On Monday 19 Aug 2002 4:46 pm, you wrote: > On Monday August 19 2002 09:47 am, Randy Kramer wrote: > > et wrote: > > > I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some > > > long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I > > > now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and telling me no host to be > > > found) while I download beta3 iso1. since it's dialup, it take a > > > cople of days to get an ISO, so unless I stop the download and let > > > the mail go, it might take all day b4 they get sent. > > > > I'm curious -- are you using a local email server (like postfix) or > > is kmail configured to send mail direct to your isp (via smtp). > > IIUC, a way to tell is to check your kmail configuration -- is it set > > to use smtp to your ISP? > > Seems to me that if KMail fails to send at the first attempt it tends to just jam everything up. I find that it is best to open the email in edit, then send again from there. It usually works.
Anne > > (Reason I ask is that I know postfix (and most other email servers) > > will hold mail for an "exponential delay" after a failed attempt to > > send. But, I guess the email would be gone from your outbox in any > > case -- it might just come back in 5 days and say "failed to deliver > > after 5 days" (approximately).) > > > > Randy Kramer > > I believe what Ed is referring to is that so much of his current > bandwidth is being used by the d/l, that the connection to his ISP's > mail server times out (eg, "no host..."), and Kmail just keeps the > post(s) stored in the Outbox folder. I run into this all the time with > my 56k dialup while I've got d/l's going. Two solutions, keep trying > until the send finally succeeds, or use a d/l manager like Downloader > for X (d4x) which allows you to 'throttle' down your d/l speed till > while you're tryin to send/get mail. One of the main reasons I like d4x > so much ;)
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