If I wrote a terrabyte of RAM, I was getting ahead of myself............... that's a terrabyte of hard drives which is no big deal today, what with 500g hard drives becoming dirt cheap. I will have my son look at my settings. What I don't understand is why I've received a lot of messages from Helen before but the one that I received garbled is only the 2nd one that I've received like that, IIRC. Al At 05:43 PM 2/8/2007, you wrote: >Al, >I just got off the phone with a friend of ours who is a Mac developer and >travels around the world for Mac, teaching and lecturing. After reading him >these emails....... he says, if you can't read Helen's email and I can it's >because something in your settings is turned off that should be turned on. >Email is encoded and something in your email is stopped it from de-coding. >He said you should have your son check your settings because the problem is >not with Helen's computer. > >A "terrabyte" of RAM????????? Amazing, not even Bill Gates' kids (who by the >way have Macs) have 1000 gigs of RAM. > >Now, let's get back to genealogy discussions. > > > > >On 2/8/07, Al Lenkner <alenkner@stargate.net> wrote: > > > > Debbi, > > > > I would really be surprised if it was caused by my browser settings > > because it was email and email has nothing to do with a browser. If > > anything, it may be because my computer is too refined and powerful > > to deal with a Mac. >:-} My son built a new computer for me last > > April and it was the fastest and largest you could buy except for the > > overclocked CPUs. It's only shortcoming is that I was too cheap to > > go for another gig of RAM. It does have a duo-core 2.8 mhz CPU and > > slightly over a terrabyte of RAM. It wouldn't been larger but I had > > him install a RAID 5 array because I got tired of losing data. Last > > night he said it's time to upgrade to a 3.8 mhz duo core, duo > > chip........... another $1,500 out the window. > > > > Al > > > > > > > > At 02:37 PM 2/8/2007, you wrote: > > >Al, > > >I, as well as several others who responded, do NOT have Macs. Mine is > > your > > >everyday, run of the mill PC, but I received Helen's message just fine. > > It > > >may be that (as Barbara said) your computer is not setup to receive the > > >message and you need to change your browser settings. > > > > > > > > >Helen, > > >Thank you for everything you do. > > > > > >Debbi > > > > > >On 2/7/07, Al Lenkner <alenkner@stargate.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Helen, > > > > > > > > Now do you see what I was talking about. You have a Mac and so does > > > > Barbara. You two are speaking a foreign language and, for some > > > > reason, Rootsweb was unable to translate it. It might have something > > > > to do with those hackers that broke into some important > > > > servers. Some of the sites I use regularly are slow if not > > > > impossible to load the last 24 hours. > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 11:03 AM 2/7/2007, you wrote: > > > > >Helen, > > > > >I have a Mac so it came through perfectly. Thanks so much. > > > > >Barbara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > >-- > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > >Version: 7.0.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.30/674 - Release Date: 2/7/2007 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.0.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.30/674 - Release Date: 2/7/2007