Diane, Thank you for the tip about using namebench. It worked great and and gave me a 77% improvement. What is interesting is I had to use different DNS numbers on my iMac and MBP - both on the same net. The number that worked on the iMac would not work on the MBP.
Thanks again for the tip Dick On 4/24/10 5:07 PM, "Diane Ross" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I don¹t use Yahoo, but be sure all the advanced setting are correct. > > Finding a fast DNS Server. > > <http://code.google.com/p/namebench/> > > "Try out namebench. It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for > your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using > your > web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to > provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and > does not modify your system in any way. > > When you finish the test, open System Preferences > Network > Advanced > then click on the DNS tab to enter the new settings. > > Another option is to let Gmal fetch your POP Yahoo account. I have way too > many email addresses so recently added them to my Gmail IMAP account. I can > still select to send from that address. I have a rule that looks at the > headers so I know which ones are being forwarded to me. > > I would consider phasing out the Yahoo account since it has given you go > much trouble. -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
