Bailey wrote:
>> > Howdy All,
>> > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks.
>> > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software.
>> > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some
>> > scanning programs.
>>
>> I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to
>> dealnews.com <http://dealnews.com>  and signed up for an email alert on 
>> the
>> memory I wanted,
>> and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted.
>>
>> You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are
>> getting the right stuff.
>>
>> Hth,
>>
>> Donald
>>
>> > Here is what I know about the IBM machine.
>> > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots.
>> > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1  serial number LPFDRW5
>> > 3.4 CPU.
>> > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 .
>> > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64
>> > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>> > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:58:31 -0800
> From: "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> Hello,
>
> You might want to consider upgrading the ThinkCentre M51 8413 up to 4GB of
> RAM.  The Intel Pentium 4 540 CPU is a 64-bit (EMT64, in Intel-speak)
> processor,
> so if you were to go to a 64-bit version of Windows XP or Vista (or Linux 
> or
> other operating system) the CPU would be able to address all the memory.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aryeh Goretsky
>
>
> At 10:00 AM 2/22/2009, you wrote:
>
>>Message: 1
>>Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:08:16 -0500
>>From: "Lewis Bailey" <[email protected]>
>>Subject: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>>To: <[email protected]>
>>Message-ID: <b6d13313416a435fade8ae2845bc9...@s0029571593main>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>         reply-type=original
>>
>>Howdy All,
>>I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks.
>>I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software.
>>I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some
>>scanning programs.
>>Here is what I know about the IBM machine.
>>It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots.
>>XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1  serial number LPFDRW5
>>3.4 CPU.
>>Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 .
>>Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64
>>Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal?
>>Many thanks, Lewis Bailey
>
>
>
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>
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> ****************************************
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:07:58 -0500
> From: "Phil Smith III" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <045901c995e1$aa1c4750$fe54d5...@com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Apologies for the whole-digest-reply. Realized it as I hit SEND and it 
> went instantly. What a maroon.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:40:22 -0800
> From: "Michael Geary" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: "'Phil Smith III'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <b708a85cb3bd4a55b546fd2bc24f7...@padlet>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>> From: Phil Smith III
>>
>> Apologies for the whole-digest-reply. Realized it as I hit
>> SEND and it went instantly. What a maroon.
>
> Since you're using Outlook, you can add a sending delay to make outgoing
> messages wait in your outbox for a minute or two after you hit the Send
> button. This has saved me a lot of embarrassment!
>
> Here are instructions for Outlook 2003:
>
> http://mg.to/2007/04/10/an-email-panic-button
>
> It should be similar in your Outlook 2007 but I don't know the exact 
> steps.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:14:40 -0500
> From: "Phil Smith III" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: "'Michael Geary'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <047701c995ea$faee0ac0$f0ca20...@com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I know, and I do. But it happened to start a send/receive just as I hit 
> SEND!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Geary [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:40 PM
> To: 'Phil Smith III'; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>
>> From: Phil Smith III
>>
>> Apologies for the whole-digest-reply. Realized it as I hit
>> SEND and it went instantly. What a maroon.
>
> Since you're using Outlook, you can add a sending delay to make outgoing
> messages wait in your outbox for a minute or two after you hit the Send
> button. This has saved me a lot of embarrassment!
>
> Here are instructions for Outlook 2003:
>
> http://mg.to/2007/04/10/an-email-panic-button
>
> It should be similar in your Outlook 2007 but I don't know the exact 
> steps.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:52:58 -0800
> From: "Michael Geary" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: "'Phil Smith III'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <fd8474d225b241bfabbe720bbe17d...@padlet>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I don't think we're talking about the same thing. It sounds like you 
> turned
> off the automatic send, so that you usually get a little time before the
> next send/receive session, do I understand that correctly? As you noted,
> that doesn't always work because the next send/receive could be coming up
> momentarily.
>
> Read my post and track down the corresponding settings in Outlook 2007, 
> and
> you'll find something different and much better: A genuine minimum delay,
> where the message sits in your outbox for the time you choose before 
> Outlook
> even thinks about sending it.
>
> It's in the rules dialog in Outlook 2003, so that's the first place I'd 
> look
> in Outlook 2007.
>
> Once the outgoing delay rule is set, you can turn the automatic sending 
> back
> on and still have a guaranteed grace period. I have Outlook set to do an
> automatic send/receive every 10 minutes, with outgoing messages sent
> immediately after a one minute delay. So even if an automatic send/receive
> session happens to start right that moment, I have a minute to re-open the
> message in the outbox.
>
> I can't tell you how many times this has saved me from having to send 
> those,
> "Sorry, I forgot the attachment!" messages. :-)
>
> -Mike
>
>> From: Phil Smith III [mailto:[email protected]]
>>
>> I know, and I do. But it happened to start a send/receive
>> just as I hit SEND!
>
>> From: Michael Geary [mailto:[email protected]]
>>
>> Since you're using Outlook, you can add a sending delay to
>> make outgoing messages wait in your outbox for a minute or
>> two after you hit the Send button. This has saved me a lot of
>> embarrassment!
>>
>> Here are instructions for Outlook 2003:
>>
>> http://mg.to/2007/04/10/an-email-panic-button
>>
>> It should be similar in your Outlook 2007 but I don't know
>> the exact steps.
>
>> > From: Phil Smith III
>> >
>> > Apologies for the whole-digest-reply. Realized it as I hit
>> > SEND and it went instantly. What a maroon.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:15:16 -0500
> From: "Phil Smith III" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
> To: "'Michael Geary'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <048101c9960c$9793ce70$c6bb6b...@com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Ah, you're right. I have tinkered with it, and I'm not sure I like it --  
> it means I can't send immediately if the note hasn't "aged" enough. (I may 
> be able to with another Send/Receive group; will tinker with that next.)
>
> Anyway, thanks -- I use Outlook pretty heavily, categories, rules galore, 
> etc., but had never experimented with this!
>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled ThinkPad list.
>
> ...phsiii
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Geary [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 5:53 PM
> To: 'Phil Smith III'; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram
>
> I don't think we're talking about the same thing. It sounds like you 
> turned
> off the automatic send, so that you usually get a little time before the
> next send/receive session, do I understand that correctly? As you noted,
> that doesn't always work because the next send/receive could be coming up
> momentarily.
>
>
>
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