by CKR
A month ago, I asked for help in tracking down e-mails gone missing in Northern New Mexico. I have found part of the problem.
Last summer, I gave my old laptop to a young relative, four years old to be exact. My intention was for him to have a game box of his own so that his mother could use her computer for other things. The old laptop became the living-room computer for the family.
I had deleted my word-processor files and other potentially incriminating evidence, but I neglected to delete my e-mail account. So when the new owner's parents tried to use e-mail on what was now the living-room computer, they would receive my e-mails.
I sent them instructions on how to delete my account, and I haven't missed an e-mail that I'm aware of for a week or so now.
But that doesn't account for the e-mails I sent that were lost or the e-mails between two other parties. I think it's most of my problem, though.
Many thanks to those who sent me suggestions.