Re: Mail Error

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00

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Colin Daniels <cdaniels@dantooine.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm using MS Outlook Express to receive email on my Power Mac.
> 
> When I log on to the server it goes through the motions of downloading mail
> and deposits it in the inbox.  I then get an dialogue saying 'Could not save
> this message - Mail Error'
> 
> Because of this interruption to the process the mail does not get deleted
> from the server.  Subsequently the next time that Outlook checks the server
> the same messages are downloaded along with any new ones.  This goes on and
> on, all the while the number of messages and hence download time increases.
> 
> I can view the message online via Outlook and delete them manually but it is
> a bit of a pain.
> 
> I have tried re-installing Outlook to no avail.  Any other ideas?

You might try a different email client; Eudora Light, perhaps?
http://www,eudora.com.

Rowland.

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