On 2003-01-29 17:20, "pat" <patdart at cox-internet.com> wrote: > Well, I gave it the control, apple, power command finally and it seems to be > restarting. Anyone have thoughts about what may have happened and how to not > have it happen again? Something was keeping your system from restarting. Some process waiting for disk I/O, most likely. > What should I do now? Start up in single user mode and run fsck until it reports that your HD is okay, then reboot. > Also, how do I handle the mail problem? No idea, I don't use Mail. But poke around Mail's menus for a bit, you might find an option "Work online" or something. ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/