Hi Judy :) You can see The Web welcome screen if you go to AOL.com. Jeannie :) In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:55:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: On 7/27/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: <<web welcome screen >> == Hmmmm.... I prefer the OLD screen and I hope it stays around. I know, wishful thinking. I'm not sure what the "web welcome screen " looks like. I'll try to do a Print Screen of the NEW screen I see and maybe someone here will let me send it privately in an email. That'll be the only way to get an ID of what it is. Anyway, it's got to be AOL. Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts--LOL Judy **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Judy, This is different than a delay. I, too, have gotten this notice saying that AOL is not accepting outgoing mail. It generally means they are having technical difficulties. If you try again later it usually goes with no trouble. Sharon -------------------------------- In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:46:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: About my daughter's mail. She sent one early yesterday AM to say on way to here from WA. Then she called me to say her mail program said AOL not accepting mail. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

On 7/27/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: <<web welcome screen >> == Hmmmm.... I prefer the OLD screen and I hope it stays around. I know, wishful thinking. I'm not sure what the "web welcome screen " looks like. I'll try to do a Print Screen of the NEW screen I see and maybe someone here will let me send it privately in an email. That'll be the only way to get an ID of what it is. Anyway, it's got to be AOL. Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts--LOL Judy

Judy, I seriously doubt that AOL is *withholding* letters. It may be that they are experiencing some delays in delivery. I have had some delayed mail both going and coming in the past few weeks. One in particular took over 2 hours to arrive in the lists archives. I didn't check the full headers to see where the delay originated from, however. I don't think that this is something that has to be either your fault OR a purposed pattern from AOL. I think that one or more of their servers may be having a little trouble and when a particular piece of mail uses that server, it may experience delays. Sharon ----------------------------- In a message dated 7/27/2008 9:14:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Can anyone tell me why AOL withholds letters for two days and then forwards them in bulk, albeit wish a few missing. I belong to about six lists and sometimes the letters have odd ones missing. It is rather strange to reply to a letter before you can see the original. Is this my fault or is this the pattern of AOL now. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Hi Judy :) I have 9.0 SE Edition. Ever since AOL changed to web welcome screen I have had a problem w/it continually. Every so often I sign on and the old welcome screen comes up. I would not mind that but when it does cannot get on the web, and no letters w/embedded images will fill. That I definitely do not like. Also at times the web welcome screen comes up w/no filling ability. A month or two ago I contacted AOL techs. Had no clue why the old one would come up. Thus have tried to analyze it on my own. This is what I believe. The web welcome screen has a lot of advertising on it. I have come to believe that when one ad (especially the big moving ones) will not complete filling the old screen comes up. Also I believe that is same problem w/the non filling web screen. Can do my mail box thing but again no letters w/embedded images will fill. I also have noticed that when the old one comes up the Adv on my address book not filled. I have two computers. One big one and one 6/month old quality lap top. Does same thing on both. My lap top just does it faster. LOL I also have noticed that if I sign on when AOL Spyware protection is working the old screen comes up. Also AOL is sending an occasional Pop Up. That always brings up the old screen. When the old one comes up or the new one non filling one comes up I have learned to X out AOL and bring it up again. That almost always takes care of the problem. When I change screen names sometimes old and sometime new. The bottom line is that I blame AOL Adv on the web screen. Jeannie :) In a message dated 7/27/2008 10:52:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I'm not losing my mind--I'm really not--LOL. Since the forced download to 9.1 ver 4334.34, AND on my Master Screen Name ONLY, AOL changes the Welcome Screen ONCE a day. However!!- I can switch screen name to any others, immediately switch BACK to the Master Screen Name, and magically the OLD Welcome Screen returns. I swear - LOL. I'll try to grab a print screen for the "new" Welcome Screen the next time it happens. The new one has at top-left, 3 buttons-- Mail Center is first. Clicking Mail Center gives ANOTHER Window and then you can click to read new mail. Both windows have a bunch of other stuff, of course. On the new Welcome, there is NO box-outline around the News area. Instead it has < or > fancy buttons to scroll through the "news" screens. By comparison, the OLD Welcome has a box-outline around the News area, then says 1/6 (screens) and the black < then double-vertical lines then > to scroll to each screen. On the OLD screen, top-right, it has 4 graphics for Mail, Weather, AOL Radio, Video. On the NEW screen, top-right, it has a blank area with a link for Change Location (or some such wording)-- I guess for your home town so you can see the weather. That's about all I remember of the New one. What's weird is, I've made NO change to my choice of Welcome Screen. And, it returns immediately to the OLD screen as soon as I switch to any other name, then switch back. Anyone else? By the way, this NEW Welcome screen stinks, IMO. Judy **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Jeannie- If your daughter received any noticed that her email couldn't be delivered it should be a bounce notice. Bounce notices generally give a REASON for the bounce and that is why we'd need to see the bounce to know the reason given for either your her ISP not sending the mail through to you on AOL or AOL refusing to accept it. You don't seem to be having any problem with mail to/from THIS list. I can't say about problems between Yahoo lists AOL although I subscribe to several "dog" lists on Yahoo and never have a problem receiving mail from those lists--some in plain text, some that have HTML and attachments--I get them all and timely. One or two of my Yahoo lists are moderated and that means no one gets the messages until the moderator approves them--so maybe this is what is happening? In that case they WOULD all arrive at once and not timely--after the moderator approves them. Joan In a message dated 7/27/2008 1:26:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Joan :) Thanks for the comments. I even early this AM rousted out your personal addy on an old AOLers post. Was going to write to you. You rescued me once in a similar situation some years ago. There seems to be more to this mail problem than just lists. I was unable to receive two test letters from my AOL sister who used a yahoo addy she had. I never recd them. My all time favorite list (BRICK WALL) is a yahoo list. Every day come rain or shine there are at least a dozen posts a day. A VERY active daily list. Nothing for some days. I have a lap top, and a computer in home office and went to AOL.com to see if more mail there. But all the same situation. Am subbed to about 20 or so RootsWeb lists and verified it yesterday AM. Will check the archives. About my daughter's mail. She sent one early yesterday AM to say on way to here from WA. Then she called me to say her mail program said AOL not accepting mail. I do not know if she in that program has a bounce notice. Because I was already having some sort of mail problem it was just one more. I never did receive that letter. She is AOL but uses a mail program because AOL is so slow loading in her area. It is IncrediMail the same program I posted on this list a warning about using it. It lost me all the letters in my main screen name. But she gets along just fine w/no problems. I will ask her about a bounce, but if she did get one probably deleted it right then. She very rarely keeps anything in her mail box. Will write to her but she has her 2 year old grandbaby on a visit until Tuesday. I try not to bother when this happens once a month. When I contacted AOL tech two days ago I expected to be told to re-install AOL. But I would resist that because is same on lap top as on my office computer. So it cannot be a corrupted AOL problem. He made a few adjs but still same as was. Never use the archives and cannot remember how to get to them. Jeannie :) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

