I didn't used to Facebook, but now I do. I got sucked into FB this Fall by relatives. Certain of my close relatives stopped keeping in touch with me and said that if I wanted to know what they were up to i needed to just join FB. So, I reluctantly joined. Just like Nikki, I sometimes 'lurk' without posting on GW, for months on end... Mainly this happens when I get hit by one or more life crises. Crises that will put my GardenWebbing on hold include: *Family getting military orders to move overseas, which caused me to lose garden space...We were all packed & had sold our home and were in the airport when the orders got cancelled at the last minute and we had to suddenly find another place to live in the same city we thought we were exiting. None of the affordable places to live had any garden space! :P *Looking for a job in a state 2000 miles from where I was raised, to increase family income so we could afford a place with a garden-- This search was hampered by culture shock and racial discrimination. Racism isnt supposed to happen here, but it happens anyway. * Finding job after 5 months then losing said very hard to find job 2 months later, due to global recession. * My husband's surgery to repair an injury * My own severe illnesses and surgeries--I had more than one health emergency last year, possibly due to all the stress. *Grieving loss of family member (includes loss of pregnancy). * Going back to college, then having to drop back out due to economic and health factors. Last year (2009) was insanely stressful for me because I had all of the above crises occur within one year! They say God never gives us more than we can handle. And I handled it alright. But sometimes I wish God didn't trust me to get through so very much, LOL ;) These are the sorts of situations that can easily throw my life out of wack and require me to take a break from GW. It just happened this past year that I needed a really LONG break because my life had just gotten too harsh for me to even keep a garden. Well, I'm glad to finally be back and to have a garden again. :)

Sounds like you're not logged in. Or possibly you are logged in on some other account that is not in your fb friend list. On top right of of facebook page, home drop down arrow show? logoff. Then close your browser & run somethin like CCleaner.com to clear your web pages & cookies. Then.... What happens if you type in www.facebook.com ? you might want to bookmark that page

Change your password Patti...the same thing happened to me and my account was hacked. I was prompted to sign in...even though I never signed out. Then a number of days later one of my friends was contacted thru chat stating that it was me, saying I was in London and please send money. I reported it and my account was disabled until they looked into it. Even if you just add a question mark or something at the end of your existing password...change it.

My only idea would be to check your junk/spam folder. If Facebook claims it sent an email to the Verizon mail server, whether or not it actually gets there should have nothing to do with your machine. Right? How are you checking your mail? Are you using a client such as Outlook or Thunderbird to read mail? If so, you might eliminate that variable by logging directly into Verizon's mail server. "Accessing your email Type http://webmail.verizon.com/signin into your Address Bar. Enter your Verizon Online user name and password. Preview your Inbox, send email and create additional accounts." (That's from https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/highspeed/email/setup+and+use/questionsone/90628.htm) -------------------------- If you are logging directly into Verizon's mail server, maybe their "Spam Detector" mistook it for spam? "How do I view messages that Spam Detector filters? Spam Detector immediately deletes spam messages unless you arrange for Email & More to save the messages to a spam folder. If you have Spam Detector set up to save spam (for a maximum of seven days), you can view the messages by opening your SpamDetector folder. To access your SpamDetector folder: Log in to Email & More. From the left navigation bar, click Check My Email. From the left navigation bar, click Folders. Click the SpamDetector folder visible in the body of the page. Note: Verizon Online utilizes Spam Blocking technology to filter your email from messages that are considered a security threat. Learn more about Verizon practices relative to the filtering of email sent to verizon.net email customers." (That's from https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/fiosinternet/email/troubleshooting/questionsone/85660.htm) ----------------------------- In case stuff Spam Dectector detects as spam is getting deleted immediately, this might help: How do I set up Spam Detector? "How do I set up Spam Detector? In order to set up Spam Detector, do the following: Visit Mail from the bottom left hand corner of the preview pane or from the upper right hand corner, using the drop-down menu under Email. Select the Spam Detector tab Options allow you to turn Spam Detector on or off, place spam in a Spam Detector Folder or delete spam immediately When you are finished, select SAVE You can now close the window pane Once you have chosen your Spam Detector settings, Webmail will keep those settings in place until you decide to make changes." ----------------------- Just thinking out loud, not sure if anything I said helps. :)