[OLUG] slow mail

ktb xyf at peoplepc.com
Tue Apr 11 01:15:32 UTC 2000


I rebooted and it cleared up.  Don't know what was wrong but that fixed it
for the time being.
kent

----- Original Message -----
From: ktb <xyf at peoplepc.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: [OLUG] slow mail


> I just got exim, fetchmail and mutt working for the first time last night.
> I sent out a few test mails and everything seemed OK.  The turn around
from
> sending to receiving was fast.  Then sometime late morning to early
> afternoon I noticed different behavior.  When I would send a message
> sometimes mutt would report I had 'new mail in the outbox' usually it had
> said 'mail sent'.  Then I had trouble fetching mail.  Fetchmail would
start
> and just hang there.  The test emails I was sending myself and a few
others
> I had sent to other people arrived 1+ hours after being sent, pretty much
> all at the same time.  While I was testing this I tried Outlook express in
> Windows and the turn around was fast, everything seemed fine.  Anyone have
a
> clue why my mail is so slow going through the isp in Linux as compared to
> Windows?  I have two isp's and both reacted the same.
> Thanks,
> kent
>
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