On 07/02/02 15:23, "Russ Bravo" <russbravo_at_lineone.net> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Have successfully dialled up with my MP120 (2.0) using SimpleMail.
> But it then seems to spend forever looking for either my smtp server
> (when I want to send) or my pop3 server (when I want to receive).
>
> I have only got 2mb memory and it's mostly taken. Is that the reason?
> Or should the MP120 find the servers much quicker and I've got some
> other problem?
A lot of factors can come into play here. First, you need to understand and
accept that an MP120 is really slow ;-)
Then, you're not telling us, but a modem can also be pretty slow. If your
phone line is noisy, the modem may have to connect at a slower speed
resulting in an even slower connection.
Then, if you're using a URL (like smtp-server.cox.com) to access your mail
server, and if the DNS server is slow or overloaded, you might get a penalty
hit again on the performance. If you can discover the actual IP address of
the server, SimpleMail would connect directly to it, without the need to go
through the DNS server. I'm not sure however that this would be a
significant speedup, but you can try it. Keep in mind that should your ISP
change the mail server, using a direct IP address may result in SimpleMail
not being able to find the server anymore, while a DNS server will always
return the IP address mapped to the machine that is assigned for this
function.
-Laurent.
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