Dora Because when people send me attachments of photos many times they freeze the computer when you open them. My brother asked that he not be sent any attachments anymore as it does the same thing to his computer. I thought it was because he is on AOL and that always causes trouble. But then it began doing it on mine also. I don't want to cause that problem for others. They also carry viruses but my Norton catches them. L. All outgoing and incoming e-mails scanned by Norton Anti Virus 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > This still will go out as an attachment.I have scanner problems so I send to > myself to make sure it takes and then resend when it does and it goes out as > an attachment. > I still can't under stand why attachments are not wanted by Laney. > Deana Smith > > >Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > > > > Not shore if this will work,try sending e-mail + attachment to > > yourself,you might recive it,as a continuous document,that you can > > forward to whoever. > > > Elaine wrote: > > >Hello list, > > >I am rather new to this list. I have just been sitting back and > observing > > >and trying to learn. I need some help. I have an old Plustek Optic Pro > > >scanner which I have mostly used to copy things onto paper. I would like > to > > >copy some photographs and send them as an e-mail WITHOUT an attachment. > > >How do I go about doing this? I haven't even been able to bring up > stuff > > >that I thought I saved into a folder to be retrieved later. I feel like > > >such a dummy!!!!! Is there someone on this list who could give me step > by > > >step instructions, please. > > >Thanks, > > >Laney > >

Thank you ,Elaine,for the answer as to why not attachments. I've never had this happen and I have a large fireproof safe full to brimming with pictures of anscestors many of which I got by the cousins sharing through e-mail.I do have to print them off and save that way because they load the computer too much.You may need more drive room can you upgrade with a chip.This may happen to me some time but I hope not. Deana Smith

Dora, I have lots of drive room. What happens when I click these attachments is that everything on the screen freezes in whatever position it was in and nothing will move - not the mouse or anything. I have to completely shut off the computer and start everything over again. Are you into genealogy? I have lots of old family pictures I would love to scan into my genealogy software but haven't figured that out yet either. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > Thank you ,Elaine,for the answer as to why not attachments. I've never had > this happen and I have a large fireproof safe full to brimming with pictures > of anscestors many of which I got by the cousins sharing through e-mail.I do > have to print them off and save that way because they load the computer too > much.You may need more drive room can you upgrade with a chip.This may > happen to me some time but I hope not. > Deana Smith > >

Hi to all It is my understanding that if the size of the attachment, is too large, (this is not unusual with pictures or a lot of grpahics), that the computer will take so long to load the attachment that it appears as if the computer is frozen. The less memory and the slower the spedd of the processor will make it appear worse. Lionel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > Thank you ,Elaine,for the answer as to why not attachments. I've never had > this happen and I have a large fireproof safe full to brimming with pictures > of anscestors many of which I got by the cousins sharing through e-mail.I do > have to print them off and save that way because they load the computer too > much.You may need more drive room can you upgrade with a chip.This may > happen to me some time but I hope not. > Deana Smith >

I have never had an attachment (jpg etc) lock up my CPU. I do receive quite a few. Kerwin Gray Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > Dora > Because when people send me attachments of photos many times they freeze the > computer when you open them. My brother asked that he not be sent any > attachments anymore as it does the same thing to his computer. I thought it > was because he is on AOL and that always causes trouble. But then it began > doing it on mine also. I don't want to cause that problem for others. > They also carry viruses but my Norton catches them. > L. > All outgoing and incoming e-mails scanned by Norton Anti Virus 2002 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:35 PM > Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > > > > This still will go out as an attachment.I have scanner problems so I send > to > > myself to make sure it takes and then resend when it does and it goes out > as > > an attachment. > > I still can't under stand why attachments are not wanted by Laney. > > Deana Smith > > > > >Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > > > > > > > Not shore if this will work,try sending e-mail + attachment to > > > yourself,you might recive it,as a continuous document,that you can > > > forward to whoever. > > > > > Elaine wrote: > > > >Hello list, > > > >I am rather new to this list. I have just been sitting back and > > observing > > > >and trying to learn. I need some help. I have an old Plustek Optic > Pro > > > >scanner which I have mostly used to copy things onto paper. I would > like > > to > > > >copy some photographs and send them as an e-mail WITHOUT an attachment. > > > >How do I go about doing this? I haven't even been able to bring up > > stuff > > > >that I thought I saved into a folder to be retrieved later. I feel > like > > > >such a dummy!!!!! Is there someone on this list who could give me step > > by > > > >step instructions, please. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Laney > > > > > > > >

What could be causing the "freezing" of the computer is the actual "size" of the image attachment, and whether it is in BMP or JPG format. Your CPU and available RAM may not be sufficient to open it. Try shutting down as many other running programs that you can and see if it will open then. As for AOL, well they are a law unto themselves and your brother would be better of using another service (just my opinion). Lance -----Original Message----- From: Elaine [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 7:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. Because when people send me attachments of photos many times they freeze the computer when you open them. My brother asked that he not be sent any attachments anymore as it does the same thing to his computer. I thought it was because he is on AOL and that always causes trouble. But then it began doing it on mine also. I don't want to cause that problem for others. They also carry viruses but my Norton catches them. L. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003

Lance, I have 20 GB on my computer and haven't even begun to fill it up completely. As for my brother, I told him the same thing that you said. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: RE: [SP] Image freezing > What could be causing the "freezing" of the computer is the actual > "size" of the image attachment, and whether it is in BMP or JPG format. > Your CPU and available RAM may not be sufficient to open it. Try > shutting down as many other running programs that you can and see if it > will open then. As for AOL, well they are a law unto themselves and your > brother would be better of using another service (just my opinion). > > Lance > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elaine [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 7:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SP] Help please. > > Because when people send me attachments of photos many times they freeze > the > computer when you open them. My brother asked that he not be sent any > attachments anymore as it does the same thing to his computer. I > thought it > was because he is on AOL and that always causes trouble. But then it > began > doing it on mine also. I don't want to cause that problem for others. > They also carry viruses but my Norton catches them. > L. > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > > >