Non receipt of emails in OE6 Windows 98

Last Friday emails stopped coming through, I know some have been sent and there is no problem in sending. To my knowledge nothing on the system has been changed, does anyone know of a likely cause?

jane wrote:
Last Friday emails stopped coming through, I know some have been sent
and there is no problem in sending. To my knowledge nothing on the
system has been changed, does anyone know of a likely cause?


Hi,

Most ISPs have web access as well as POP3 access-- have you tried to see
if they're on the server by going through the web interface?

If they're not on the server, either the sender sent them to the wrong
address or there is a problem at the server, maybe the sender/sender's
server is blocked at the server for whatever reason, check with your ISP.

If they are there, you need to review the settings in OE and check with
your ISP to see if there was a change you missed.

Any error messages from OE?

Messages being bounced back to sender?

MM

Originally Posted by Mostly Me (MM)

jane wrote:
Last Friday emails stopped coming through, I know some have been sent
and there is no problem in sending. To my knowledge nothing on the
system has been changed, does anyone know of a likely cause?


Hi,

Most ISPs have web access as well as POP3 access-- have you tried to see
if they're on the server by going through the web interface?

If they're not on the server, either the sender sent them to the wrong
address or there is a problem at the server, maybe the sender/sender's
server is blocked at the server for whatever reason, check with your ISP.

If they are there, you need to review the settings in OE and check with
your ISP to see if there was a change you missed.

Any error messages from OE?

Messages being bounced back to sender?

MM

Hi
Thanks for this. Yes, they are on the server. When you say I need to review the settings in OE which exactly do I need to look at and what should they be? Also, why would this have happened? There were no error messages, no notification of changes from the ISP .

As Mostly Me (MM) said, click your server's "E-Mail on the WEB" button
to see whether they are there. Also, can someone have created a Message
Rule to prevent their download, such as...?...

I only had two posts in any of my folders larger than 90 KB. One had an
attachment. The other was HTML with a picture inside. The largest post
on this NG in my 40 days of download is 58 KB. So, I feel it is
acceptable to...

(1) "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, Mail".
(2) Check "Where the message size is more than size" in first window.
(3) Check "Delete it from server" in second window.
(4) Click "Size" in third window, & set it to 100 KB.
(5) Use the "Move up" button to move this rule to the top of any other
rule you may have.

Those Swen posts are 144 KB. So, they will not download. Naturally, if
you expect a large post, such as one with a legitimate attachment, then
you must disable that rule before it is sent to you. Otherwise, you will
never see it. (Update: Your ISP may STILL have them at their "E-Mail on
the WEB". So? Go do it there too.)

However, the fake "returned mail" posts will still get through. They
seem to be far fewer, & certainly are quicker to download. These also
are a danger, if they contain an attachment. Just delete them, or create
a rule to delete them automatically. It seems to work to...

Conditions:
Where the To line contains people.
Where the message has an attachment.

Actions:
Delete it.
Stop processing more rules.

Description:
Click "Contains people". Have it select all posts that do not have you
in the "To" field. (Mine says "Does not contain 'PCR'".)

Move the rule up, if necessary, to just below the other.

Now these smaller mail will all go into your "Deleted Items" folder.
When you are sure nothing of value is in there, R-Clk the folder &
select "Empty...".

They can safely be viewed (to see nothing of importance is there) by
"R-Clk Deleted Items, Find", & check the "Received before" box. If the
Headers don't say it all, then "R-Clk one of them, Properties, Details
button, View Source" is very safe to do.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"jane" wrote in message
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| Last Friday emails stopped coming through, I know some have been sent
| and there is no problem in sending. To my knowledge nothing on the
| system has been changed, does anyone know of a likely cause?
|
|
| --
| jane

jane wrote:
Hi
Thanks for this. Yes, they are on the server. When you say I need to
review the settings in OE which exactly do I need to look at and what
should they be? Also, why would this have happened? There were no error
messages, no notification of changes from the ISP .


Hi,

Well, I don't even have OE on my system, so I'll have to pass it off to
PCR for specific settings you might need to check.

I'm guessing there are probably settings somewhere to check the mail on
a specific account(or persona/profile/identity), or not to check it; or
perhaps, somehow, someway, your POP settings got zapped completely.

Sorry I can't be more specific than that, but the settings and how
they're worded vary between the different mail clients & I wouldn't want
to send you hunting around for a setting that might not exist in the
program you are using.

PCR or others will be sure to help you further though.

MM

Well, per MM's thought, here is what the blurb reads at "OE, Tools menu,
Options, General tab, Check for new messages..."...

Specifies whether to check your e-mail server for new messages at the
specified interval of minutes. It also sends any messages in the Outbox
at the same time. If you clear this check box, you can only check for
new messages by clicking the Tools menu and then clicking Send and
Receive.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"jane" wrote in message
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|
| Mostly Me (MM) Wrote:
| jane wrote:-
| Last Friday emails stopped coming through, I know some have been
sent
| and there is no problem in sending. To my knowledge nothing on the
| system has been changed, does anyone know of a likely cause?
|
| -
| Hi,
|
| Most ISPs have web access as well as POP3 access-- have you tried to
| see
| if they're on the server by going through the web interface?
|
| If they're not on the server, either the sender sent them to the
wrong
| address or there is a problem at the server, maybe the
sender/sender's
| server is blocked at the server for whatever reason, check with your
| ISP.
|
| If they are there, you need to review the settings in OE and check
| with
| your ISP to see if there was a change you missed.
|
| Any error messages from OE?
|
| Messages being bounced back to sender?
|
| MM
|
| Hi
| Thanks for this. Yes, they are on the server. When you say I need to
| review the settings in OE which exactly do I need to look at and what
| should they be? Also, why would this have happened? There were no
error
| messages, no notification of changes from the ISP .
|
|
| --
| jane