One reader writes . . .
Dear Dr. Dopolis,
My email wont work with XRay
Vision, or my XRay Vision wont work with my email. Im not sure which, but
my email works, and so its got to be that XRay Vision wont work with my email.
Why is that?
Signed, Isolated
Dear Isolated,
There are a number of reasons why you might be having problems with XRay Vision and
your email. The first thing that comes to mind is that you may be using proprietary
software for sending and receiving email - something like AOL (for an explanation of that
problem, see my new book Outlook is from Mars, AOL is from Another Galaxy). AOL
takes care of all the SMTP and POP settings for you, and doesnt tell XRay Vision
what its done. So naturally, XRay Vision will have some trouble with the emailing.
You see, its basically a language problem. Similar to when an English speaking
person meets a French speaking person. They both try to communicate, but they speak two
separate languages. So in this case, you will have to act as the translator. You would need
to manually configure these settings in a program such as Eudora or Outlook Express.
You may also need to set up both SETTINGS>>INTERNET & DIALUP SETTINGS and
SETTINGS>>SERVER EVENTS to have XRay Vision automatically send email. Under INTERNET
& DIALUP SETTINGS, go to CONNECTION and set your connection. (If you use a LAN for
Internet access, select it here.) You should have a drop-down box for anything
configured in Dial-up Networking in Windows. If you don't see your connection, it needs to
be manually configured in Dial-up Networking. (If we choose to further explore your
issues with Dial-Up networking, we will need to schedule that for another session.)
INTERNET & DIALUP SETTINGS is also where you set the basics of the email function
in XRay Vision. You can select TO and FROM addresses, either manually or through browsing
your Contacts List.
For sending email automatically, you need to configure SETTINGS>>SERVER
EVENTS>>SEND EMAIL. Here you set the criteria for when XRay Vision should email.
One of those options should work for you. I know that I have done most of the talking
today in our session, but today I felt as if I must act as a teacher more than a therapist.
So your homework for this evening is to try out those options, thereby teaching your
software each others language. And dont worry, technology learns much more
quickly than we do. Instead of months or years of going over the lessons, technology will
pick it up in seconds. So off you go
And Remember, technology is your friend.
Dr. Dopolis.