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Well, since this has been a fairly shitty week, I thought I’d just have to give myself a huge pat on the back because I both NEED and DESERVE it.
For some reason
my I-pad decided to stop receiving emails the end of last November which wasn’t
really a big deal. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I’m now being included in
the monthly NWDA board meeting, all held via zoom. My desktop’s sound stopped
working quite some time ago and I’ve never been able to find a fix. So, if I’m
going to zoom, I need to have sound unless I can read lips…I cannot.
When deciding
on a remedy, I think I can also do zoom via my phone, but decided since I
couldn’t come up with a solution to make email work on my I-pad, I’d make a
visit to the Apple store. Almost immediately, a young man offered to assist me,
but while he was working with me, he was also being asked to help elsewhere. We
finally reached a point where I felt confident in my ability to complete the
effort and sent him on his way. I’m sure he could have completed this exercise
in half the time (or less) it took me to finally get the email pouring onto the
I-pad. Yay for moi.
Later that same
day, I went to look at my email on my desktop, only to be told there was a
send/error. Once again, I tried everything I could think of, but could only
access my Outlook email if I signed into Xfinity or used my phone or I-pad.
Since I type really fast on my keyboard, I NEED to be able to conduct email
business at my desk.
I was so
frustrated. I attempted to find the solution Tuesday evening, all day Wednesday
and most of the day today. Email on my phone would tell me I needed to “sign-in,”
but for some dumb (sure it was smart when I decided to do it) reason, I have a process
that requires two authentications and I’d lose the sign-in page while obtaining
the authentication. I finally figured out how to do that without losing the
sign-in page, but the email still didn’t work.
Finally, this
afternoon, I went online and asked my computer how I could access the SMTP…whatever
that is. I followed the instructions provided and, voila, after restarting my
computer, my email is up and working.