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I did it!
I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) |
I did it!
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 10:05:29 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
No one...well maybe your good buddy Krause the troll....cares.) |
I did it!
On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it!
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:05:29 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Well, bring it down to the Apple store at Tyson's Corner. I'll meet you, and after a quick trip through LLBean's, buy you lunch. John H. -- Hope you're having a great day! |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. |
I did it!
On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. I don't know if Mac is the same but on a PC I would be looking at the setting for the "outgoing pop server". Cox is very particular with what setting you have there... -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
I did it!
On 12/4/13, 10:09 AM, KC wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. I don't know if Mac is the same but on a PC I would be looking at the setting for the "outgoing pop server". Cox is very particular with what setting you have there... Outgoing "pop" server? Really? Do you know what "pop" is? It is simply a protocol your email client (such as Thunderbird) uses to retrieve your email from a remote server. IMAP is another such protocol. The outgoing protocol, the one used to send your email to your recipient through a server, is SMTP, *not* POP. You must be hell on wheels offering up tech support to your many internet/web design clients. -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Well, Mrs.E. was able to fix the problem with her Comcast email account a few minutes ago. While I was busy googling up info on it she called the Apple support hotline and the tech walked her through the fix. I wish I knew exactly what it was, but she can't remember. I *did* involve changing some of the standard configurations however and renaming "Comcast" to something else somewhere in the account setup. She remembered that. It's now up and running. Bugs me that I don't know what they changed though. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/13, 10:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Well, Mrs.E. was able to fix the problem with her Comcast email account a few minutes ago. While I was busy googling up info on it she called the Apple support hotline and the tech walked her through the fix. I wish I knew exactly what it was, but she can't remember. I *did* involve changing some of the standard configurations however and renaming "Comcast" to something else somewhere in the account setup. She remembered that. It's now up and running. Bugs me that I don't know what they changed though. Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:09 AM, KC wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. I don't know if Mac is the same but on a PC I would be looking at the setting for the "outgoing pop server". Cox is very particular with what setting you have there... Thanks but the "pop" server setting is for *incoming emails*. That worked fine. It's the smtp "outgoing" setting that was screwing it up. It's weird because I must have checked it on her PC and my PC to make sure it was the same as what appeared in the new iMac. It was. It just didn't work. Working now, but I don't know what the Apple tech had her change. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:32 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:09 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. I don't know if Mac is the same but on a PC I would be looking at the setting for the "outgoing pop server". Cox is very particular with what setting you have there... Thanks but the "pop" server setting is for *incoming emails*. That worked fine. It's the smtp "outgoing" setting that was screwing it up. It's weird because I must have checked it on her PC and my PC to make sure it was the same as what appeared in the new iMac. It was. It just didn't work. Working now, but I don't know what the Apple tech had her change. Damn.. you are right and I said it twice.. I did mean the SMTP... Either way, write it down because in my experience, even the techs at these cable places, don't know what they are doing:) -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. |
I did it! (followup)
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:21:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 6:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/3/13, 10:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I caused Mrs.E.'s new iMac to freeze up. I thought that wasn't possible. I was trying to help her set up her email accounts. When we got to her Comcast account, it would receive ok but would not send. Apparently this is a common issue with the latest OS released by Apple and requires some non-standard configuration changes. Anyway, after several attempts to configure it, I decided to delete the account completely and start over again. That's when it froze up. Nothing worked when "clicked" upon. Shut the power off, and turned back on. It returned to the same frozen status. Finally found a "force quit" command. That worked. But so much for the "bullet proof" reputation of a Mac. (We are both still plowing our way through it ... not quite as "intuitive" as claimed) Let me know what "non-standard" configuration changes you found necessary. I use Thunderbird with my Comcast email account and the set up was no different than it was with my other email accounts. It just requires the usual pop mail server info and smtp server info. I haven't tried changing anything yet. I googled "can receive but can't send email" and found that this problem is not uncommon and is apparently a result of the newest Apple upgrade to the OS. More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Well, Mrs.E. was able to fix the problem with her Comcast email account a few minutes ago. While I was busy googling up info on it she called the Apple support hotline and the tech walked her through the fix. I wish I knew exactly what it was, but she can't remember. I *did* involve changing some of the standard configurations however and renaming "Comcast" to something else somewhere in the account setup. She remembered that. It's now up and running. Bugs me that I don't know what they changed though. Blew that free lunch. John H. -- Hope you're having a great day! |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/13, 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. Around