Thanks for your responses. Jellyman - I don't know why you had a problem with the photos; must be some incompatibility in our software. Glenn - Have you regularly seen this condition as a normal winter covering? We had a few days around freezing in late December/early January, but have had a mild winter since then (mid-40s at night). I'm not sure when the fuzzy covering took over, but it is only on the upper half of the branches, not the trunk or lower half of branches. Carla - Well, it was just one leaf, and that has since fallen (photos taken 1/21). The tree is dormant, and the last leaf was mostly covered with the white fuzz. I have looked at the link you provided, and my tree's condition does not look like wooly apple aphids. In fact, I cannot detect any pests. I found one tiny spider this morning, but the fuzzy stuff is not like spider web. The tree generally appears healthy, if small, with many budding joints. I have reviewed photos at http://www.caf.wvu.edu/Kearneysville/disease_descriptions/disease_images/viskeyatbt.html, and I'm now reasonably certain that the condition is powdery mildew. I had not seen it on branches before - only leaves. Does anyone else have information contrary to my diagnosis? Here is a link that might be useful: Apple Tree Diseases

I used the edit function. Hopefully it should work now. If not, you can reach it at: http://www.rosebreeders.org/forum/read.php?2,52924

Sounds like you already have internet working but your mail settings are off a notch... Perhaps look here.. Open Outlook Express Click on the menu item Tools, then select Accounts Click on the Mail tab if not already selected. Highlight MSN which hopefully is marked default. Click on Properties button. Click on the tab for Connections Now you should see a drop down box, change it to say dial up modem or something similar as apparetnly its trying to use a Network Connection which the norm if you have a high speed connection like dsl or cable. Think you need that box to say use the dial up modem. Hopefully thats the simple fix.

Found the problem. Service provider is making some major changes to the servers and the way we get email. I can't say the changes will be for the better (but they say it). Anyone ever heard of MailFoundry? It is the new service my provider will be using. Don't see how it can be better than Postini. Pooh Bear ----------------------------------- UPDATE: A new email system is being installed at Bledsoe Telephone, we hope this new email system will make using Bledsoe Telephone's email much faster and better for you. You may experience some issues as we make this transition to the new mail servers. Postini is no longer filtering your email, but a new product called MailFoundry is protecting your bledsoe.net email from getting SPAM and Viruses. You no longer have to log in to any web site to see what SPAM and viruses have been caught. You will get a daily email from MailFoundry showing what email has been caught and instructions on how to release an email that has been caught as SPAM. Any SPAM or Viruses will be deleted after 10 days on the MailFoundry filter. We hope this product will deliver the email you want to your inbox and catch the email you don't want.