[DM-MUG] Need iMac advice. *7-11-'06, at Clive-!!

[Richard Judson Twohy]

Dear DmMug Wizards,       7-10-'06

Rich Twohy, writing you from the wilds of Iowa City
(home) with some questions I've been saving, about my
17-in. flat screen iMac (-the original one, new in
2002) -- using Tiger 10.4.7.

On Tuesday and Wed. (July 11 + 12), I'll be at the
'Clive' Heartland Inn while attending the 2-day Apple
class 'Technology and Grant Writing'.
   *Will any local wizards be attending?
Heartland's local phone is  226-0414.
And my cell-phone is 319-621-5600.

Coupla fast questions:

1)  I keep my Dock on vertical left of screen,
supposed to be on automatic 'show' and 'hide' mode,
depending on where I push the mouse.  MOST of THE
TIME, it just stays hidden, so I hafta go outta my way
to dredge it up.
     Generally, it will come back to life after I
'Repair Permissions' via Disk Utility and re-start the
Mac.  But then... often the Dock goes back to
'disobedient' mode after I've shut down + start up the
next day.
     Why.... oh, WHY-??
Or, better yet:  HOW can my Dock be trained to
behave-??

2) I have an email addr. on Yahoo -- and also on
'dot-Mac'.  They are
    <twohy2 at yahoo.com>  and 
    <twohy2 at mac.com>.  
On each of these, I use the 'email' machinery that's
supplied with it (thus, relying for storage of my
messages on the good will of their cyberspace
gatekeepers.   WHY-??  Mainly 'cause I don't know how
else to do it.
      I would GREATLY prefer to use my own hard-drive
based 'EUDORA' email program.  Is there any way to
configure either Yahoo or '.Mac' so I can process
incoming and outgoing Email through my own Eudora-??

Many thanks for your 
wizard-like blessings-!!

-Rich Twohy



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Richard Judson Twohy
P.O. Box 2233 * Iowa City IA 52244-2233
Home: 319-337-9011   Road: 319-621-5600
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