Thread: Multiple emails

It is more likely that the person who sent it is using Microsoft Outlook and it is stuck in their outbox, being sent repeatedly. This is a known bug with Outlook. Call them and ask them to check their outbox.

Thanks Groggy.

I've sent an email to my mate in Thailand, asking him to check his outbox. In the mean time, is there anyway of extending the Outlook Express timeout period, to give his emails a chance to download before they download again?

Ken

Can't help you there - sorry. I am currently moving to gmail due to constant irritations with other email clients.

Hi Greg,
You certainly will not be sorry by going to gmail.
I was with Yawho, they really gave me the irratts.
So I went to gmail could not be happier. Easy to work, easy to read.

Another vote for Gmail Best email client around, has the best spam filtering, great features etc.

It is on my Google homepage, so as soon as I log on the internet my emails are there, one click and I'm in Gmail.

My daughter used to use Hotmail, what a disaster, she moved to Gmail, problem solved.

Another forumite was with Yahoo and his contact list was hi-jacked, a very common Yahoo occurrence it seems, for a while there I was getting all sorts of spam emails supposedly from him.

The other advantage of going to Gmail is that you can change your ISP whenever you so desire but your email address remains unchanged.

I agree - Gmail is the best out there.

A few years ago it was a bit of a joke but gmail has really started to take over.

Gmail is awesome and they give you free pop access so if you wanted to use a non web client you could. I have gmail on my iPhone and it works great - not the same features as the web site but very handy for on the move and i don't have to change when I move ISPs. I used to have Hotmail never go back it was crap.

Another vote for Gmail. But be aware, on occasions it "identifies" some emails as spam when they are not. So it pays to check your Gmail spam folder.

If I swap over to Gmail, I presume this means I need a new email address, is this correct?

What happens to my address book, inbox and sent items etc?

Have also been told I should swap over to Windows live, what's that about?

Thanks so far for your help.

PS, can anyone recommend a FREE Outlook Express 6 repair program. I downloaded one so called "trial version" Outlook.ErrorTeck.com. Trial version, bulldust. It scanned Outlook Express and came up with about 1500 problems. There is a "Fix Problems" button that leads straight to "Please register". Of course you have to buy a key to go any further. Sneeky pricks.

Ken

Originally Posted by neksmerj

If I swap over to Gmail, I presume this means I need a new email address, is this correct?

What happens to my address book, inbox and sent items etc?

Have also been told I should swap over to Windows live, what's that about?

Thanks so far for your help.

PS, can anyone recommend a FREE Outlook Express 6 repair program. I downloaded one so called "trial version" Outlook.ErrorTeck.com. Trial version, bulldust. It scanned Outlook Express and came up with about 1500 problems. There is a "Fix Problems" button that leads straight to "Please register". Of course you have to buy a key to go any further. Sneeky pricks.

Ken

Yes you need to create a new email name for a gmail account.
I am not sure there is a 3rd party repair program for Outlook Express as OE is part of the Microsoft package that comes with earlier version of windows along with Internet Explorer. Windows 7 does not come with any email software but Windows live is what is recommended I believe for a download if you are not using one of the online email services available.
Gmail is about the best of the bunch.

Be aware of these "free scans" of your computer, they will always find stacks of problems with your computer and of course to "fix" those problems you have to download a version of some useless software that you have to pay for.

Originally Posted by munruben

Be aware of these "free scans" of your computer, they will always find stacks of problems with your computer and of course to "fix" those problems you have to download a version of some useless software that you have to pay for.

And of course you are inviting them, at the very least, to copy your contact list with all your friends' email addresses, for them to use for some nefarious purpose.

I would be very selective about allowing any program to scan my computer for "problems".

Practice safe computing.

Things are getting worse.

I have about 22 emails that I cannot download. Outlook Express 6 gets about half way across the progress bar then stops saying your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Bloody hell, I can't even get into my inbox at Bigpond, to delete them from there. I have forgotten my password.

Bigpond have on their website, a feature where they will sms me a new password to my mobile phone. I don't have a functioning mobile.

Please help.

Ken

Assuming you are using standard home variety of bigpond then why not use the bigpond web based email?

The story so far.

I can now access my BigPond inbox, been given a new password. At present the inbox is empty, zilch, nix, nothing, empty.

However, when I access Outlook Express 6, it starts downloading something. It keeps downloading a file sent to me a week ago, over and over and over. Deleting this XXX file does nothing, it keeps reappearing.

It's my opinion this XXX file had a virus in it. My virus detection software, Microsoft Essentials, must be useless.

The bottom line is this.

1. I can't download emails, they time out before they have downloaded.
2. I keep getting the same email, dated and time a week ago.
3. I want to continue using Outlook Express 6
4. They reckon file pop3uidl.dbx is probably corrupt and should be deleted.
5. File pop3uiddl.dbx cannot be deleted, renamed, or moved. XP will not allow it.

Where do I go from here? I would love a new computer, but don't have the dough at present.

Help!

Ken