[Magdalen] Crisis with email

[cady soukup]

Lynn,

The new "live" products rely on what they call cloud access (where the
files are stored) or - otherwise known as - internet access to the
online storage servers. If your internet is slow, it can take a
righteous amount of time to get everything in sync.

Our office has gone to "cloud-based" Windoze Outlook (and quite a few
other "cloud-based" products). It takes a minimum of 15-20 minutes to
start up, load its data from the servers, and sync. It gives zero
feedback of what it is doing for the first 10-15 minutes or so. I've
learned to walk away. Or to turn to another computer and work on it.

"Cloud-based" applications are for city folks, defined as "those who
live in high-speed internet access areas" and who do not live in the
third-world patchwork of internet access where most of us
NOT-city-folk live.

Cady

On 5/2/18, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Judy and Marion... it *seems* that all is well.
>
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> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a
>
> single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> "Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the antidotes
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> to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel
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> From: "Judy Fleener" <fleenerj at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 12:01 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Crisis with email
>
>> I am no hrlp with computer problems, but I care that you have them.
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:03 AM, Marion Thompson
>> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, Lynn!  I have no good advice, but, oh, how I feel your
>>> pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I’m still limping along at this end after the
>>> February
>>> disaster!  Thunderbird remains a mess although useful at some level, and
>>>
>>> I
>>> really dislike Outlook, more and more each day – so un-useful for my
>>> purposes.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>>
>>> From: Lynn Ronkainen
>>> Sent: May 2, 2018 10:14 AM
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Subject: [Magdalen] Crisis with email
>>>
>>> Spent several hours yesterday deleting old emails from my current
>>> Windows
>>> Live account (thousands). Both last night and this morning I’ve been
>>> unable
>>> to open Windows Live mail - have tried restarting several times
>>> including
>>> unplugging everything. Went to bed hoping for the best this morning but
>>> still can’t get in. This message is on the screen - Recovering the
>>> Windows
>>> Live Mail database- the gray bar that would denote progress is empty and
>>> the background behind the words is moving slowly as though it’s
>>> thinking.
>>> My screen just went into rest mode and when I hit the space bar kto open
>>> the screen it is now producing an active cancel action
>>>
>>> Help
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>> Western Michigan
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