TCW wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 18:57:36 -0500, Arnie Goetchius
> <arnie.goetchius@invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> TCW wrote:
>>> On 3/8/2017 3:47 PM, njoracle wrote:
>>>> TCW wrote:
>>>>> On 3/8/2017 1:12 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>>>>>> For the last several months, retrieving email has slowed down for me in
>>>>>> SM.
>>>>>> What
>>>>>> I mean is that when I click on “Get All New Messages”, it takes 15
>>>>>> seconds
>>>>>> before it starts to download any messages from the server. If there are
>>>>>> no new
>>>>>> messages, it still takes 15 seconds to report back that there are no new
>>>>>> messages. I use POP3 and download from the att.yahoo.com server, SM 2.46
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Win
>>>>>> 10 with the latest update. ISP is Verizon FiOS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone tell me if the 15 second lag is normal? As I recall, it use
>>>>>> to start
>>>>>> almost immediately or within 5 seconds. I have checked this on several
>>>>>> desktops
>>>>>> and my laptop and the delay is always 15 seconds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No way. It should be within 1-2 seconds at most.
>>>>
>>>> Are you getting 1-2 seconds?
>>>>
>>>> When I try to retrieve messages from a newsgroup, I get the same delay.
>>>> Sending
>>>> an email or sending a message is almost immediate.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, a couple questions:
>>>
>>> 1. Are you leaving mail on server?
>> Yes
>>> 2. How much mail are we talking about?
>> About 9000. I'm in the process of deleting everything on the server but the
>> last
>> two months worth. I have a spare computer where all emails are stored so I
>> don't
>> really need to leave on the server.
>>> 3. What Internet speed do you have?
>> 36 MPS down and 27 MPS up
>>> 4. Network drivers up to date?
>> Don't know. I will check
>>> 5. Have you rebooted your Internet modem or modem+router lately?
>> No, I will do that after I finish with today's work
>>
>>> 6. What are your POP3 server settings? Meaning, what server name+port, what
>>> connection security (STARTTLS or SSL/TLS), Authentication Method?
>> Inbound.att.net port 995
>> Connection SSL/TLS Authentication Normal Password
>>>
>>> I know a lot of Internet providers are starting to clamp down on insecure
>>> email
>>> checking.
>>>
>>> Another thing you could try is installing Adrian Kalla's build of SM 2.48
>>> from
>>> https://l10n.mozilla-community.org/~akalla/unofficial/seamonkey/nightly/
>>> from
>>> the Latest Comm Release 32 or 64-bit build folders. It is stable and built
>>> from
>>> Mozilla source. I myself am using 2.49 beta but I used the 2.48 that Adrian
>>> built and it was rock stable.
>> Thanks for all of the tips. I was running Adrian's 2.48 but went back to
>> Mozilla
>> 2.46. I may go back if the other stuff I'm doing doesn't work.
>>
>> Many, many thanks for the questions you ask, I really appreciate the time it
>> took you to put that all together.
>
> No worries. I thought that if you'd have a ton of email in an inbox it
> might just be taking a long time to hit an Inbox with thousands of
> messages. That *could* be it, especially if they're all on the server.
>
That was definitely the problem. I deleted all messages from 2016 and earlier
and have now reduced the response time from 15 seconds to 5 seconds. I can live
with that. Thanks again for the tip
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