Hi!

Those of us who use gmail sometimes have received emails from Carole 
that appear to be "empty." Some other users using certain older email 
programs might also sometimes have experienced this.

The problem isn't with Gmail and isn't with ValleyNet (Carole's usual 
email service); it is with the Blitzmail program, which Carole sometimes 
has used to send email. This is a long-standing issue with Blitz; it has 
a (not-completely-standard) way of packaging up email that some services 
don't like. I've had it happen to me from time to time on email from 
Dartmouth and ValleyNet users for literally 17 yrs!

What to do: If it should happen again, when you try to read the message 
it will appear to be empty but will claim to have an attachment titled 
"noname."  There will be a link near this labeled "Download." Click on 
this and save it to your desktop; Windoze users should add the suffix 
".txt" (i.e. save it with the name "noname.txt"). Then go to the desktop 
and open the file. You can try this on Carole's "Oops" email from this 
weekend.

To help eliminate this problem Carole will try to send ValleyNet emails 
in a different way (other than using Blitz) that we've tested to work.

Thank you for your patience!

John

PS: There are approx 80 members on this list, on a variety of email 
systems, personal computer types, operating systems, email programs, and 
most importantly levels of understanding! It is remarkable that it works 
as well and as reliably as it does! ;)