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8 Feb 2014, 07:04 PM | #1 |
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Struggle with email since some mishap must have happen
The od thing is that all three computers had problems with email.
My naive thoughts come to think about some criminal overtake but I know too little to really find the logic about such to happen. The more realistic scenario is that something did happen when They disconnected the cables to to the NetTops. Totally accidently they could have activated the Hard Disk That was what did happen to me too so either they or me or both activated a OS named Australis_MateOS and that one waited for to how to get it all started. Unfortunately that program absolutely dominated my computer and misled me to trust that a virus had taken over but recently I have learned that that is how it looks when one boot from a Flash-memory and that stick boot up with it's OS so nothing wrong. What a relief I felt. If it is like they told me then it was normal. So now I need to connect that computer without a mem stick connected and delete the Australis_MateOS so it does not bother anymore. Sorry such a long text but I have still not got the computer handle my emails right but not much more to do fortunately. I make use of Fastmail as my main email provider. Works good. Then Yahoo but I do want to change it for something else but have not decided on what to use instead. Gmail is a good choice so maybe I decide on google+ Maybe Vivaldi the former MyOpera devs who have set it up. Or why not live.com that one is reliable in that they have been with us since email started? Okay some up and downs but it works for most peoples. Wow I sure am talkative. I don't expect anybody to forgive me but I needed to went all the frustration struggling for weeks daily and having almost total failure each day and very slow progress. |
8 Feb 2014, 10:57 PM | #2 |
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Whoa whoa, slow down.
So you have three computers, some of which are NetTops? Who disconnected the cables to them? What kind of cables are they? Which one is working and which one isn't? And you've been booting from a USB memory stick that loads something named Australis_MateOS??? That's easy to fix, as you said. Just unplug the memory stick and reboot. But I've never heard of an OS named Australis_MateOS, and Google doesn't seem to know about it, either. From what I can tell, Australis is the name of the next-generation (not yet released) theme for the Firefox web browser, and MATE is the name of a desktop environment for Linux. But unless it was you who put them together, Australis_MateOS doesn't sound like a legitimate OS in its own right. Where on earth did you get it? Anyway, If you use FastMail and Yahoo, you should be able to access your email with any web browser on any computer, since both of them have webmail. Just remember that if there's any chance your computer was compromised by a virus, someone could have installed a keylogger that steals your passwords. So change your passwords as soon as you're on a clean computer. |
9 Feb 2014, 04:19 PM | #3 |
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Yes sorry I am much too talkative and my text confusing.
I have HP/Compaq and that one lost sound out despite nobody toughing it during me visited hospital. Then I have two Acer Netbooks. D250 and D255 One of them behaved like if it was taken over but maybe it was just me not noticing that a USB Flash Mem still attached to it and it tried to boot that one. I actually found that OS here in Other Distros. The mystery is that I don't remember that I had ever set it up but that could be due to medication so strong that I got memory lost and fail to remember. The one I use now is the one least affected. Looking at it's mnu.lst I fail to find that OS I have problem with. It wants my password and I don't remember I have giving it to them before. Another problem my LAN set up got so bad that it request Each 5 or 10 seconds. VEry annoying and my ISP may think I should only use trusty old Microsoft Win7 or Winxp. What I ask help with is to get the constant requests to stop. And to find a way for me to delete the Australis_Mate that is the OS installed but which I want uninstalled. Usually using Puppy one just delete the files and it is done but this one did not let me open anything else. Most likely that is how a frugal install behave if one use another OS? |
9 Feb 2014, 04:37 PM | #4 |
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Yes sorry I am much too talkative and my text confusing.
I have HP/Compaq and that one lost sound out despite nobody touching it during my visit to the hospital. The three persons visiting my home having the keys handed over by me personally assured me none had started up or activated anything. I have to trust them. Then I have two Acer Netbooks. D250 and D255 One of them behaved like if it was taken over but maybe it was just me not noticing that a USB Flash Mem |
9 Feb 2014, 06:18 PM | #5 |
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9 Feb 2014, 06:42 PM | #6 | |
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Problems with the sound is most likely due to the fact that your unwanted Linux distribution does not have proper drivers for your PC. If you manage to get rid of the unwanted distro, this will probably get fixed on its own.
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If you have any files that you need to back up, back them up before doing the above. As for your LAN, just reset all the equipment and set it up again from a clean slate. Most routers have a button that you can press for about 10 seconds to do a factory reset. |
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10 Feb 2014, 01:56 AM | #8 |
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Australis is a linux os and not a very good one
It doesnt have a wide assortment of drivers on install As said above the best way it to install a os that you want and use it to delete Australis |
11 Feb 2014, 01:22 AM | #9 |
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I've deleted itnow it was on a usb falsh and now NTS finally work
But I totally fail to set up a working vivaldi but the old myopera accout works but will March 1. So Iwant to get that new mail to work too. They must have explain how to migrate or to move from one to the other somewhere. |
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11 Feb 2014, 01:55 PM | #11 |
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Xmailer not your fault I am bad at explaining.
I fail to get a vivaldi account to get approved of. The rest code then send never get accepted. I fail to get their English which email address they tell me to give them. I trusted they needed the alternative they would send to so I gave them my Fastmail addy. And I tested to give them my wanted username. Have that one at myopera too and it works there. no problem except I loose myopera March 1st first. But if I manage to get a vivaldi account established then one can do what they tell us. Much appreciated you found an official recommendation. |
12 Feb 2014, 01:40 AM | #12 |
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Yes, I'm sorry, I guess I didn't correctly understand your issue, as I'm afraid I still don't.
I only know that, after signing up for a vivaldi account some time ago, which required clicking a link in a message to the alternate address I had given them, when trying to login again sometime later, I couldn't recall either my user name or the password for certain, but I was able to get a reminder of my user name and reset my password by clicking the appropriate link on the site. Of course I had to provide my alternate email address in order to do so. Although I didn't even recall my alternate email address, I was easily able to find it in a search of my primary Gmail account, to which copies of all "important" messages are typically autoforwarded, in the form of the original confirmation message they had sent me when opening my account. |
12 Feb 2014, 06:27 AM | #13 |
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My poor memory is even worse due to either the medication
for the cancer or out of old age. And my Swedish is confusing to native Swedes so I trust that my English must be far from understandable. I've made a lot of progress with compures since I made the current thread. But I fail to remember the details what let me get back the funtionality Thanks to all that have suggested things to try out to get it working. The Australis_mate was due to a usb Flash memory stick I had forgotten was attached on the backside to one of my computers so I just deleted it. Last edited by drew : 12 Feb 2014 at 06:58 AM. Reason: clarifying my poor text |
12 Feb 2014, 04:57 PM | #14 |
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13 Feb 2014, 02:27 PM | #15 |
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