Email problems on an old 10.2 iBook
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From: Andrew on 8 Apr 2010 05:27 My mother's email is not working, which is worse than my email not working since I can fix mine! Connection is just fine (browsing works) and I can send email but can't get anything to go the other way. ISP is talktalk and I've followed their instructions (http:// www.talktalk.co.uk/help/email/how-do-i-setup-my-talktalk-email-in-apple-mail.html) to the letter. I've also followed the Apple Help troubleshooting guide and not got anywhere. Is there anything obvious that I've missed? Is the fact that the system is years out of date a potential problem? If it is, what could I most usefully update to bearing in mind this is an old laptop (I think probably a G3 600 (?) with not much in the way of RAM)? TIA, as ever.
From: David Kennedy on 8 Apr 2010 05:35 Andrew wrote: > > Is there anything obvious that I've missed? > Is the fact that the system is years out of date a potential problem? > If it is, what could I most usefully update to bearing in mind this is > an old laptop (I think probably a G3 600 (?) with not much in the way > of RAM)? Provided that the system is up to date - latest 10.2.x version 10.2.9? - then receiving e mail shouldn't be a problem unless someone has tried to install a new(er) version of whatever is being used for email. Browsing etc. is a different matter as some older browsers simply will not provide all the security you might want. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: David Empson on 8 Apr 2010 10:22 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > > > Is there anything obvious that I've missed? > > Is the fact that the system is years out of date a potential problem? > > If it is, what could I most usefully update to bearing in mind this is > > an old laptop (I think probably a G3 600 (?) with not much in the way > > of RAM)? > > Provided that the system is up to date - latest 10.2.x version 10.2.9? - 10.2.8 was the final update for 10.2. > then receiving e mail shouldn't be a problem unless someone has tried to > install a new(er) version of whatever is being used for email. Browsing > etc. is a different matter as some older browsers simply will not > provide all the security you might want. Given "not much RAM" and "G3 600", it will run 10.3 without requiring any more memory, but that is only going to bring it to a somewhat more recent level of obsolete. It should be able to run 10.4, but will probably need a memory upgrade. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Peter Ceresole on 8 Apr 2010 12:47 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Given "not much RAM" and "G3 600", it will run 10.3 without requiring > any more memory, but that is only going to bring it to a somewhat more > recent level of obsolete. Still... I have a 663 TiBook running 10.3.9, and it's not bad at all. -- Peter
From: Dr Geoff Hone on 8 Apr 2010 13:10
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 02:27:11 -0700 (PDT), Andrew <adhickley(a)mac.com> wrote: >Is the fact that the system is years out of date a potential problem? >If it is, what could I most usefully update to bearing in mind this is >an old laptop (I think probably a G3 600 (?) with not much in the way >of RAM)? Take a look at Eudora.com. They are still making available their older versions back to about 2002 (and for both OS X and Classic). Eudora always did facilitate getting the settings right to connect to almost any ISP. Geoff |