Question: When I try to send mail in Outlook Express, why does it send multiple copies of my message?
Answer: This has been a problem for some time with Outlook Express. Normally when you click Send in Outlook Express to send an email, the message is deposited into the Outbox folder until the message is sent, when it’s moved into the Sent Items folder. Each folder, (inbox, outbox, drafts, sent items) in Outlook Express has an absolute size limit of 2 gigabytes. If your Sent Items folder has reached this limit, messages can no longer be moved into it when they’re sent. This causes the messages to stay in the Outbox, where they’re sent again the next time you send mail, and the next time, and the next, until you delete it yourself. Now, determining if this is your problem, and fixing it is kind of long, but we’ve got an article in the forums that details the steps involved at daconsult.com/forums.
Cool Site: http://www.youconvertit.com: I saw this one at PC Magazine’s website. What if you just got an email attachment you can’t open? Maybe it’s in some strange format and you don’t have a program that can read it. Maybe you want to download that YouTube video you saw. Well, You Convert It can help. You can send them up to 5 files for conversion into another format. Or choose to download videos from YouTube, Video.Google.com, or Metacafe. You can also use it to send files to your friends.
Cool Gadget: Belkin’s Conserve Surge Protector: We’ve talked about checking the power your devices use even when they’re off, remember the Seasonic Power Angel? Well, in an effort to combat the problem and expense of what’s called phantom power, in other words, power being drawn even when your devices are turned off, Belkin has come up with a new surge protector. This surge protector has eight outlets, which appear spaced for transformer blocks and a remote control that turns off the surge protector so you don’t have to worry about phantom power.
Eddie: But can you plug something like a clock into it?
David: Well, yes, you can because unlike switching off your normal surge protector, the Conserve’s remote only turns off 6 of the 8 outlets and those 6 are clearly marked on the surge protector’s face. At $50, it’s not cheap, but you should be able to save that much on your electric bills in a few months, depending on what you plug into it and how often you turn it off.
It's All “Geek” To Me: Bug: In software, a bug is a programming error in the computer’s code. It can also refer to a hardware problem. What’s really interesting about this term is how it came to be cemented into the annals of history. In the early days, when computers filled warehouses, catwalks used to be built inside to allow technicians to gain access to the vacuum tubes within. One day the computer wasn’t giving the correct answer to its problem. Dr. Grace Hopper went inside to check the circuits. She discovered that a moth had found its way into the computer, became trapped, and died; creating a short circuit. The term was used earlier, in radar electronics during World War II, and even earlier, in 1889, in reference to Thomas Edison’s phonograph.