here, female geeks are either geekesses or geekettes. :) My wife says she refuses to walk down the geekess path, though she's a whiz with statistics, database design and management and the MS Word suite. I am astonished at her high level of statistical abilities. But if her printer at home won't print, I get the call. Downtown, her employer has a pretty large and competent tech support crew whose ranks include several women. The world has changed. :) -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. Yeah, brain fart.. I meant SMPT... -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:57 AM, KC wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. Yeah, brain fart.. I meant SMPT... SMTP.... geeze, gotta' go get a cup of coffee:) -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 10:52 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/4/13, 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. Around here, female geeks are either geekesses or geekettes. :) My wife says she refuses to walk down the geekess path, though she's a whiz with statistics, database design and management and the MS Word suite. I am astonished at her high level of statistical abilities. But if her printer at home won't print, I get the call. Downtown, her employer has a pretty large and competent tech support crew whose ranks include several women. The world has changed. :) Scary as it sounds, I've been the computer geek, fixer-upper, in house "tech" or whatever when it came to our PCs. I have always managed to untangle whatever issues Mrs.E. had with hers and, as a result, was always "on call". Her iMac will be different. *She* will have to become the geek. She won't let me near it. :-) I think I've pieced together what caused the issue with her mail. When she first fired the iMac up, she set it to automatically sync to her iPhone and iPad. I thought it was strange when she went to setup the Comcast email account because we never entered any account information. We just put "other" where it lists a bunch of email account options .... "yahoo, gmail, AOL, etc., and called it "Comcast". The iMac obviously retrieved the account settings from her iPhone because we never entered any of it. It automatically set itself up. Something about the send server settings or what they were called was not compatible with the OS in the iMac and it wouldn't work. Someday when Mrs.E. isn't looking, I am going to try to find the Comcast account settings and see what she and the Apple tech changed. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 10:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. You need to set up STMP. Thunderbird should have taken care of that for you. -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/13, 11:16 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:52 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. Around here, female geeks are either geekesses or geekettes. :) My wife says she refuses to walk down the geekess path, though she's a whiz with statistics, database design and management and the MS Word suite. I am astonished at her high level of statistical abilities. But if her printer at home won't print, I get the call. Downtown, her employer has a pretty large and competent tech support crew whose ranks include several women. The world has changed. :) Scary as it sounds, I've been the computer geek, fixer-upper, in house "tech" or whatever when it came to our PCs. I have always managed to untangle whatever issues Mrs.E. had with hers and, as a result, was always "on call". Her iMac will be different. *She* will have to become the geek. She won't let me near it. :-) I think I've pieced together what caused the issue with her mail. When she first fired the iMac up, she set it to automatically sync to her iPhone and iPad. I thought it was strange when she went to setup the Comcast email account because we never entered any account information. We just put "other" where it lists a bunch of email account options ... "yahoo, gmail, AOL, etc., and called it "Comcast". The iMac obviously retrieved the account settings from her iPhone because we never entered any of it. It automatically set itself up. Something about the send server settings or what they were called was not compatible with the OS in the iMac and it wouldn't work. Someday when Mrs.E. isn't looking, I am going to try to find the Comcast account settings and see what she and the Apple tech changed. One of the problems with all these new apps is they have automatic procedures to set **** up, and many times your **** isn't the sort of **** these procedures can recognize. When I was setting up my new router yesterday, it "reached out" to my server and between the two of them, they changed enough settings so that I could only reach it via a web address. I had to plumb my way through all the server settings to straighten out the mess. Also, the new router required me to change the SSID name on one of its channels so my iPhone would recognize it. That never would have occurred to me, but a good tech guy at Netgear and I worked together and found the solution. Incidentally, the new router isn't made in China. It's made in Vietnam. -- Religion: together we can find the cure. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 11:23 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
One of the problems with all these new apps is they have automatic procedures to set **** up, and many times your **** isn't the sort of **** these procedures can recognize. That's why there are IT departments -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:
I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC. After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader for this computer, I installed Thunderbird. You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself. Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh? BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for both mail and newsgroups. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 11:22 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. You need to set up STMP. Thunderbird should have taken care of that for you. Pay attention down there. We are not talking about Thunderbird. We are talking about Mrs.E.'s new iMac that does not have Thunderbird on it. :-) |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Ha! I will. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Wait a minute! You mean I just spent $1,962.56 for a "smart phone" ? |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote: I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC. After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader for this computer, I installed Thunderbird. You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself. Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh? BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for both mail and newsgroups. I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages. -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 11:39 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:22 AM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:42 AM, KC wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet. I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so I'll check into that further before proceeding. Hmmm. I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in " Try or whatever the family user name is there. Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I erased it. If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call me. Someone here must speak English. Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not* port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default fields in the name of the account) and it now works. I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info when I received an email from her telling me it works. Seriously, look at the "POP server" settings in the main account area... That is the most common problem we find with folks setting up new email clients/new machines or new internet services, or in your case, both... Again, the POP server worked fine from the get go. Pop is for *incoming mail*. The problem was with outgoing and the settings associated with it. We checked our PCs and the settings we used in the iMac were exactly the same initially. The Apple guy had her change a couple of them and it now works. You need to set up STMP. Thunderbird should have taken care of that for you. Pay attention down there. We are not talking about Thunderbird. We are talking about Mrs.E.'s new iMac that does not have Thunderbird on it. :-) Well! What are you going to do about it? -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 11:43 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Wait a minute! You mean I just spent $1,962.56 for a "smart phone" ? It seems so. ;-) -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote: I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC. After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader for this computer, I installed Thunderbird. You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself. Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh? BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for both mail and newsgroups. I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages. Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out? She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness". |
I did it! (followup)
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:43:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Wait a minute! You mean I just spent $1,962.56 for a "smart phone" ? No. $200 for the smartphone, $1,762.56 for the steroids. John H. -- Hope you're having a great day! |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 12:29 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:43:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Wait a minute! You mean I just spent $1,962.56 for a "smart phone" ? No. $200 for the smartphone, $1,762.56 for the steroids. John H. -- Hope you're having a great day! That's probably about right. A smart phone with a 27" HD screen. |
I did it!
On 12/4/2013 12:22 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote: I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC. After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader for this computer, I installed Thunderbird. You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself. Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh? BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for both mail and newsgroups. I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages. Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out? She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness". That would be nice. You're welcome to tag along. -- Americans deserve better. |
I did it!
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:41:08 -0500, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 12:22 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote: I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased. Getting used to Comcast was a different story. Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC. After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader for this computer, I installed Thunderbird. You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself. Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh? BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for both mail and newsgroups. I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages. Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out? She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness". That would be nice. You're welcome to tag along. He forgot to tell you that the horse goes too. John H. -- Hope you're having a great day! |
I did it! (followup)
On 12/4/2013 11:43 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:24 AM, Hank© wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/4/2013 10:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: Sounds like you guys were using the Apple MAIL app. I tried it a couple of times and found it absolutely unsuitable for prime time. Too complex, too many cute features, too much grabbiness. It must be. She hasn't installed any new programs or apps other than what Apple told her to install to get the full setup. Mrs.E. is actually enjoying the learning process and transition from her PC to the Mac. She was just telling me that she now sees how similar things are to her iPhone and iPad that she uses. She just installed "iPhoto", opened it and it appears that all the photos that are on her iPad and iPhone now show up on the iMac. She's becoming a geek. It's a smartphone on steroids. You can tell her I said that. Wait a minute! You mean I just spent $1,962.56 for a "smart phone" ? Are you kidding me... Is that what folks are paying now to post pictures of their cats and check facebook? I do all my work on a three year old, 450 dollar laptop, my wife's "monster" desktop for work was replaced this year, with three year warrante, for less than a grand... -- On 12/3/2013 1:00 PM, Hank© wrote: Be mindfull of Donnie waving the brown finger. It has the essence of Harry on it. ;-) |
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