"Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've been testing Freewwweb's email in Arachne and Eudora Light,
> using two different computers, one with a 14.4 modem and the other
> with a 28.8. For some reason, Freewwweb's service has slowed completely
> tonight, for me anyway. The web connection is fine. Right now, I am
> using it on another computer, and it's ok. It's the email that is
> slow, really slow. Eudora just reported that it could not connect to
> "freewwweb.com" Cause: connection refused (10061).
When I use my local ISP, the mailserver is on the same local network
as the gateway and other servers. Probably a few computers in the
same room.
When I use Freewwweb, the gateway is here in Ottawa (uunet.ca dialup),
while the mail and other servers are somewhere else on the Internet,
NYC I think. Any congestion on the route will slow down the smtp and
other connections.
Also, I imagine that the Freewwweb=smartworld.net mailservers can get
overloaded.
So far I've been fairly impressed with the free PPP access. I never
really expected mail and news to be all that hot to begin with. I
think that local decentralized servers are generally faster than big
centralized servers (free or otherwise).
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Arachne, does it?
Howard E.
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