[ubuntu-uk] Increasing start up problems since upgrade to 10.04

[Matthew Bassett]

Rob: minor suggestion, but if you are using GMail then have you
considered accessing your email via IMAP? This would then give you
full access to your entire email archive on GMail, plus any gmail
label assignment (although GMail labels are mapped to IMAP folders,
not as nice as using IMAP keywords but workable).

(NB GMail itself might not map IMAP keywords to GMail labels, but it
does preserve IMAP keywords)

On 15 June 2010 08:51, Bob Giles <thecorfiot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Liam, Alan, Tyler, Rob and Silner (+anyone else that I may have forgotten),
>
> Many thanks for all of your observations and suggestions. I have learned
> a couple of things. Firstly the pae kernel! (I should point out that I
> was aware of the limitations re memory and the 32 bit version. I had
> upgraded my memory since the 10.04 upgrade. I considered the 64bit
> option but had been put off by some of the adverse comments that I had
> read.)
>
> I can confirm that the PAE option is automatically used upon
> installation subject to it detecting in excess of 3Gb RAM.
>
> I would have replied sooner but things finally came to a head when
> Thunderbird started messing me about and I ended up losing all emails
> back to last January. I decided that a total reinstall was in order!
> Again I learned something!
>
> I had recently made a brief foray back to the UK (I live in Greece) and
> had taken my netbook for company! Before leaving, I had synched my email
> which meant that upon my return on 20th May I had a backup to that date.
> As I use GMail to access my additional accounts, I was able to use the
> 'recent' attribute to download the last 30 days email. (I didn't know
> about that until I went searching for ways to download archived Gmail!)
> I know it's no substitute for a daily backup but hey! I *know* that I am
> not perfect!
>
> The long and the short of it is that after a total reinstall, things are
> fine. I new I should not have gone with the upgrade option! I still
> can't bring myself to go 64 bit!
>
> Thanks everyone yet again. You are a credit to a great list!
>
> Bob Giles
> Corfu
>
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