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What e-mail settings are you using in Outlook, if that works? If they are SMTP settings you should be able to use them in outlook express too.

I've got a combi boiler system and have moved pipes around, new radiators, etc. Bit broke now and can't afford the power flush. Can I connect a hosepipe to the drain point in the return pipe pipe below the boiler, cut into the outgoing water pipe from the boiler and add another "drain point"...

Virgin are blocking connections to the SMTP port that do not come from their cable network. They appear to be accepting connections on the SMTP SSL port so you can try setting up your e-mail to use SSL (not TLS, SSL on port 465, the default port) and connecting that way. The other alternative...

Well done fellas you've kept me on the straight and narrow, that's more than enough to scare me sensible :D

You know, that's not cold. I mean you think it is, I thought it was too a few months ago. Now it is 4 degrees in my place, I have the heating set on 4 to stop the pipes bursting. With a jumper, fleece or sweat shirt and some normal trousers on, you can get quite used to a lower temperature. If...

What's a good cheap, temporary insulator? I've got various gaps that aren't going to be filled for somewhere between 1 and 2 weeks and I'd like to stop losing heat out of them. Have run out of old duvets, am thinking maybe flour, free newspapers and water?

You wouldn't believe the advice I get. Pro plumbers tell me to use lead solder (won't know unless they test it, your mains is lead, why would they test it) and bury the pipes (doesn't matter, fuss about nothing) Pro electricians tell me it's just fine to tie up an electric shower with...

Am I planning to do it? I don't know, it depends. I think I'm going to re-bury the old ones where I've made my connections without hacking out all the run and adding a protection since they've survived this long just fine, around the joins I'll wrap denzo tape just because I don't really like...

I read all about this being very bad so I was shocked to see a professional plumber doing it, he said "doesn't matter, fuss about nothing". I didn't know one way or the other so nodded and filed it away to look into someday. Anyways, I recently dug out some 30 year old pipes buried in cement...

You were right, it was fine, no leaks :)

Hiding SSID confuses newbies because you have to manually configure the network and is pointless if you make heavy use of the wi-fi since they will be able to sniff it from the air any time you are using the network. I hide mine, it's better on than off, but it's not very important so long as...

Do you mean your SMTP mail server? Who provides your e-mail normally? You could sign up for gmail or something if you don't have an SMTP server and use theirs. But unless the ISP is blocking SMTP access you should be able to use the SMTP from your normal e-mail provider. If they are blocking...

Are you on contract or pay as you go? If you are on contract, give that thing Bret gave you a try first which is supposed to send the settings to your phone. If it doesn't work and you are on contract, you can input those settings Bret provided by following the instructions here, except don't...

You know you're a plonker when bodgeit and scarper are on the other side of the line to you, telling you you're doing it wrong, and everyone else is there with them... I do have a pair of the open specs, more expensive than the dewalt ones they were too! But they still get steamed, when I...

Are you sure? I don't know if they would bring a prosecution or not, but if they did I very much doubt an average jury would need more evidence to convict. Remember this incident where hundreds of people were most likely wrongly convicted of child porn offenses? It's not relevant other than...

You're no better at psychology than you are at IT, I am a professional who has been programming systems since 32K was a colossal amount of RAM and have been dealing with networks since a 3200bps modem was a speed demon. It was both ignorant and rude of you to call me daft for giving out sensible...

Which is exactly how they do find out your e-mail address, an advertising network which has a tracking cookie on your browser gets it from another company who you gave it to, whos site they advertise on then pass it on to others.

winter + trusted object (maybe human) which = warmth = good snuggly?

I would hope dave m would have an answer to this question, I'd think this is something he could answer better than me :D Edit: Removed crazy, overkill, whiskey-talking solution.

It's not neurotic, it does happen. Hell, it happens in some of the places I've worked let alone anything else. Having newbies delete cookies after every session is a tick box, a good idea, and not a deal breaker. As for T-Mobile not having anything to do with cookies, that's like me...