Thanks, Art. I didn't know that the email was reset every 24 hrs. That's a good thing to know before I "panic". And, no, these were not spam. Most were from this list and some that I sent to myself as a test from all 3 of my email sites. All bounced!! My Yahoo email had notified me of my own bounces when I checked it this AM and ATT notified me with more "mailbox full" notices last night. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Full Mailbox Maureen, >An odd thing happened to me late last night. I got 15 "full mailbox" notices >from the Admin@att.net , my ISP. This morning my mailbox was working >normally as usual. I'm sure it wasn't a "good night's rest" that solved the >problem. :):):). > >Does anyone know what happened and what I should do if it happens again?? This happens to me once in awhile (cox.net) also. Most of the time the messages are really SPAM, if you take the time to fully read them. They are actually addressed to someone else and sent to you as I'm sure you've noticed SPAM often is. :) I did have one instance where I had a bunch of messages with attachments that I had sent out that bounced. This cause my web based email account with them to fill up. I had to go to the web page and delete the messages that bounced. I don't know if your ISP offers this feature or not. In any regard, the ISP resets your mail account every 24 hours (or at least they should). That is why the problem seems to have cleared up itself. I wouldn't really worry about it unless it starts happening on a regular basis. If this is the case, then contact your ISP for directions. Hope this helps? Art ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

To the list, >Thanks, Art. I didn't know that the email was reset every 24 hrs. That's a >good thing to know before I "panic". > >And, no, these were not spam. Most were from this list and some that I sent >to myself as a test from all 3 of my email sites. All bounced!! My Yahoo >email had notified me of my own bounces when I checked it this AM and ATT >notified me with more "mailbox full" notices last night. Let me try and answer the next question I'm going to get before I get it about this ISP reset feature. The question would be, if I don't check my mail every 24 hours, am I going to lose my messages? The answer is no. The system is set up to delete messages that you have received (downloaded) from your mail account, as they are downloaded. This automatic feature prevents your mail box from filling up on the server. Unfortunately, bounces are marked as unread mail. Most ISP's allow you a minimum of 5MB of mail box space. This would be a LOT of text messages. The problem only arises, usually, when there are attachments involved. Then the mail box could fill quite rapidly. Hope this is of some help? Art

Earthlink does NOT empty the emails from the web site. I've gotten notices that I have almost reached capacity and then I have to go to web mail and delete even the ones that I've read. They stay there until I delete them, and that can mean 400 messages. What may make the difference is that I do use Eudora for my email and not the earthlink mail. Pat At 04:34 PM 8/15/2004, dolphin213 wrote: >To the list, > >>Thanks, Art. I didn't know that the email was reset every 24 hrs. That's a >>good thing to know before I "panic". >> >>And, no, these were not spam. Most were from this list and some that I sent >>to myself as a test from all 3 of my email sites. All bounced!! My Yahoo >>email had notified me of my own bounces when I checked it this AM and ATT >>notified me with more "mailbox full" notices last night. > >Let me try and answer the next question I'm going to get before I get it >about this ISP reset feature. > >The question would be, if I don't check my mail every 24 hours, am I going >to lose my messages? > >The answer is no. The system is set up to delete messages that you have >received (downloaded) from your mail account, as they are >downloaded. This automatic feature prevents your mail box from filling up >on the server. Unfortunately, bounces are marked as unread mail. Most >ISP's allow you a minimum of 5MB of mail box space. This would be a LOT >of text messages. The problem only arises, usually, when there are >attachments involved. Then the mail box could fill quite rapidly. > >Hope this is of some help? > >Art > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list send a message to >GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body >of the message. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237