HELP for Outlook Express 5.02 - PUH-LEEZE!

[Robin]

Subject: HELP for Outlook 5.02 and Mac, Puh-LEEZE!!!
From: "Robin" <[email protected]> Sent: 7/23/2003
7:55:16 PM




OK, no wisecracks about Macs; I realize I'm in the heart
of PC country. I publish a magazine and work MOST of the
time on my Mac using QuarkXpress.

TODAY, my trusty Outlook Express 5.02 on my Mac OS 9.2.2
will NOT work--sending or receiving. I get the annoying
message "Could not retrieve (or send) mail from the
account "editortrq."

Under Explanation:

"The Domain Name Servers are not responding."

Error -3211

Furthermore, I cannot get on the internet via Explorer on
my Mac (Version 5.0(2022).

I'm writing this on my PC Windows 2000 Server; have
explored all of MSN's stupid sites which have apparently
abandoned 5.02 almost totally. I'm online right now and
would GREATLY appreciate any help. Earthlink has been no
help; I've had difficulty lately in SENDING messages with
no problem until today with RECEIVING. Since I'm online,
it's not my dial-up connection.

I've also already deleted all the cookies in the Explorer
window. My work really depends upon e-mails and I really
hate to upgrade because I normally prefer the older
product with the New "Improved" version I've got on the PC.

Hoping to hear from a guru who can save the day, here.

Robin

 

[rondell meeks]

i posted a question days ago about Outlook and have recieved no
response. i've given up on eMail apps alltogether.

entourage worked great until about a month ago when it simply died. it
screwed up my system so badly i deleted it from all of the machines i
have.

i'm in advertising as well and have three macs (all running OS 9.2.2).
these machines are beefy. set up for power users.

but entourage brought everything to a stand still. so i tried Outlook.
worked like a charm. for about one month. then one day, for no reason,
it wouldn't open. just simply would not open. said, "not enough
memory". crazy. i tried deleteing prefs, i ran disk warrior, i rebuilt
the desktop. i even installed newer versions of Outlook. nothing
worked.

so now.... i use Eudora 5.2.1.

it's ugly but so far so good. it imports everything from Outlook
instantly and without problems (even large mail attachments)
folders/addresses/mail/everything.

the only thing to watch out for is it will import your "sent" mail
folder from Outlook as a new folder. if you're looking for "sent" mail
it's in the "OUT" folder.

give it a shot.

it's what i recommend doing. even as a temporary fix.

you can download it free.

hope this helps!


meeks