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By: Chris Ralph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On: Saturday, February 24, 2001, 10:01:24 AM
Re: [Miami] Re: Online with Cable Modem, email fixed.... :-)
Hi Chris,
>>> But I can't get YAM to work with their mail setup.
>>>
>>> The POP3 server and the SMTP server address is supposed to be just
>>> "mail", and this is what is shown on the PC ('98), and it sends and
>>> receives OK, but YAM rejects both and says TCP/IP may be not working
>>> or the address is invalid. I can d/l mail from my dialup account via
>>> the cable modem connection with YAM - about 20k speed, but nothing
>>> else works.
CR> I got it to work with 'mail.optushome.com.au',
CR> which is what their tech specifically warned me not to use!
It seems, all too often, that so-called ISP "tech support" staff are the
last people you should listen to. ;-) At least on large corporations
(Bigpond, Telstra, Optus, etc.). On smaller ISPs, with less staff, you
might actually get to talk to a real tech. If you get really stuck, some
of them will even monitor you log-on, and tell you what's failing.
CR> I also bought a longer UTP cable - a crossed one, which is what the tech
CR> told me the supplied one was. Of course it didn't work, and when we
CR> compared the 2 in a cable tester at the shop, it turned out that the
CR> original Optus cable was NOT crossed.
Normally, you only use a cross-over cable to connect two computers
directly together, or chaining hubs when they don't have specifically set
up connectors for chaining them (i.e. for non-standard type of
connections).
Computer to hub, or computer to terminal adaptor, or hub to terminal
adaptor, etc., usually use a straight through connector (the intended way
to use LAN cabling).
CR> Hard to get used to turning away from the machine and not worrying about
CR> still being online and the meter's running....
I wish I could do that. But the cost is beyond me, and the service isn't
available here, either.
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