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Re: Mail Error

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From: Colin Daniels
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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From: "Colin Daniels" <cdaniels@dantooine.demon.co.uk>
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Date: 1999/03/13
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