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> From: Hanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:16:40 -0700 > Subject: If Entourage causes OS-X to initialize the hard drive...... > > > ........that would suck!!!! > > Bet that got your attention! > :-) > > Sorry about that. I just needed to see if no one got my original request > for help, no one had a reasonable answer, or if I was just plain being > ignored. :-) Or just call in a very early "April Fool's" joke. I've found, in general, that one can eventually get results on mailing lists by posting repetitively, restating the issue each time in somewhat different terms. Sometimes this process leads me to figure out the problem for myself, or I get tired of being repetitive, but I usually don't get chastised for it. What I don't want to do is offend those kind souls who inhabit these lists, providing what may be our only hope for solving such problems. > <snip> > >> Entourage 10.1.0- OS10.3.1 (Recently installed the 10.1.2 update - no help) >> >> Multiple accounts - all worked well for a while. Needed to change the >> name/login on one account. Now that account (with the new name) can't >> connect to server when accessing with the rest of the accounts in the same >> schedule and at the same server. When the account is launched to check mail >> manually, it works perfectly. Only when prompted by the schedule does it >> fail. >> <snip> <snip> I'm certainly NOT an expert at this, but your issue doesn't sound like a problem with Entourage per se. I recently dealt with a similar issue, but I can't recall the specifics. (Damn this Halfheimer's!) If I had to guess, you're on the edge of a network-related timeout with that particular account. The effective length of the timeout varies between the case where you're checking an account on its own or among other on a schedule. Try rearranging the schedule sequence? Make other adjustments --mess around with settings-- that might affect the timeout? Do a skeleton duplication of your Entourage setup using Mail.app? Sometimes this can help reveal subtle setup issues. Did you change the incoming (POP) mail server when you changed the account information? You may be connecting to a completely different server. (Pacbell.net recently required me to do this.) Even though timing should NOT vary significantly from server to server, timing in general varies quite a bit due to the fundamental design of the Internet. Our systems and clients _should_ adapt, but they don't always. Check your DNS settings? I've had problems in the past where rearranging the order of three seemingly good name servers made the difference between a client (mail or web, can't recall) that worked and didn't. If one name server has become overloaded and you're working with an unusually short timeout due to a schedule sequencing issue you might see such a failure. Noting the content one of your later posts: This is an opportunity to nag MS to provide scripting tools for account and filtering setup. It is simply not acceptable that users are required to go through a complex and arduous GUI process when there is an existing tradition of scripting alternatives to do the job. Thanks, Henry >> >> TIA. > > Have a happy new year, everyone. > > ht -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
