Re: Silly router problem
From: Eric Louie (elouie_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/28/05
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:43:21 GMT
"Zoltan" <mail@vastag.REMOVE.com> wrote in message
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> Could someone please tell me what is causing this silly problem:
>
> connected through an ISDN router, my mail client can't fetch mails from
> my mail server (we have a domain hosted by one of the companies). Oddly
> enough, after i try to connect to the mail server through my browser
> (and get the message that no website is configured on this address), the
> mail client is able to connect to the server for several minutes. After
> that period, it's not possible anymore for the mail client to connect to
> the mail server (the attempt times-out...) unless i 'open' again the
> connection with the browser.
Given the other information you have provided about IM's and websurfing
being okay, one possibility may be a timeout problem with your mailserver -
if the error is a timeout error, try extending the server timeout in Email
Account > Advanced options of your mail client.
>
> Both computers, mine and my girlfriend's, are affected (MacOS 10.3.5) by
> this problem. My knowledge of networking is very basic so i did never
> mess with the firewall settings on the router - however, the problem is
> still persistent after reseting the router to factory defaults.
>
> Oddly enough, all other trafic, web, ftp, news, IM, is working
> flawlessly as well as fetching mail from my other mail account on
> another domain - the problem is only with this one server while
> connecting to it through our ISDN router (no problems with the same ISP
> and dial-up connection).
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or hints.
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