Okay, once again I’m baffled with an issue that I’m hoping one of you can help me solve. Here’s the deal…
Configuration: Microsoft Office XP (Outlook 2003) on a Windows XP (SP3) system connected to a POP3 email host.
Sympton: Sending an email to anyone@mydomain.com works as expected. Sending email to another domain (MSN, HOTMAIL, GMAIL etc.) never arrives at its destination.
Why I’m Stumped (workflow):
Email can be created with or without Word as my default email editor.
Clicking Send/Receive produces the familiar “1 of 1 email being sent” and the process completes 100% without any error message.
Prior to the Send/Receive process the email does sit in the outbound queue (Outbox)
After a Send/Receive the email is moved to the “sent mail” folder.
Removing the Office installation, deleting all Office registry entries and reinstalling allows it to work temporarily.
Starting Outlook in safe mode seems to always work (at this point) but obviously not the solution i’m looking for.
The only two addons listed in the Outlook settings dialog box are for Symantec Antivirus and Exchange. I’ve disabled both with no effect.
I’ve searched the “addons” key in the registry and it shows no addons installed.
Since “safe mode” seems to work, I suspect there’s a rogue executable at play here. Virus/Adware scans have not turned up any results.
Outlook Express can be configured with the users credentials and performs flawlessly. This rules out any network / server / IP Block issues.
User can send email to self or other users sharing the same domain name.
So… I’m baffled! I suspect a full reformat and reinstallation will solve the problem.
I own both a BlackBerry Pearl and Sierra Wireless 595U Aircard. The Aircard installed flawless and worked great for a quick connection to the net. The Pearl can also be used for thethered mobile broadband but the installation was cumbersome and since I already had that (superior performing) Sierra USB device I just didn’t have enough motivation to really make the BlackBerry work as it was more of a curiosity then a real need.
Recently, I began experiencing issues with my laptop which warranted a nice clean windows install, so of course I wanted to make sure I had all the latest drivers for all my toys. I had visited the Sprint Software Download site with every intention of installing the Sierra Connection Manager which I had used before when Smartview caught my eye.
Being early enough in my laptop restore project I figured it would be a good time to experiment with something new so in goes Smartview. WOW it looks like Sprint packed the drivers for most of their mobile broadband devices into the install package because not only did the Aircard work but the Blackberry functioned as a modem as well with no installation hassles what so ever!
And if that’s not enough, its a mighty fine WiFi manager as well, quickly allowing quick configuration of hotspots. It has all the usual links to location based searching (yea, it reads the GPS) and can feed NMEA data to your maping software.
Twitter. The universal social networking tool that let’s you do so much and so little now even can help you keep track of just how much time you spend doing it.. or not doing it.
As with most nifty websites I come upon this one was discovered while monitoring my twitter stream. @TheDailyBlonde posted a tweet stating that she’s spent over 80 hours posting over 9,600 tweets on the network. These stats were generated through a new website over at Tweetwasters.com that was created by @itcn, designed by @reese and based on a concept by @sugarrae she thought of during a lecture aimed at @streko.
Oh and if you were wondering, as of the time of this posting I have done 7,999 total tweets and assuming they spent an average of 30 seconds per tweet they’ve spent 239,970 Seconds or 4,000 Minutes or 66.66 Hours or 2.78 Days using Twitter!
I couldn’t keep my hands out of podcasting for long and with my new found love of all things social networking along with years of experience being in the game long before it was called social networking (heck, long before the Internet was mainstream!)… what better topic put on a show about?
Already up to episode 2 (old episodes available) I present to you . . .
The World Is My Network!
A podcast covering all things social media and social networking from a “lifestyles” perspective. Enough geek-goodness to keep it real with enough music and beer to keep it fun.
Check out the TWIMN podcast today! Available via RSS or direct listening from the website.
Back in February (3 Months ago), a data tape with my personal information was stolen. BNY New York (not my bank) sends my a very non discript correspondence to notify me. I think that’s the part that makes me most mad, at least at the moment. Why didn’t People’s United (My Bank) notify me? Why wasn’t this letter a little more obvious? How many people just tossed this away and in doing so missed out on a year of credit monitoring services?
