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plunker · May 7, 2008, 02:13 PM

The program was working but taking forever to check and send mail. It finally quit and I set up entourage (works well but I don't have the conduits to sync with it) but it worked fine.

I have reset up the accounts on the mail program and found a SSL setting on the incoming server that would block me connecting. No option to set it up it just did. Once I changed the setting the program works but is still slow sending mail. I now receive lightning fast but a good two to three minutes to send. Size of email does not seem to matter as far as the time it takes to send. Any ideas??

Cold Warrior · May 7, 2008, 02:27 PM

check your upload speed on Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Just want to make sure you have a normal upload pipe.

plunker · May 7, 2008, 04:04 PM

download 2.3 mb and upload 312 kbs. My internet speed is fine but the mail is slow. My son sent me a link to a forum that stated to add a dns setting to mail to speed things up but mine was all ready entered there.

I sent a two line email that took 40 secs to send...the next one (withina couple on minutes) was almost instantly sent. Why??

real · May 7, 2008, 04:22 PM

Do you have a ton of mail saved

plunker · May 7, 2008, 07:31 PM

not really I have junk dumping everytime I exit . same with trash...well maybe not trash might dump weekly I will clean it up

Big Mac · May 7, 2008, 07:41 PM

Sounds like bad servers. What mail provider are you using?

plunker · May 7, 2008, 09:09 PM

windstream....I used a laptop windows to check the mail during this ordeal and it downloaded and sent fine

besson3c · May 8, 2008, 01:14 AM

Mail is a POS client, it behaves like ass and seems like it was designed by a bunch of monkeys as far as how it scales and interacts with IMAP servers. I'm really looking forward to Thunderbird 3 so I can drop Mail.

Cold Warrior · May 8, 2008, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Mail is a POS client, it behaves like ass and seems like it was designed by a bunch of monkeys as far as how it scales and interacts with IMAP servers. I'm really looking forward to Thunderbird 3 so I can drop Mail.

Agreed. Is there a beta available that's any good?

timmerk · May 10, 2008, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Mail is a POS client, it behaves like ass and seems like it was designed by a bunch of monkeys as far as how it scales and interacts with IMAP servers. I'm really looking forward to Thunderbird 3 so I can drop Mail.

I agree - but only for IMAP accounts. It's great with POP3 accounts, at least that has been my experience.

besson3c · May 10, 2008, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

Agreed. Is there a beta available that's any good?

You can download their nightly build which is represented as a pre-alpha 1 build, but it seems no different than Thunderbird 2 right now. The focus for TB 3 is interface enhancement and native UI stuff, which is really all it needs... That and the universal Inbox feature which I like.

They are also working on integrating Lightening, which I'm less than keen on. I actually do like iCal a lot.

besson3c · May 10, 2008, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by timmerk

I agree - but only for IMAP accounts. It's great with POP3 accounts, at least that has been my experience.

Yeah, but POP3 is a brain-dead simple and brain-dead in general protocol. There is much less that one can screw up developing a POP3 client.

plunker · Jul 3, 2008, 12:53 AM

Mail is ..was fine it was a server problem on one email account

turtle777 · Jul 3, 2008, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by plunker

Mail is ..was fine it was a server problem on one email account

Can't be.

I'm sure Thunderbird would have fixed the server problem, made you coffee and washed & ironed your laundry.

-t