Mega. I had some problems a few months back & I seem to remember that it would work with Mail Classic but not 'new' view of Yahoo Mail. It just sorted itself out one day.
Edit. That was on IE so probably not same problem.

On the question of web-based e-mail systems....

Which is the better of the two, GMail or Yahoo Mail?

Anyone started with one and then changed from that one over to the other?

As an Outlook Express user, I'm also on the look out for the best way of converting from an e-mailing system on my machine to one on the web.

I would also greatly like to store my old e-mails on the web too, and in easily retrievable and readable form.

Gmail is good. Not tried Yahoo. Also if you are running a mobile phone with the Android OS, Gmail is the easiest to set up and use.

execline
I converted from Outlook Express to Yahoo Mail some years ago and mail forwarded the existing emails to myself on the yahoo mail system. I now have them all for reference.

I find Yahoo Mail excellent. I like the amount of storage, being able to retrieve my mail from anywhere, secure & the disposeable email address feature is pretty darned good.

Cleared FF cache out and it works a treat,thanks again for all your suggestions.

Upgraded my AVG anti virus to the 2011 version, since then my PC has slowed down a lot in logging on to sites. Anyone else had this problem and if so any clues as to how to fix it? please

Opto
no such problem here. If you give an example of a problem site I will check it.

iiwarm, sorry about the delay.
Sites in general as MoneyAM, like a pregnant pause after clicking the icon, maybe it's my PC is not fast enough to cope with the extras on AVG, may have to get my hand in my pocket :-)

maybe you're right. can't see any difference before/after 2011. also can't see any increase in cpu usage in task manager

This problem arose a while ago & appeared on this BB, but can't find the reference post # atm. I think AVG have included a new web page scanner (should be listed in the system tray menu) which I found delayed the loading of each page & it seemed to struggle with anything Java related (My laptop was running XP home & IE8). Eventually I gave up with AVG as the problem never got better & others seemed to have the same problem with no way to fix it. Have unistalled AVG & changed to Avast which runs without a glitch.

Harry: I use AVG (2011) and XP Professional SP3. My normal browser is either FireFox or Opera (I'm fickle) but I have not noticed this problem. I'll play around a little - it may be some esoteric setting somewhere.

I'm pretty sure that the new AVG runs slower. My AVG icon keeps turning into a windmill while it processes something or other in the background.

You can disable individual components, so I've switched off the link scanner to see what effect that has.

When I switched on my BT Yahoo browser this morning an advice notice from BT popped up suggesting that my screen resolution was not the best and recommended 1024 x 768. I popped into my display settings and noted that my screen resolution is set at 1280 x 768. Would any knowledgeable guy please recommend what I should do. TIA

Such is life.

I've never heard of a 'BT Yahoo browser' so I checked it out.

At http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=30138 I found this:

"To get the most from your online experience, we advise you to uninstall your BT Yahoo! browser now and instead download Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for BT Yahoo! which will give you a built-in BT Yahoo! Homepage, BT Yahoo! Toolbar and BT Yahoo! Search, and let you keep all your current bookmarks.

It's quick and easy to upgrade your browser and we've produced a quick start guide to help you."

Thus, I would recommend you do what it says. :-)

PS. Obviously, there's no need to change your screen resolution.

Thanks, Exe, but I did the change a few weeks ago. So the screen resolution question remains.

I suggest you try 1024 x 758 (which is my laptop setting) and see what you get (with 32 bit colour). It should give you a small demo screen to see what the effect is. You may also get a time out message asking you to confirm the change. If it's not what you want, change it back again, but I think the 1024 x 758 is the usual default setting.

If you are using an LCD screen it's best to use the native resolution to avoid blurring. This is normally the highest resolution Windows will allow you to set it to. If text appears too small at this setting you can change the system font to a larger size.