So glad you are back Vinny.  And also that your computer problems are solved
even though you had a couple thou messages.  You're more diligent than I
would have been.  Bless you.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: Back Online again.


> Hi everyone,
> And you didn't even know I was gone.
> Well, five days ago, openbook corrupted my video drivers and the machine
> would keep rebooting and rebooting, so I couldn't use it.
> So I had to bring it in and get new drivers installed.
> Plus, I really learned a lesson.  At least on my machine, if you interrupt
> the receiving of messages, even though you have some of them, they will
all
> keep sending again.  Last night when I brought the computer back, I had
> almost 800 messages.  So after I got five hundred of them, I disconnected,
> thinking I would wait till later in the night when the net was less busy.
> So here comes 500 more messages plus the other three hundred.  Besides all
> this, I the box in outlook express that says, "group Messages by
> Conversation" wouldn't work even though I had checked it.  So with all the
> lists I am on, I couldn't delete messages by topic.
> What a mess.
> Well I have read or deleted and gon through all 2000 messages or whatever
it
> was.
> Now, hopefully to get on to normal email.
> Boy, a lot has happened on this list just in the last six days or so.
> Vinny