Re: Outlook "Test Account Settings .... " Slow to Receive emails
From: Fred Marshall (fmarshallx_at_remove_the_x.acm.org)
Date: 09/26/04
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:21:06 -0700
Assuming that the slowness is at the ISP, then why does Outlook Express wait
without failure and Outlook fails / times out? Where are the settings that
determine how long Outlook waits? I've tried all the GUI settings that I
could find. So, I suspect the settings are either hard-coded or in the
registry.
Fred
"Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message
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>I see a number of situations with Windows XP where using Outlook's "Test
>Account Settings ...." works except that Receiving mail is very slow - even
>if there's no mail to receive.
> On some computers, some of the time, Receiving fails. Less frequently,
> Send fails too - which seems to guarantee that Receive will fail - it's
> always the last process to complete.
>
> I have had ISP tech support folks suggest that one is lucky if Receiving
> using "Test Account Settings ... " works at all! They suggested making
> your own test messages and send/receiving them - which is what I'd do
> anyway if the "Test Account Settings .... " wasn't so handy.
> - I have one case where Receiving fails about 25% of the time using this
> test.
> - I have another case that would not work initially but eventually began
> to work all the time (slowly).
> At any rate, when the test fails, the user gets failures with normal email
> processing some of the time.
>
> Why is it slow? Any ideas? I have run the XP Winsock Fix.
> Can it be made faster? Any settings that would make a difference?
> Why might it fail when on the same computer Outlook Express works fine all
> the time with the same account settings?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
>
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