It times out because while it is receiving mail it is trying to send it at the same time.... I forward almost all incoming email to an archive account on another system...
As for why it is timing out - it is because I am on a modem... Consider this though: why shouldn't I be able to compose and email when my SMTP server is unavailable and then when it is be able to reliably do something to actually send it off?... The "Send waiting messages" option just doesn't work because it doesn't send anything out... Every other email program I know of has an option to retry the send - and it actually works... Powermail's does NOT work properly... - Greg >I certainly don't doubt that this problem is affecting the people who >have written about it, but it has never once occurred to me in a year of >intense PM usage. > >Why would an SMTP server timeout "frequently" as you mention? I've never >had trouble like that with any of the SMTP servers I connect to. Again, >no doubts, just a raised eyebrow. Certainly it appears that PM has a >problem here, but your SMTP server sounds far from guiltless.
