Re: help needed

From: Stephen Barmash <GEARSNSHAFTS@...>
To: CAD/CAM/EDM/DRO@... <CAD/CAM/EDM/DRO@...>
Subject: Fw: Re: [CGUYS] AOL Attachments
Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 3:25 AM

This was another reply to AOL users that were having problems downloading
attachments.

Hope this helps.

Steve Barmash

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Funk <BFunk33@...>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@... <COMPUTERGUYS-L@...>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] AOL Attachments

>This really is a no-brainer, even for an AOL neophyte.
>First, the AOLer should be using AOL 4.0. If not, they should upgrade

unless

>there's a compelling reason *NOT* to do so.
>Next, when an email with an attachment is opened, there are two extra

buttons

>at the bottom of the email window. One says "Download Now", the other says
>"Download Later." "Download Now" should be clicked on, for the purposes of
>this demo.
>Next, a window comes up ; this is a standard download window for AOL. It
>gives the name of the attached file, a tree window for allowing the user to
>say where the downloaded file will go (the default is the Download folder

in

>the AOL folder). If the name is OK, and the destination is OK, then the

SAVE

>button should be clicked. The file will then download to the chosen folder,
>with the chosen name. When the download is finished, a message saying so

will

>appear. Click on this message, and it will go away, and the attached file

is

>downloaded.
>For multiple attached files, repeat until all files are downloaded.
>Not hard at all. The buttons are there, and it's pretty logical.
>Of course, nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up! ;-)
>Bill Funk
>
>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
>> --------------------
>> From: jmichaelslocum <jmichaelslocum@...>
>> Subject: Re: AOL attachments
>>
>> I would be real interested in knowing how to tell AOL users how to deal
>with
>> attachments, as well. I know that there is some AOL site that gives

users

>> the info, but I've never been on AOL.
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: WAnliker@... <WAnliker@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:18 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] help needed

>From: WAnliker@...
>
>Hello List, We now have 142 members signed up.
>
>I am having problems with one member than can't read the digest. I have
>inclosed a copy of his letter, would someone that is more computer

literate,

>please send comments/suggestions direct to me, and I will forward them to

him.

>No matter how he tries to open the files he gets all kinds of what is
>apparently formatting information. Please help!!!
>Quote:
>
>Bill,
>
>I haven't yet heard back from ONELIST so below is what I've tried so far:
>
>When I try to open the digest it doesnt matter what text editor I try. If

the

>file doesn't open automatically or give me a preffered choice of formatt I
>always try DOS-text and Windows-text (both are ASCII) first.
>
>So far I've tried to open with WordPerfect with no luck. Then I tried Win

3.1

>Notepad, said the file was too large. Finally I installed my Win 95 drive

and

>tried W.95 Wordpad, same lousy results. In all cases I first tried
>ASCII/DOS-text/Windows-text, and I've also tried some other formats, as I
>said, no luck.
>
>This is extremely frustrating. I hate to just give up and not have the
>CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO list available to me but I don't know that their's much

else

>I can do.
>
>Please send suggestions to Wanliker@...
>Thank You,
> bill
>
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