David Potter wrote:
So, I should apologise for not making it clear that the webmail I was
using was that of my ISP: Orange, i.e. it was on the route that my email
normally takes. So, I was using the my usual email address.
See comments below on ISPs changing users' email addresses.
I'm afraid I didn't understand the term "default client".
A "default client" is the program that handles a particular task when
you don't specify one explicitly. For example, if you click on an email
link in a web page, your default mailer will pop up to send mail. If you
don't have a default set, your browser will probably ask you what
program you want to use to handle the request.
I managed to send an "unsubscribe" message by copying in the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] address and got a response asking me to
confirm. But, although I sent the confirm message to the email
address provided, that didn't work and I'm still receiving all the
mailing list messages.
Check that your ISP hasn't changed your email address slightly without
telling you. This is *very common*. Your message arrived here bearing
the address "David Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>". Unless the
address matches *exactly* the one you signed up with, unsubscribing will
fail, because the mail server cannot guess that (hypothetically)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is the same person as
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last but not least, James Knott wrote "Instead of using OE, why not
go with a far better email program, such as Thunderbird or
Seamonkey?" Well James I have been using OE for 14 years+ and I don't
know anything about either of the other programmes you mentioned.
Please elaborate and let us know the advantages?
This is a recurrent problem. I forget who wrote something like "...many
people think that water has no taste because we grow up with it in our
mouths daily". Outlook Express is a heavy cut-down of Outlook, and is
one of the most restrictive and poorly-designed email programs ever
written. But like many similar programs, if you only use it for the very
simplest of tasks (sending and receiving mail) you'll never notice the
deficiencies: they only come to light when you need to do something
additional, like solve the problem of why certain mails fail to arrive
or depart, or find out why some people can't read what you send them, or
you want to file and handle your mail in a more effective manner.
> I'm not a computer expert by the way (yes, painfully obvious), I'm a
> retired biochemist.
Lucky man :-)
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/) works similarly
to OE but provides far superior facilities. It's free: you just download
it and install it. Don't feel pressurised: by all means stick to OE if
it works for you, but be aware that the rest of the world has moved on
considerably, and be prepared to encounter circumstances which OE is
increasingly unable to handle.
///Peter
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