In a message dated 7/27/08 12:14:14 PM, [email protected] writes: > Can anyone tell me why AOL withholds letters for two days and then > forwards  > them in bulk, albeit wish a few missing.  > This happens to me sometimes, too. I notice it more often with yahoogroups. I'm not sure if the problem is with Yahoo or AOL. Carol ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

I'm not losing my mind--I'm really not--LOL. Since the forced download to 9.1 ver 4334.34, AND on my Master Screen Name ONLY, AOL changes the Welcome Screen ONCE a day. However!!- I can switch screen name to any others, immediately switch BACK to the Master Screen Name, and magically the OLD Welcome Screen returns. I swear - LOL. I'll try to grab a print screen for the "new" Welcome Screen the next time it happens. The new one has at top-left, 3 buttons-- Mail Center is first. Clicking Mail Center gives ANOTHER Window and then you can click to read new mail. Both windows have a bunch of other stuff, of course. On the new Welcome, there is NO box-outline around the News area. Instead it has < or > fancy buttons to scroll through the "news" screens. By comparison, the OLD Welcome has a box-outline around the News area, then says 1/6 (screens) and the black < then double-vertical lines then > to scroll to each screen. On the OLD screen, top-right, it has 4 graphics for Mail, Weather, AOL Radio, Video. On the NEW screen, top-right, it has a blank area with a link for Change Location (or some such wording)-- I guess for your home town so you can see the weather. That's about all I remember of the New one. What's weird is, I've made NO change to my choice of Welcome Screen. And, it returns immediately to the OLD screen as soon as I switch to any other name, then switch back. Anyone else? By the way, this NEW Welcome screen stinks, IMO. Judy

