<VV> Re: [Corsabod] E-mail gets weirder - No Corvair

[jcorvair at telus.net]

Hi Bob,

My mother had a similar thing happen recently and it was concluded by her ISP 
that it was likely a virus of some kind and she ended up getting a new computer 
as opposed to going to an IT company.  She could not even delete existing 
emails.  If I get time I'll call her and see if they found anything or just 
reformatted the hard drive.  Her computer was on Windows 98 so I'm not sure if 
that makes a difference.

Cheers,

James Hogarth

Quoting "Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>:

> Thanks, all, for putting up with my attempts to find out why I no 
> longer receive any e-mail from any sources.
> 
> I just completed my third hourlong telephone session with ISP 
> support, and they are as baffled as I.  Tonight, a new 
> twist:  Instead of using my e-mail client, I once again checked for 
> mail using the ISP's webmail feature, as I sure many of you do when 
> on the road or otherwise away from your own computer.  Wow!  93 new 
> messages, a whole backlog of VV, Fastvair, and business and personal 
> stuff!  Then, AS I WATCHED -- poof! -- all the new messages vanished, 
> from my screen, from the server, gone.
> 
> Truly odd.
> 
> Truly annoying.
> 
> Truly frustrating.
> 
> Truly costly.
> 
> So, please, if anyone wishes to get in touch with me, use my 
> alternate e-mail which is with a different 
> ISP:  RMarlow at patmedia.net.  It appears to be working just fine.  I'm 
> not yet ready to unsubscribe the "Vairtec" address and subscribe the 
> "RMarlow" address, because I hope to get to the bottom of all 
> this.  But time will tell...
> 
> --Bob
> 
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