Betty Found, Mom back and now all I need is email

[susandennis]

It could be my imagination but it appears that Betty is begging for forgiveness. She's not exactly following me around but when I get still for a minute she is there looking up at me. I'll bet she's glad she can't talk so she doesn't have to explain herself.

And Mom came back. Yes, nephew just hit it off button on her computer. She's back in the saddle again. So I was able to get on to her system and make sure she didn't send me any email that needed something. (I sent her a note via hotmail but she doesn't understand how I can send her an email saying my email is broken - we've been through this before. Clearly, I'm smoking something because if my email was broken, I couldn't send her a note...)

And email is still down. I have my ISP forwarding my email to Spamcop (which is what is down). Unfortunately, I have so few Unix skills that I cannot figure out how they set that up. Note to self, call them tomorrow and get them to walk me through the commands so I can unforward when I need to.

Mariner game is now - it's time for them to shape up.

And it's hot... really hot.

Comments

[fj.livejournal.com]

Sounds to me like she had some separation anxiety.

[susandennis]

I don't know... You are probably right. But, she's old enough now to take some responsibility for her actions.

(Should be really obvious now why my decision to never have any children has been my major contribution to the world, not to mention those poor kids.)

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

So glad Betty's found. Try to stay cool, I hear ya on the heat.
Maybe Betty went out when she heard the newspaper person?
I'm guessing she's also hungry. (or pretending to be)
Enjoy your game.

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

Just a thought...Betty's a smart girl, and you got her from the Shelter, right?
Does your door shut once she's out in the hall? Wonder if her cat mind was trying to ponder, uh-oh..how do I get back in now? I'll wait here on this cool newspaper until someone sees me.

[susandennis]

The funny part is that the door swings in. So how she got it open is a mystery. She could have gotten back in if she remembered which door. I wonder if she was there when the newspaper carrier delivered. She's still not talking.

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

They probably setup a .forward file on your account. How much unix do you know? You can do a list from your root directory by typing:

ls -a | more

That will list all your files including the hidden files (those starting with a period). If you have a .forward file you can look at it by typing:

more .forward

The space bar moves you forward in the file and q quits you out of it if the file is longer than you want to read. A .forward is probably only a few lines long.

The easiest thing to do is to delete the .forward by typing:

rm .forward

But it would be best for you to verify all that with the ISP before doing anything.

[susandennis]

You totally rock!!! PERFECT instructions. Found the .forward file and it's just that one line (the email address to spamcop).

I didn't dig far enough in my I Hate Unix book to find the ls for hidden files - plus I didn't know what I was really looking for.

Spamcop is now fixed but next time I am so ready!!! Next time, I think I'll just rename the forward file so I can unrename it when I want it back.

Thank you so very very much. Man, I love this - I feel in such control!!! Yahoo. Thank you!! Really, thanks.

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

You can rename a file by simply using the move command:

mv Filename newFilename

for example - mv .forward .forward2

then later you can do the same to rename it back.

[susandennis]

You are so good! If I were closer, I'd be there in a heartbeat to help you pack or at least keep you company! Thanks so much.

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

Aw - stop you're gonna make me blush.

I do wish you were closer though - man I am really starting to hate packing and I never used to hate it before. Blech.

[susandennis]

You have my sympathies. For about 10 years, I moved every 18 months. But it was all work related and IBM paid for everything - including the guys to pack up and the unpack. Plus, some boxes never even got unpacked at all. After I got to Seattle and left IBM, I finally unpacked all boxes - some had 4 different United Van Lines stickers on them.

When I move from this condo it will be the problem of my heirs.

At least you can wallow in the glow of having done your good deed for the day and done it so well. You just can't imagine how much better I feel knowing my email is totally under my control. I'm sure it must sound way over the top but it's not to me. I promise.

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

*wallows* I do feel great that I've been able to dust off some old unix command memories to help you out. But I should get back to packing the living room rather than sitting here perusing my friends list and watching TLC.

[susandennis]

I found it on a Google Image search for "hot day" and I swiped it. I should have noted where it came from because it's not nice to steal without attribution plus then I would remember where so I could send you to the website where I found it. I'm bad.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Mariner game is now - it's time for them to shape up.

Which they did not, alas. Fortunately for them, nobody else in that division seems to be winning either. The woes of the A's are, of course, good news in Boston.