Patrick O'Neil wrote:
>
> Has anyone else experienced this inordinately long delay
> before the mailbox starts in Communicator 4.04?
Yeap, also on 5.1.
I have the option to leave the messages on the server set (in
order to also get them on another machine). More messages are
left on the server, longer the delays, both for starting and for
checking the mail. Usually above 1000 messages is unbearable
slow, so I get the 2 machines in sync, and offload the server.
Immediately after that, it's quite happy, and you can notice the
difference. (too bad that I have to do this even twice a week).
Also big mailboxes (again, ~1000 messages would be the threshold)
will slow it down and occasionaly will confuse it.
Another thing - it's *very* sensitive to DNS. (Did you notice the
process called dns-helper?)
A bad dns configuration, or a busy/slow DNS server will *block*
netscape until it either get a timeout (30s, I guess) or a late
reply.
If you choosed in the preferences to start both navigator and
mailer, it will take even more to the mailer to start. Better
click on the bottom button and start the mailer manually.
It's not linux specific, same things happen with the Solaris
version.
I'm using it extensively, so I prefer to lock the screen and
leave it running :)
dan
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