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Article #328Re: Mail Error
From: Colin Daniels
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <1dommag.fit681nuhj1hN@p68.nas1.is3.u-net.net> , real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote: > 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. Outlook was working fine until very recently. I'd rather not switch to some client that I've never used before when there might be a simple fix to the existing one. Thanks for the reply anyway.
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