So you use Incredimail as your e-mail client? It seemed from your
original post that you were asking about Outlook Express (and by
implication that problems with OE stemmed from a recent install of IE8
due to the newsgroup in which you posted). Incredimail has its own
problems and not even the vendor of that product provides support for
it. They don't even provide forums for users to help other users.
If it is with Incredimail with which you are having problems, but
because I wouldn't touch it if I was paid to, I can only suggest that
you uninstall and reinstall the program. If it has an export/import
function then you probably should export your data before the uninstall
so you can import it after a reinstall (but getting data out of
Incredimail is one of the many complaints regarding this product by its
users). The problem with reinstalling Incredimail is getting its old
data into the reinstalled copy. Incredimail is deparate to keep you
locked into their adware program. They won't let you export your data;
read their article at:
http://help.incredimail.com/incredimail/help_center/help_article.aspx?is=t&article_id=99&lang_id=9
They start out with a lie. I haven't used an e-mail client yet that
didn't allow some means of exporting some of my data from it. Their
workaround has to visit EVERY e-mail stored in their client to save it
as an .eml file (that other e-mail clients could use). Hope you have a
lot of spare time if you have thousands of e-mails in Incredimail.
http://email.about.com/cs/incredimailtips/qt/et012403.htm mentions a
couple utilities to assist in exporting e-mails out of Incredimail
(although it also mentions that one of them doesn't support the latest
versions of Incredimail).
I would recommend using a different e-mail client. Incredimail is an
adware product which also incorporates spyware (but which the company
"promises" not to abuse). An open connection is maintained between the
Incredimail client and its servers (to which your e-mails can get
copied). The continuous open conduit allows them to shove ads into
their adware client but it also means they can install software anytime
they feel like it should you be logged under an admin-level Windows
account. There are many problems when using Incredimail as an e-mail
client. Is Incredimail really what you use as your e-mail client?
Post by senior sueas default but others send by outlook exprees and i get the
error as in post
What others are using as their e-mail client is mostly irrelevant to
what YOU use. Which e-mail client are YOU using: Incredimail or Outlook
Express?
If you decide to get rid of Incredimail and go to another e-mail client,
read http://www.oeupdates.com/Uninstall-remove-IncrediMail.html. As is
typical of adware, its uninstall is dirty (i.e., lots of remnant
registry entries and files are left behind).
Post by senior suesoi still cant read them or ones i have saved in my doc
I do not know what you mean by "saved in my doc". Does that mean you
are saving e-mails outside of your e-mail client? If so, how are you
doing that (since "saving" could be significantly different between
Incredimail and Outlook Express)?
You said you reinstalled IE7. But your original post said it was an
"update" without noting WHAT was the update. Since you reinstalled IE7,
does that mean the update was to install IE8 (and why you posted to this
group)? Just want to be sure it was an IE8 install that caused the
problem.
If the update was to install IE8, and since Incredimail (if that is what
you are using) is an e-mail client that embraces HTML-formatted e-mails
(although by using very bloated and poorly constructed HTML code), it
may not be compatible with IE8. Incredimail's web site gives no
information regarding the versions of that product, so you can't tell if
there is a more recent version that is IE8 compatible. You're stuck
with downloading whatever they currently provide for a download file, do
an install, and see if they came out with a new version that is IE8
compatible.
You mentioned that a System Restore point got your setup working again
but that subsequent updates screwed it up. Below you mention not doing
automatic updates anymore. So does a System Restore still get your
setup (for whatever e-mail client) working again?
Post by senior sueauto updates now off
I would recommend setting AU to "notify" rather than completely disable
it. Then you will now when updates are available but YOU decide when to
install them. You can also then tell just what update is being offered.