[Magdalen] Crisis with email

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Ah..... Cady, I think you've nailed it on the head!
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

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

"Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the antidotes 
to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel


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From: "cady soukup" <cadyasoukup at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 12:21 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Crisis with email

> 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.
>>
>> L
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> 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
>>
>> "Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the 
>> antidotes
>>
>> 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
>>
>>