On 9/20/05 1:02 PM, Larry Stone wrote: > Given that, since Entoruage 2001 hasn't changed, the only possible answers > is their is a network connectivity issue or the POP3 and SMTP server > software at Earthlink's end has been broken and is no longer fully > standards compliant.
Not exactly. Entourage 2001 hasn't changed on her machine, true, but OS 9 is no longer supported at her ISP! That doesn't mean that anything at Earthlink is broken or that it isn't standards compliant -- it's just not working with an unsupported OS! While your explanation in your final paragraph sounds plausible at first, please remember that this phenomenon is NOT just with Earthlink. I have experienced it personally with AOL, core.com, and Charter Pipeline as well, and have read of it at macnn and macfixit message boards with other ISPs. And in each case, upgrading to OS X has fixed the connectivity issues. Face it: ISPs cannot continue to support OSes that are no longer current or supported by their own manufacturers. You can't blame OS problems on standards compliance. By your reasoning, any OS released since RFC1939 (1996) should work, right? That would include some iterations of System 7 and all of OS 8, too. peace, Linda -- 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/>
