I've never used thier email server. I'm running a mail server off of cableone here in sioux city, and no they are not blocking. . . . . . . yet. :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [sclug-generallist] we have more power as a group (CableOne mail problems) > At 11:29 PM 12/13/03, you wrote: > >What problems are you having? > > I get an error usually at least once a day. I don't have any of the error > messages listed in my Eudora history right now to tell you what it > was. When Eudora gets an error POPing mail it brings up the password > dialog box and won't try to check again until I enter my password > again. So instead of POPing mail every 5 minutes, it lets the mail queue > up on the server all day long until I get home and enter my password. > > Sometimes I can't even check for mail at all, but that doesn't happen very > often. Usually it's just very very slow. Much slower than dial-up > access. It might take 10 seconds to send a single message, and sometimes > it takes 30 or more seconds to download just 3 new messages. > > I'm about ready to just setup my own qmail server here at home, set it to > be the MX record for my domain and be done with it. As long as CableOne > isn't blocking port 25 inbound... > > -Ryan >
