From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:01:01 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1587 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 06 January 2008 Number 1587 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ed Durrant 2 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Mike O'Connor 3 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ed Durrant 4 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ian Manners" 5 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ed Durrant 6 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ed Durrant 7 Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP : Ed Durrant 8 Nostalgia time - Coffee Mug : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:55:55 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in Thunderbird after pressing Send for the program to get from the "Connecting to (ISP mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" stage ? I often have to cancel the send and press send again, normally the second or third time the "Connecting to ISP" stage is then very short and the "delivering mail" stage start fairly quickly. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:46:44 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Ed Durrant wrote: > Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in > Thunderbird after pressing Send for the program to get from the > "Connecting to (ISP mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" > stage ? I often have to cancel the send and press send again, normally > the second or third time the "Connecting to ISP" stage is then very > short and the "delivering mail" stage start fairly quickly. > > Cheers/2 Hi Ed, Probably a better authentication server at Bigpong! :-) Regards, Mike -- Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- Personal replies to any of : mikeoc (at) internode (dot) on (dot) net mikeoc (at) austarnet (dot) com (dot) au majilok (at) gmail (dot) com [Please ZIP any attachments, other than GIF/JPG or plain-text] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:51:40 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Mike O'Connor wrote: > Ed Durrant wrote: >> Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in >> Thunderbird after pressing Send for the program to get from the >> "Connecting to (ISP mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" >> stage ? I often have to cancel the send and press send again, >> normally the second or third time the "Connecting to ISP" stage is >> then very short and the "delivering mail" stage start fairly quickly. >> >> Cheers/2 > Hi Ed, > > Probably a better authentication server at Bigpong! :-) > > Regards, > Mike > But doesn't appear to happen under Windoze or Linsux ! only eCS/OS2. Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:56:37 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Hi Ed, >Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in Thunderbird >after pressing Send for the program to get from the "Connecting to (ISP >mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" stage ? I often have to >cancel the send and press send again, normally the second or third time >the "Connecting to ISP" stage is then very short and the "delivering >mail" stage start fairly quickly. DNS problem ? Before sending the email, type at a command prompt "host your smtpserverdomain dot com" and see how long it takes to respond with an answer, should be reasonably fast. Also try adding in to your x:\mptn\etc\hosts file the IP and name of your smtp server and see if that makes any difference. I would remove it afterwards as Telstra use clustered smtp servers (from memory). Athentication problem ? What happens if you do a retrieve before send ? Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:05:09 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Ed, > > >> Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in Thunderbird >> after pressing Send for the program to get from the "Connecting to (ISP >> mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" stage ? I often have to >> cancel the send and press send again, normally the second or third time >> the "Connecting to ISP" stage is then very short and the "delivering >> mail" stage start fairly quickly. >> > > DNS problem ? > > Before sending the email, type at a command prompt > "host your smtpserverdomain dot com" > and see how long it takes to respond with an answer, > should be reasonably fast. > Immediate. > Also try adding in to your x:\mptn\etc\hosts file the IP > and name of your smtp server and see if that makes > any difference. I would remove it afterwards as Telstra > use clustered smtp servers (from memory). > > I can try this - as this is an ADSL2+ connection the router is also the DNS server and that is what the W$ and Lx clients get as their DNS - I have set the eCS system (static IP not DHCP) to be the same. > Athentication problem ? > What happens if you do a retrieve before send ? > > No difference. > Cheers > Ian Manners > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > > Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:07:19 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Ed Durrant wrote: > Ian Manners wrote: >> Hi Ed, >> >> >>> Does anyone know what to check when it takes a long time in >>> Thunderbird after pressing Send for the program to get from the >>> "Connecting to (ISP mail server name)" stage to the "delivery mail" >>> stage ? I often have to cancel the send and press send again, >>> normally the second or third time the "Connecting to ISP" stage is >>> then very short and the "delivering mail" stage start fairly quickly. >>> >> >> DNS problem ? >> >> Before sending the email, type at a command prompt >> "host your smtpserverdomain dot com" >> and see how long it takes to respond with an answer, >> should be reasonably fast. >> > Immediate. >> Also try adding in to your x:\mptn\etc\hosts file the IP >> and name of your smtp server and see if that makes >> any difference. I would remove it afterwards as Telstra >> use clustered smtp servers (from memory). >> >> > I can try this - as this is an ADSL2+ connection the router is also > the DNS server and that is what the W$ and Lx clients get as their DNS > - I have set the eCS system (static IP not DHCP) to be the same. >> Athentication problem ? >> What happens if you do a retrieve before send ? >> >> > No difference. >> Cheers >> Ian Manners >> http://www.os2site dot com/ >> >> >> Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. > >> >> > >> >> > > > > Test reply with mail.bigpond dot com in HOSTS file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:08:42 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Slow connection of eCS Thunderbird to ISP Ed Durrant wrote: >>> >> > >> >> > >> > Test reply with mail.bigpond dot com in HOSTS file. > > > That appeared to send sans-probleme !! I'll see how it goes. Thanks for the suggestion Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:47:58 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Nostalgia time - Coffee Mug Hi all! Got talking nostalgia with sons tonight, and recalled a fun old OS/2 2.x desktop app called Coffee Mug. All it did was sit in the corner of the desktop steaming hot when first started, then gradually cooled. It was a humorous way to build up a mental image of "the desktop metaphor" :-) If you opened a window or folder over the top of it though you knocked the mug and spilled the coffee. :-( A quick search of os2site and hobbes failed to find it. Anybody know where it might be found please? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------