Hello choppystride, Friday, June 20, 2003, 3:45:37 PM, in a galaxy far, far away, choppystride wrote:
c> Hello, c> My email provider provides an unlimted number of email boxes. I c> currently need to setup 24 for myself. Ouch! I thought my 16 on 12 different servers was extreme! c> I am having trouble retrieving mail from all my accounts at once c> (i.e. by using the "Tools -> Check Mail for All" command). The c> problem seems to be caused by the fact that my email provider only c> allows 4 simultaneous connection to their email server from the c> same IP. Same here...... :-( c> Interestingly, I've tried this with the Pegasus email client (v4.11) c> and had no problems. Not sure why this is the case. Perhaps it c> connects to and then disconnects from the server each time an account c> is checked? I believe Pegasus checks accounts sequentially, while TB! checks all concurrently! c> Any suggestions to overcome this problem will be greatly appreciated. Use scripts (or different time periods) to check only 3 accounts at a time! This should be a request for the wish list for an option to check sequentially OR concurrently. -- Warmest tropical wishes, Spike T-shirts are th' novels of the nineties. - Zippy the Pinhead -------------------------------------------------- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail \ / If it aint a webpage it shouldn't be HTML. X Say NO! to bloatmail - ban HTML mail! / \ Ask Spikey, he hates everything (HTML). -------------------------------------------------- Composed & sent using TheBat! v1.62r hamstrung by Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
