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From: "Fran Anderson" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Best way to manage/read TMG-L on AOL dialup?
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:23:32 -0800
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I should have added that I usually download my email, then read it offline,
although sometimes (like now) I read it online as soon as it arrives.
Fran

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Anderson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Best way to manage/read TMG-L on AOL dialup?


> I had AOL for a dozen years, then got disgusted with it and switched to
> Earthlink. (The disgust was mostly due to their blocking RootsWeb
> periodically and their very poor tech support.) I'm still on dial up since
I
> can't afford high speed (and there are no cable lines in this area). I've
> never had a problem with TMG-L. Currently with Outlook Express, and
> previously with AOL, I separate incoming mail into folders such as TMG-L,
> Cornwall, SS, etc. Sometimes I don't read all my mail right away, but I
> usually get to it before the second day. I skip threads that I'm not
> interested in, save ones of special interest to refer to again later,
answer
> a few, read all of interest to me. Whether on high speed or dial up, the
> reading is what takes the time, and high speed internet wouldn't help me
> read any faster. Some web sites take a long time to load but mail comes
> fairly fast. The real problems I have with dial up are when a friend sends
> me a large picture or worse yet a film clip. If a download starts taking
too
> long, I just leave the computer and go do something else for a while. (I
> spend too much time at the computer, anyway!)
> Fran
>

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