Frank,
What exactly did they "bypass"? Was it your mail server? :)
If it disconnects, you didn't say if it was broadband or dialup, but some
places have a timeout option. Also you didn't say WHEN your return from
surgery was. In the last two days there's been a virus going around that
has bombarded servers - I personally get these virus messages on the order
of one about every 30 seconds. An ISP doing filtering might be slow
delivering mail if they're getting swamped with messages, and if you have a
timeout on how long you'll wait for server response then you might reach a
point where it thinks the server is unreachable and disconnect.
Also consider asking the ISP if they have another POP server you can use
(mail server); some ISPs have secondary ones that see less traffic and you
might have better results with.
- Tab
At 03:52 PM 1/29/04, FrankK wrote:
>Sorry to bombard the list with non-lbc items but my email service has been
>having major problems since my return from surgery and I wonder if anyone else
>has experienced similar problems. When I log on to retrieve my email I will
>usually receive about 20-25% of the emails sent to me and then my computer
>ceases to retrieve the rest, my computer disconnects from the mail server at
>my ISP. I have been on the phone with my ISP daily for a week and they cannot
>find any problem with their mail server. If I haven't responded to any of you
>it's because your email was never delivered. I have a fairly new Dell with
>Windows XP. The program ran fine prior to my leaving for the hospital for my
>bypass surgery. Any suggestions? Chances are not good I will even be able to
>retrieve your responses! My AOL email works fine so you can use that as an
>alternative if you have a solution. My AOL email is sprite@aol.com.
>Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
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