Re: XP SP 2 changes Outlook 2000 behaviour...
From: run4yourlives (run4yourlives_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: 9 Sep 2004 08:07:18 -0700
Dude you need a new server... 60 seconds for email delivery is an eternity...
Ours is almost instantanous. Even with the av/spam filters.
"Star Fleet Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)@(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<eDRSP7glEHA.1904@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> I doubt many corporate users would even notice a 60 second (that's 1 minute)
> delay - most corporate environment take longer than that for exchange to
> perform the necessary virus/worm/Trojan/malware/spammail scans (you are
> doing those on all mail - inbound/outbound internal/external - right),
> depending on what version of protection you are using.
>
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>
> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service
>
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> "run4yourlives" <run4yourlives@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:df24d3fc.0409081428.233340d2@posting.google.com...
> > Just a message to all, since I had a hell of a time dealing with this
> > problem, and the "solutions" are few and far between; remaining
> > unacceptable in my mind.
> >
> > XP Service Pack 2 changes the way Outlook 2000 interacts with the
> > Exchange Server, causing a "delay" in sending and recieving mail.
> >
> > From MS:
> >
> > "The default preference for e-mail notification in Outlook is UDP, and
> > if that fails, then it uses polling...The default polling time is 60
> > seconds and is set at the Exchange Server."
> >
> > XP Service Pack 2 blocks all UDP communication between Outlook and
> > Exchange, EVEN IF THE FIREWALL IS "OFF"! (which makes me wonder what
> > "off" really means).
> > If someone can prove me wrong here, I'm listening, since all my
> > efforts to try and prove otherwise have failed.
> >
> > So, with SP2 on Windows XP, Outlook will run using RPC polling, which
> > defaults to a 60 second minimum value, meaning the maximum polling
> > time is 120 seconds. To a user this means email is delayed up to two
> > minutes.
> >
> > This is a noticable change for any user used to working with outlook
> > in a corporate enviornment; and to many unacceptable, as it pretty
> > much destroys the previous percieved real-time interaction. My gmail
> > account works faster.
> >
> > Furthermore, the 60 second polling interval is set by the Exchange
> > Server and requires the addition of a registry key on the server to
> > change. In addition, MS recommends that 60 seconds is the minimum
> > value used.
> >
> > Something for all those in corporate environments to be aware of.
> > Since we have a network firwall anyways, I'll be withholding
> > installing SP2 on corporate machines, lest I have to deal with people
> > thinking their outlook is broken.
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