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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / March 2006Sending okay, receiving times out
My friend in South Africa is on the end of a piece of dry string, and has problems using Eudora in OSX. OS9 no problems, modem connects, sends mail, receives mail. OSX same pop servers etc, sends mail fine, never seems to negotiate with the server for receiving mail. He's also had problems in OSX with https web browsing. http is fine, OS9 https is fine, OSX https pages stall, and thereafter the connection seems to die, although the modem is still online. Any ideas?  SignaturePd > OSX same pop servers etc, sends mail fine, never seems to negotiate with > the server for receiving mail. He's also had problems in OSX with https [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Any ideas? Only this; I have a Swiss dial-up ISP that I used to connect to with a 667 TiBook running OS9 (at the time OS10 was version 10.0, so totally unusable). I was also using a Courier V Everything modem, as the 667 TiBook modem is such absolute crap. It all worked fine, nice fast connects. The OS10.2 came along and I switched. However, using the same ISP, same Courier modem, same connect script, I have never been able to get the TiBook to negotiate a successful connection with OS10.2. I've looked at the logs and OS10 does things *differently*. So I changed dialup ISPs and it works great with OS10. (And OS9 but that's not the point.) See if your friend can try another ISP. SignaturePeter > The OS10.2 came along and I switched. However, using the same ISP, same > Courier modem, same connect script, I have never been able to get the > TiBook to negotiate a successful connection with OS10.2. I've looked at > the logs and OS10 does things *differently*. Hmmm. He was on OSX 10.2, but has just upgraded to Tiger. > So I changed dialup ISPs and it works great with OS10. (And OS9 but > that's not the point.) But you're on 10.3.9 now - did the 10.2 upgrade and change of ISP overlap? SignaturePd > But you're on 10.3.9 now - did the 10.2 upgrade and change of ISP > overlap? No; my TiBook is still on 10.2.8, and that's the one I use in Geneva. I'm not saying that your friend is having precisely the same problems as I have had, just that even using a standards-defined protocol, and a well known one at that, there was a definite difference between OS9 (worked) and OS10 (didn't work) and that the fault seems to have been with the ISP. And still is; I last tried again 9 months ago, which is when I was last there, and it still didn't work with the original ISP. I shall try again when we go soon, because I'm curious about it, but the alternative ISP is excellent so I'm not forcing it... SignaturePeter > OS9 no problems, modem connects, sends mail, receives mail. > > OSX same pop servers etc, sends mail fine, never seems to negotiate with > the server for receiving mail. Is he using the same Eudora settings file (i.e., same Eudora Mail folder) for both OS 9 and X? He can if he's not, which would be an interesting experiment. I used to be able to switch between the two - might be able to eliminate some variables. Rifty SignatureAcademic and Computing Help http://rifty.net |
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