Receiving emails on HTC Touch

Since acquiring my HTC Touch from Bell Mobility I have been having an annoying problem sometimes where a notification of incoming email arrives but when I click on the message I get:
"Get entire message and any attachments (xK)" and then when I click on that message I get:
"Message and all attachments will download next time you connect and receive email."

When I check my email at home, the message is just an ordinary email with no attachment and I can receive and read it just fine.

Bell Mobility was not able to offer me a solution other than to try a hard reset. I discovered, however, that when you create an email account on the phone the default maximum message size is 2K. If you change this value to a higher (I used 50K), normal emails all come through just fine.

Click on Messaging (main menu list), click on the account you wish to modify, then Menu - Tools - Options. Again click on the account you wish to modify and then "Next" six times to get you to "Message Download Limit". Change the value from 2KB to a higher value (20K or 50K) and then click "Finish".

Onan Generator Fuel Pump replacement

My MCCK marine generator needed a new fuel pump - Onan part number 149-2159. Onan-Cummins in Ottawa quoted me $480 for a replacement pump. Got a Carter P60898 for $110 at Part Source. Make sure you keep the spacers that go between the underside of the bracket and the pump so your fuel lines will be the right length and wham - bam - thank you Part Source!

Sparkplugs for Onan Genset

When I went looking for new shielded spark plugs for my Onan 6.5 MCCK marine genset, I was greeted with a variety of "nope - never saw anything like that" and "Uh oh - they're awful expensive" responses. Finally, on the advice of a marine mechanic, I tried Part Source. Issue solved - plug is a Champion XMJ20 and commonly available. I paid 14.99 each - I've seen them for less (in US); I've seen them for more (both US and Canada).

Installing software on a netbook

As you know, if you have bought or are considering buying one of the new 'netbooks', they do not have an optical drive. This can make installing software awkward. However, the solution is simple, if you have a wireless (or wired, for that matter) network which includes both your netbook and a computer which has an optical drive.

1. On the computer with the optical drive, go to My Computer, right click on the optical drive, and choose sharing and security. Click on "if you understand the risk ... click here."

2. Check the box beside "Share this folder on the network" and give it an easily recognizable name. Just calling it "E Drive" might make it hard to distinguish from other network locations. Call it, for example, "Optical Drive on my Laptop" instead.

2. On your netbook, right-click on Start, choose "Explore" and then "Tools" and then "Map a Network Drive". Windows will assign a letter (probably Z or Y) and in the box below you need to browse through the available locations and choose the drive you named so distinctively a few minutes ago. Leave the box "Reconnect at logon" checked. Click "Finish".

My Computer, on your netbook, will now list that optical drive in your list of drives.

3. Place the disc with the software you want to install in the optical drive. If the software starts to self-install, choose 'cancel' or 'exit' or whatever will stop the installation.

4. Then, at your netbook, browse through the files on the shared optical drive until you find 'setup'. Double-click on 'setup' and you're off!!!

OH YES - VERY IMPORTANT (as I discovered after hours of frustration) - make sure your firewall settings allow file and printer sharing. Otherwise the optical drive on your other computer won't be available and you'll think you've done something wrong.