why do i send multiple emails when sending an attachment

[Guest]

no problem sending an email without attachment; only when with one. friends
have received up to 190 emails when sent..Checked for viruses using Norton
and AVG; none shown

 

[Charlie Tame]

tools>accounts>mail tab>double click the account name>advanced tab

Uncheck the box marked "Break apart messages...."

Charlie

 

[Charlie Tame]

Oops, sorry, the wording will differ a bit because that was for Outlook
Express, however I believe this is one issue where they are similar. I don't
have Outlook set up on this machine so can't check

 

[Brian Tillman]

tools>accounts>mail tab>double click the account name>advanced tab

Uncheck the box marked "Break apart messages...."

Outlook doesn't have that feature.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Outlook doesn't have that feature.

And the OP didn't explicitly state Outlook, if he had your suggestion would
have been ???

 

[Brian Tillman]

And the OP didn't explicitly state Outlook, if he had your suggestion
would have been ???

I would have told him he couldn't possibly be using Outlook and directed him
to the Outlook Express newsgroup because I know that's a feature of OE.

 

[Charlie Tame]

I would have told him he couldn't possibly be using Outlook and directed
him to the Outlook Express newsgroup because I know that's a feature of
OE.

Where I would have told him the same thing I told him here, so basically
then you are saying that despite realizing a possible unintentional error
you would have emphasized the OP's error and not answered the question
despite knowing the answer ?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Where I would have told him the same thing I told him here, so
basically then you are saying that despite realizing a possible
unintentional error you would have emphasized the OP's error and not
answered the question despite knowing the answer ?

Because the question was off-topic in this newsgroup. You don't go to a
hardware store and ask for recipies even if the clerk behind the counter
knows how to make a hollandaise sauce.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Because the question was off-topic in this newsgroup. You don't go to a
hardware store and ask for recipies even if the clerk behind the counter
knows how to make a hollandaise sauce.

Wal-Mart sell hardware and food

I think the real problem is the group names though, I mean public.access
sounds like general access for the public and OE sounds like the same thing
as Outlook with a few things missing, and since many people don't recognize
these as parts of the "Office" suite it's kinda unavoidable.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I think the real problem is the group names though, I mean
public.access sounds like general access for the public

Except that the top level says "microsoft", so it's reasonable to think it
would be about a Microsoft program.

and OE sounds
like the same thing as Outlook with a few things missing, and since
many people don't recognize these as parts of the "Office" suite it's
kinda unavoidable.

Hardly when redirection to the correct newsgroup is posted thousands of
times. A person would require all of about five minutes reading time to
realize Outlook Express questions belong elsewhere.

 

[Gordon]

Except that the top level says "microsoft", so it's reasonable to think it
would be about a Microsoft program.


Hardly when redirection to the correct newsgroup is posted thousands of
times. A person would require all of about five minutes reading time to
realize Outlook Express questions belong elsewhere.

But they don't, because the nature of the web access, (and most misposters
seem to use that), tends to mitigate against finding the right group.....

 

[Charlie Tame]

Except that the top level says "microsoft", so it's reasonable to think it
would be about a Microsoft program.

I was being lazy, I was in fact referring to the group
Microsoft.public.access.

Does that not sound like a general group for giving the the public "Access"
to Microsoft.

The fact that "We" all know that Access is a proprietary name for an MS
product cannot be taken to mean that everybody else knows that.

Hardly when redirection to the correct newsgroup is posted thousands of
times. A person would require all of about five minutes reading time to
realize Outlook Express questions belong elsewhere.

I entirely agree, however many of the folks coming here are first timers, or
else in a bit of a panic to have their problem resolved. Again, we all know
that being hasty or panic are actually the wrong things to do. It is
sometimes interesting to exchange views that are a bit OT eh?

Quite honestly I think some of these names are as obscure as the logic where
you check a box to "Enable" disabling something I think half IT manager's
problems occur due to obscure wording that conveys the wrong meaning

 

[Brian Tillman]

Does that not sound like a general group for giving the the public
"Access" to Microsoft.

The fact that "We" all know that Access is a proprietary name for an
MS product cannot be taken to mean that everybody else knows that.

Since one needs merely to examine the general form of Microsoft newsgroups
to see than most newsgroups contain a product name, it is reasonable to
conclude that "Access" is also a product name.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Since one needs merely to examine the general form of Microsoft newsgroups
to see than most newsgroups contain a product name, it is reasonable to
conclude that "Access" is also a product name.

Personally I think it's simply better manners, where a brief answer is
likely to suffice, to actually give the brief answer with an added "By the
way, you may get more / better answers in the appropriate newsgroup". The
concept of these groups is that newcomers arrive looking for help, not to
carry out an in depth study of Microsoft products or naming conventions. I
would certainly not argue that you are wrong, in fact what you say is pretty
much totally correct, I am simply suggesting that a user with a specific
problem on their mind will likely suffer a certain amount of "Tunnel Vision"
when searching for an answer. In that sense the typical error (Especially in
the Access NG) whilst still an error is at least somewhat understandable.

Anyway, an interesting discussion and not entirely off topic but far enough
off it that I'll leave you the last word.

Charlie

 

[Brian Tillman]

Personally I think it's simply better manners, where a brief answer is
likely to suffice, to actually give the brief answer with an added
"By the way, you may get more / better answers in the appropriate
newsgroup".

You're welcome to respond that way, if you like. That doesn't mean,
however, that it's bad manners to simply direct someone to the correct
group.