Tabarnach(e) is a Quebecker (euphemistic?) variant of tabernacle which in French besides meaning 'tabernacle' is also a swearword like English Zounds!

I was going to suggest downloading an alternate email client such as Mozilla Thunderbird in order to verify whether the problem was Outlook or Verizon, but if you're having trouble with Google Mail...

Yup, what they said.

...it exists between Word and Outlook.

Stop using Word as your email editor. To get advanced text enhancements make sure your Outlook /options/mailformat is chosen as "HTML" (turn off/uncheck "Use Word as your email editor"). This will allow bold/italics, etc... but it will stop *you from using two programs to edit one pc. of email... both of which have to access some of the same OS files simultaneously, a problem which manifests more often on larger files, file attachments and/or embedded pictures. Unfortunately you'll then have to run MS Spelling check seperately, but.

Also, if you are using filesharing/networking/or a camera chip reader... never attach a file from any place other than (a copy on) your local drive... anything else are the ingredients in a recipe for disaster.

... plus what everyone else says, but.

"...anything else are" = I can't wait to hear about that usage...

Thank you mus. Thus the difficulty owes to some kind of obscure interaction between Word and Outlook. But after several decades why is it that among the tens of millions millions of PC users that I am the only person in the entire world of the Internet suffering from this problem

I cannot entertain in my wildest fantasies the idea that if what you say is true Microsoft hasn't hear about it from a single customer

At this late date the concept of relinquishing Word editing when composing email is tantamount to abandoning my PC for a typewriter

Myr: We're not all computer experts willing to spend thousands of hours of our remaining existence in the 24/7 study of computer programs and their manifest glitches and anomalies

God love Bill Gates

Anna: I finally accessed Gmail and was astounded to find six incoming messages. I'm not sure how to proceed tho I eventually hope to learn. But Gmail is 'way more complex and intricate than Outlook, and I wish I didn't have to resort to it as I just don't have that much time remaining

Every new glitch and puzzlement from the digital world steals hours of one's spare time

God bless Bill Gates

Thanks all for your patience

I could be wrong, but I've thought from the first that I detected a distinct odor of irony in this statement.

Thus the difficulty owes to some kind of obscure interaction between Word and Outlook. But after several decades why is it that among the tens of millions millions of PC users that I am the only person in the entire world of the Internet suffering from this problem...

(a) You're not. Just because you can't find a complaint on the MS website doesn't mean the problem doesn't exsist; Do you have the last available Office patches?

2) How much RAM do you have... 256 will not be enough to handle the OS, WORD, Outlook, etc, etc, etc... (after Win 2k products) (Which/what/how much do you have?)

&) I just reread your problem: Under Outlook - /tools/options/mail delivery - there is a box to check that says "Send mail immediately when connected"... (just a thought).

+) HTML should have everything you need (other than an automatic spell checker... you have to "push the button" 'check spelling' before you send...

ps) I'm continuing this PM unless someone else would like to follow the saga.

Mention of Bill Gates not to be taken literally. He merely stands as a symbol for all the massive confusion and frustration arising from the glitches and anomalies of the digital world

Still haven't heard from Verizon on this. Perhaps it's because (1) they don't believe me; (2) they believe but don't know how to fix it; (3) they believe it and know what to do but don't care; or (4) it's done purposefully as a means to get back at Bill for his perceived incompetence

Judging from the fact that nobody else seems bothered by it, I'm rapidly concluding that my inability to send large files by email may be an exclusively local phenomenon, affecting, say, only small geographical areas

If that sounds bizzare, consider this: I have never been able to open a photo identified by the small red X within a square in the upper left corner of an otherwise blank space. By coincidence, this morning I received the folllowing email form a correspondent in the Midwest:

Let's see if these photos come through. If they don't please let me know. I'm having trouble getting photos through to about a half dozen folks. The weirdest part is that they are all in the Victor Valley area in California. Maybe no one else has mentioned it though. Sometimes I will get a few that all I get is the little block with the red X in it.
Later,
Dan

God bless Bill Gates

When Outlook Express blocks pictures or other content, those items are replaced with a red "x." When you get legitimate messages (for example, a newsletter that you have subscribed to), you can download pictures and other content by clicking the Infobar, which is the banner near the top of the message. [Outlook Express Help]

Tsu, thank you most kindly for your infinite patience. What does that banner look like

I'm looking at one right now, located just below the Subject line, which reads "Some pictures have been blocked to help prevent the sender from identifying your computer. Click here to download pictures." You, of course, are free to click or not click at this point; the choice should be based on how well you know your correspondent.

tsu: In the email I had mentioned earlier I find no such message under the subject line. Perhaps they don't use them in parts of California. Believe me I'm not trying to be obtuse. But thanks for trying anyhow

God bless Bill Gates