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Title: Outlook Express
Post by: elf on Saturday 14 March 09 22:45 GMT (UK)
My friend has sent me 9 pages of information using my e-mail but as I am only on dial up its taking for ever to get through then it gets so far and cuts out can you please tell me how to stop it as its stopping other e-mails getting through She has since put the info on disc for me
Thank you Sue
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: Stone931 on Saturday 14 March 09 22:47 GMT (UK)
are the pages 'big' in computer-terms?

can you not upgrade to broad-band?
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 14 March 09 22:59 GMT (UK)
A friend had this same problem and was able to fix it by going to www.mail2web.com and checking his emails through that site. You can tick which emails to delete and then when you go back to Outlook Express the email shouldn't be there. You can also try to check your emails through your ISP website and delete the problem one.
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: Nick29 on Sunday 15 March 09 10:37 GMT (UK)
are the pages 'big' in computer-terms?

can you not upgrade to broad-band?

I agree.  There are still a few people who still can't get broadband, but if you are not one of those, it's a cost-effective alternative which is much quicker than dial-up.

Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: charlotteCH on Sunday 15 March 09 11:21 GMT (UK)
You can also use Mailwasher Free which allows you to view what incoming mail there is for you on your server and  It says whether or not it has an attachment.  You can delete what you do not want and bounce the spam.
I've used it for years.

charlotte
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: downside on Sunday 15 March 09 14:14 GMT (UK)
As a quick fix, get your friend to resend it one page at a time.

It sounds like these pages contain images embedded in them, because a 9 page text document should not pose a problem, even for dial-up.
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: Nick29 on Sunday 15 March 09 14:21 GMT (UK)
That would depend on whether it was in text or picture (i.e. txt or jpg) format  :)

The original post just said "9 pages of information"
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: hallmark on Sunday 15 March 09 14:52 GMT (UK)
You may have settings like;   Do not download files over a certain size...

You can go to your Mail Server's website and get it there

If your email address is e.g.     me@rootschat (dot) com     then go to

www.rootschat (dot) com...look for webmail, then put in the  username you have and your password.

Don't reply to this by putting your email address down or you'll get spam.
Title: Re: Outlook Express
Post by: elf on Tuesday 17 March 09 15:59 GMT (UK)
Thank you all for your help got it sorted in the end tried letting it run again it took quite awhile but this time didn't cut out
Kind regards Sue