After your posting uploaded and downloaded a test 1Mb file on broadband. Seemed to work same speed as normal. Download possibly even faster than usual but no previous timings to make an accurate comparison. Have a look at your System Preferences/Network and make sure all is OK.
Brian Jacobs Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:20:14 -0500 Christian Meenaghan wrote: >Thank you for this information. > >The problem I am having is not with the Mail.app so to speak, it just >seems to be with all outgoing and incoming (SMTP/POP) connections in the >Mail.app (which my wife uses) and PowerMail (which I use). > >I am still looking into this trying to determine if some other piece of >software is interfering as only one other people I have talked to has >seen this happen. No one else is reporting it that I can tell. > >Its taking 30 seconds to download a 5k piece of mail, and connections are >timing out to delays. > >-C > >-- >Christian Meenaghan > >On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:13:35 -0500 Anthony Sanna said: > >>>>However, the one thing I am noticing, is that both PowerMail and Mail.app >>>>are _extremely_ slow in downloading email now. >> >>This was documented with in a MacFixit report. Mail apps can be >>frustratingly slow. >> >>In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Walter Mosberg, their technical >>editor wrote an excellent review of Tiger. Of the Mail delays, he said... >> >>In particular, the built-in e-mail program, Apple Mail, was slower. There >>was a perceptible lag in opening a new e-mail form, beginning a reply, >>and displaying the drop-down contact list that appears when you begin >>typing in an e-mail address. >> >>Apple acknowledges it will need to tweak Tiger to eliminate the delays, >>and it promises to address the problem within a few months. It might be >>wise for users with older, slower Mac models to wait until then to >>upgrade to Tiger. >> >>But then, this was also part of his article... >> >>Overall, Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating >>system on the market, despite a few drawbacks. It leaves Windows XP in >>the dust. >> >>It also adds to the Mac's general superiority over typical Windows >>computers as the best choice for average consumers doing the most common >>computing tasks. Apple's hardware already was the best in the business, >>and Mac OS X has, so far, escaped the virus and spyware problems that >>plague Windows. >> >>Tony >>-- >>Anthony R. Sanna >>SACO Foods, Inc. >>1-800-373-7226 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by CySpace Virus] >> >> > > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by CySpace Virus] > >