This video based on an actual event depicts a T-Mobile customer on a national calling plan being having their service terminated because they spend too much time roaming on a partner network. So much for national calling plans.
I used to be a T-Mobile customer and like the character in this video was very happy and enthusiastic. My reasons for leaving was different. (Caught in an endless loop of phone replacements instead of admitting that I simply exceeded the limitations of their network/devices).
Seeing this just makes me feel better about being a happy Sprint customer now!
For the vast majority of my readers I know you don’t have Virgin as one of your broadband options, but this is about a bigger picture. Net neutrality. Essentially we are looking to keep the internet as an open access venue. A place where we all have an equal opportunity to have our message heard. As stated in the video, the internet could easily turn into another Television channel, much like how cable TV / Satellite simply turned into a monetized version of over-the-air broadcasting.
I’m very concerned because I see a pattern over and over where people, specifically net citizens.. get all excited for a cause and if it doesn’t immediately effect them or if another cause comes their way that they think everyone else is supporting they simply forget and move on. I’ve recently seen this on my ea-land.com fan website. Everyone was up in arms, then they learned to live with the consequences.
It would be a true shame to see this happen to our Internet.
Forgot to mention, the native formats are AVI, WAV and JPG. This camera cannot be used as a webcam. Bottom line is it’s cheap, and you get what you pay for.
Am I happy? Yea, for the price and to have a vBlog camera I can abuse and bang around with it’s perfect.. Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterz. Replies.
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Seesmic lately and from time to time someone crossposts a YouTube video. This one by Kroperx got me thinking.
Back in the days of Dos, I remember as a handful of folks started playing with Windows. Of course 3.1 is the version that most sticks in my head, the version that I first was exposed to but in those days Windows or not it was still DOS for most of us and Windows was little more then a click program launcher.
Once Windows 95 came about seems to be when the mid-geeks started playing around with Linux. Of course in those days the school of thought was that it’s most DOS-like (compared to Win95) .
Ironically now that DOS and the comand line is all but gone from Windows Vista, more and more people are going to Linux (Ubunto) for it’s Windows-like (but free) feel.
Now.. here’s what I’ve been seeing. Many people (usually triggered by a Windows frustration) jump on to the Linux bandwagon. For weeks, sometimes months they rant and rave about how wonderful it is. But almost always, little by little they quietly migrate back.
My question to you is… Is there any “joe average” user out there that has converted to a non mainstream operating system and has stuck with it for a significant length of time? Now I don’t want to hear from the die-hard Linux fans, we know you’re out there and you live and breath Linux. I’m talking about joe 6-pack who knows enough to maybe burn a CD but essentially uses his computer as an appliance.
For business notebook I’ve been toggling back and forth between IBM’s and Toshibas for most of the past 10 years. Both manufacturers have always come out with machines that have exceeded expectations at our price point of $1000. Typically the decision would boil down to who was running a promotion at the time and what kind of schwag I could get out of the deal
When Lenovo took over IBM’s notebook look I was very worried. I’ve always had durability issues with HP’s and Sony’s when given to non-tech users and was realy worried I’d have to start exploring those lines again to keep my prices in line.
Of course I didn’t abandon the ThinkPad line just because Lenovo took over. The price was right so I took a chance. I’m happy to say that now that I’m on my 3rd line of Lenovo ThinkPads I’m extreamly satisfied. The products reputation is rock solid in my book and though I never tought it was possible, Lenovo’s service is the best I’ve ever experienced!
When I call for tech support, the troubleshooter is never afraid of deviating from the scripts. Once they understand I’m an I.T. person we quickly cut to the chase. If I say I have a bad keyboard, they simply ship me one and not ask me if the machine is plugged into the wall.
The model pictured is my latest purchase, R61i. My only complaint is having to remove much of the pre-loaded software for my applications. Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterz. Replies.
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