Hi Joan :) Thanks for the comments. I even early this AM rousted out your personal addy on an old AOLers post. Was going to write to you. You rescued me once in a similar situation some years ago. There seems to be more to this mail problem than just lists. I was unable to receive two test letters from my AOL sister who used a yahoo addy she had. I never recd them. My all time favorite list (BRICK WALL) is a yahoo list. Every day come rain or shine there are at least a dozen posts a day. A VERY active daily list. Nothing for some days. I have a lap top, and a computer in home office and went to AOL.com to see if more mail there. But all the same situation. Am subbed to about 20 or so RootsWeb lists and verified it yesterday AM. Will check the archives. About my daughter's mail. She sent one early yesterday AM to say on way to here from WA. Then she called me to say her mail program said AOL not accepting mail. I do not know if she in that program has a bounce notice. Because I was already having some sort of mail problem it was just one more. I never did receive that letter. She is AOL but uses a mail program because AOL is so slow loading in her area. It is IncrediMail the same program I posted on this list a warning about using it. It lost me all the letters in my main screen name. But she gets along just fine w/no problems. I will ask her about a bounce, but if she did get one probably deleted it right then. She very rarely keeps anything in her mail box. Will write to her but she has her 2 year old grandbaby on a visit until Tuesday. I try not to bother when this happens once a month. When I contacted AOL tech two days ago I expected to be told to re-install AOL. But I would resist that because is same on lap top as on my office computer. So it cannot be a corrupted AOL problem. He made a few adjs but still same as was. Never use the archives and cannot remember how to get to them. Jeannie :) In a message dated 7/27/2008 9:54:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Jeannie- I'm not aware (nor have there been any complaints) about non receipt of list mail by AOLers other than the fact that mail slows down a bit over the summer as people are away on vacations. I'd suggest checking the list archives to be sure messages are being posted to the list before assuming you are not getting list mail. Also check MyAccount to be sure you are subbed to all the lists you think you are: https://myaccount.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ As to the notice your daughter received about AOL not accepting mail--I assumed she received a bounce notice. In order to know the reason for the bounce we'd need to see the full notice she received--have her send it to you. Joan In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:49:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi all :) Subbed to this list last night expecting to find out right away about what is going on w/my lists and AOL mail in general.. This is the first post I have gotten. For some days have rec'd no RootsWeb list posts. This AM I recd one from >From MIGEN. My daughter uses a mail program and sent me a message early yesterday AM. Her program gave message AOL not receiving mail. Never did get that mail. Could not solve anything w/AOL tech. I also left a receiving no RootsWeb post lists. Never heard anything from them. All of this very discouraging. Jeannie in OR :) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Jeannie- I'm not aware (nor have there been any complaints) about non receipt of list mail by AOLers other than the fact that mail slows down a bit over the summer as people are away on vacations. I'd suggest checking the list archives to be sure messages are being posted to the list before assuming you are not getting list mail. Also check MyAccount to be sure you are subbed to all the lists you think you are: https://myaccount.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ As to the notice your daughter received about AOL not accepting mail--I assumed she received a bounce notice. In order to know the reason for the bounce we'd need to see the full notice she received--have her send it to you. Joan In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:49:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi all :) Subbed to this list last night expecting to find out right away about what is going on w/my lists and AOL mail in general.. This is the first post I have gotten. For some days have rec'd no RootsWeb list posts. This AM I recd one from >From MIGEN. My daughter uses a mail program and sent me a message early yesterday AM. Her program gave message AOL not receiving mail. Never did get that mail. Could not solve anything w/AOL tech. I also left a receiving no RootsWeb post lists. Never heard anything from them. All of this very discouraging. Jeannie in OR :) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Hi all :) Subbed to this list last night expecting to find out right away about what is going on w/my lists and AOL mail in general.. This is the first post I have gotten. For some days have rec'd no RootsWeb list posts. This AM I recd one from >From MIGEN. My daughter uses a mail program and sent me a message early yesterday AM. Her program gave message AOL not receiving mail. Never did get that mail. Could not solve anything w/AOL tech. I also left a receiving no RootsWeb post lists. Never heard anything from them. All of this very discouraging. Jeannie in OR :) In a message dated 7/27/2008 9:14:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Can anyone tell me why AOL withholds letters for two days and then forwards them in bulk, albeit wish a few missing. I belong to about six lists and sometimes the letters have odd ones missing. It is rather strange to reply to a letter before you can see the original. Is this my fault or is this the pattern of AOL now. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Hi, Judy- I wonder if this could be an issue with AOL in England? I haven't noticed any delays in receipt of mail in the USA with AOL. Maybe we need to hear from other AOLers in the UK? Joan In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:14:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JJupar @aol.com writes: Hi Can anyone tell me why AOL withholds letters for two days and then forwards them in bulk, albeit wish a few missing. I belong to about six lists and sometimes the letters have odd ones missing. It is rather strange to reply to a letter before you can see the original. Is this my fault or is this the pattern of AOL now. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

In a message dated 7/27/2008 12:14:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Is this my fault or is this the pattern of AOL now. I don't have that problem. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Hi Can anyone tell me why AOL withholds letters for two days and then forwards them in bulk, albeit wish a few missing. I belong to about six lists and sometimes the letters have odd ones missing. It is rather strange to reply to a letter before you can see the original. Is this my fault or is this the pattern of AOL now. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

I found this by Googling the words MAC+task manager On this website: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-146805.html (posted by) TrumanApple quoted stridey's post on Aug 31, 2005, 12:27 PM (Begin quoted material) In windows, you can press Control + Alt + Delete to bring up a task manager that says exactly what programs are hogging what portion of your RAM. I was wondering how i could do the same in OS X tiger. I have a rev A 1.42ghz mini with 1gb of ram and average around 250-300 in free ram... that means that i am using like 750 mbs or so of ram constantly. I want to know where this is going. For instance, right now i have safari, mail, adium, and finder open and have 300 mb of free ram, meaning 724 used or so. Where is this RAM going. PS: i coudlnt be happier with the performance of this machine, but would never reccommend anyone running under 1gb (all users that is). The answer given was:: /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app is what you want. :) (End quoted material) On 7/26/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 7/26/08 8:44:22 AM, [email protected] writes: > > > > Also, depending on your installation choices (and some are not chosen > > by the user but are "forced" upon us), you may have various AOL > > components loading at Start-Up. To see the Start-Up group, on Windows > > click Start> Run > (type in) msconfig > (tab) Start Up ... that opens > > a list with check boxes... most will be checked if you've never been > > in here before. You can read each one's "path" and look for what aol > > has put in your start-up. You can choose some to not load at start-up > > but just read up on what each one does. > > > > Does anyone know how to do the equivalent on a MAC? > > Thanks, > Carol

Ema, It's a known problem. You can only be patient and try not to ask for things to be done too quickly. When it happens, all you can do is wait it out. Don't keep clicking your mouse during those times, it will only make it worse. The program is trying to catch up with your commands. Sharon -------------------------------- In a message dated 7/26/2008 4:41:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: My aol keeps giving me the not responding thingy and then I hit start and a few seconds later it comes back I am on modern dial up slow connection so I dont know why this is happening. I figure its just a aol kink. And will dissapear. Or is there any little tricks I should do Thanks again ema **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Paul, You are absolutely correct!! My apologies. Sharon ---------------------------- In a message dated 7/26/2008 3:16:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sharon It's worth bearing in mid that you have to be in the US for that link to work. I've just tried it, but get a message saying that that particular free ser vice is not available in the UK. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

I find that aol still has a "not responding" problem even on broadband, But there again my broadband is slower than dial up 2008/7/26 <[email protected]> > [email protected] writes: > > My aol keeps giving me the not responding thingy and then I hit > > start > > and a few seconds later it comes back > ~~~~~~~ > I understand your frustration, Ema! While I was still on dial-up I > frequently had that problem - and I have stayed with AOL-7 as I don't want > all the > fancy graphics that come with the later versions. The thing that really > made me > mad was the notice which said "If the problem persists go to Keyword > "System > Response"" which you can't do if your system isn't responding!!! If you > can > possibly change to broadband I really recommend that you do it. I > "converted" > about a month ago after resisting for a couple of years. What a > difference! > Barbara > > > ************** > Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AOLERS-ROOTSWEB > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sheila (South Wales) Website (http://www.sheilakhan.100megsfree5.com)

Thanks again for info. I am glad to hear that I am not the only one this happens to . Not that I want other people to have my problem I just dont want to start torturing my pc looking to fix it. I have a sony vaio. I love top of the line stuff with all the bells and whistles that I never seem to use. But I hate paying for services I use the pc for games research and the lists so I dont think its necessary to pay to go 20 seconds faster. Because I am not going any place anyway. looooooooool. thanks again Ema **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

In a message dated 7/26/08 8:44:22 AM, [email protected] writes: > Also, depending on your installation choices (and some are not chosen > by the user but are "forced" upon us), you may have various AOL > components loading at Start-Up.  To see the Start-Up group, on Windows > click Start> Run > (type in) msconfig > (tab) Start Up ... that opens > a list with check boxes... most will be checked if you've never been > in here before.  You can read each one's "path" and look for what aol > has put in your start-up.  You can choose some to not load at start-up > but just read up on what each one does. > Does anyone know how to do the equivalent on a MAC? Thanks, Carol ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)