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| Thread ID: 45285 | 2004-05-17 06:38:00 | Paradise dial-up not allowing messages to be sent. | write-click (2248) | Press F1 |
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| 237116 | 2004-05-17 11:53:00 | The situation was the same, whether the firewall (Kerio) was enabled, disabled or completely uninstalled. Similarly with AVG (just in case). The fact that I could send anything I wanted via Quik with everything installed and enabled suggested to me that the problem was with Paradise/Clear rather than my machine. However, my concern is that other ISPs may use the same configuration as Paradise/Clear with similar results. Quik continues to be just dandy apart from costing an arm, a leg and a pint of blood for the once or twice a month when I need to send graphics. I take your point that trial connections are not normal but I think I shall ask a few, just in case I get lucky. Most of my friends use either Clear or Paradise but never send images so my enquiries have not been too productive. Otherwise I shall look up one of the old ISP threads for some ideas. Thanks for the input. |
Blue Druid (4480) | ||
| 237117 | 2004-05-17 12:01:00 | Maybe ask one of your friends to borrow their username, password and SMTP server for 20 minutes and test it out. Quite a common problem with firewall programs is that they block the packets used between client and server to engage sending of larger packets of data, thus sending take longer due to slow ineffecient transfers of larger numbers of smaller packets. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 237118 | 2004-05-17 12:29:00 | If you want to change your e-mail address and not pay for it goto cjb.net and sign up for a free pop account you could probably get anything@yourname.cjb.net. It is totally free and you can setup your outlook to download your messages or use as webmail. Alas this will not really help you with your main problem but if you try a few ISP's you can keep the same e-mail address. Rob :) |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 237119 | 2004-05-17 16:36:00 | > I live in > the country and have a dial-up access with a 56K > modem. It might be worthwhile trying a more robust modem - the older ISA units tend to be more reliable in bad connection areas. The other option is as suggested... via FTP. Get a free web hosting account with someone like Orcon, download and install an FTP programme, such as the free WS_FTP LE, and FTP the image to the website. Then you just give the url to your recipient and they download it from the site. If the image is commercially sensitive you can even password protect the site. If you want to go that route post back for more specifics if required. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 237120 | 2004-05-17 21:48:00 | For those thinking about changing ISPs I would be very happy to recommend Snap Net . Previously I used to be very guarded about disclosing who I was using for fear that a flood of new subscribers would cause my connection to deteriorate . That will not affect me now though, as I am now on ADSL . :p Snap Net have been the fastest and most reliable dial-up ISP out of all those I have been with (four-five so far) and only once or twice did I have problems connecting, but that was an national ISP problem out of Snap's control . Their prices are also excellent . I have also heard good things about Orcon, whom I chose to use for my JetSurf plan, but I have not used their dial-up services . To overcome the problem with email addresses changing I would suggest that you sign up with Orcon for a free lifetime email account with them and use that . It will then never matter which ISP you are using for your internet connection . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 237121 | 2004-05-17 23:37:00 | As you are in the country it is likely to be a combination of things such as phone line, modem, mail client, ISP and other things and most often it is people using Outlook Express who have this problem. There does not seem to any one thing that fixes the problem of unable to send attachments but disabling V92 and V90 in your modem seems to have been a help for many people. For most common modems this is done by adding the string +MS=V34 For Win 95 98 ME Double-click on My Computer, then double-click on Dial-Up Networking. Right-click on the ISP connection icon and choose Properties. Click the Configure button. Change maximum speed to 38400 Click the Connection tab. Click the Advanced button. In "Extra settings," enter the string. +MS=V34 Click OK to save changes. Shut down the computer to activate the changes For Win XP Start/ control panels/ phone and modem options Click on Modem tab and then Properties Click on Modem tab and change Max port speed to 38400 Click on Advanced In the Extra initialization commands box enter +MS=V34 Click OK and OK again Also check this MS info here (support.microsoft.com) |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 237122 | 2004-05-18 01:05:00 | not sure if this is relevant but recently i had an issue with a pc which wouldn't send emails with attachements thru clear.net........it'd send 'ordinary' emails and when I tried it with my xtra account it worked fine as one could wish.........all the settings were perfect ........seems in the end after a lot of conflab with clear that the user's modem wasn't compatible or somesuch thing.......anyway they tell me that clear got them to change some stuff, (unfortunately they couldn't tell me what) , and its ok now........so......possibility.......try a different modem ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 237123 | 2004-05-18 06:05:00 | Dear Write-Click, if you would like to toddle along to the topic 'Slow Internet on my PC - help please', you will learn that your problem has nothing to do with shutting down firewalls, replacing modems, Outlook, etc . The problem lies entirely with Paradise . They have a major problem to which they will not unequivocally admit; ring the 'help' desk and you will be given all sorts of excuse . My advice to you is to cut your losses and ditch Paradise (Hell) as I and hoards of others have done in the past couple of weeks . A new ISP is like heaven after being in Hell . |
Orto Cadd (2049) | ||
| 237124 | 2004-05-18 06:16:00 | > My advice to you is to cut your losses and ditch > Paradise (Hell) as I and hoards of others have done > in the past couple of weeks. A new ISP is like heaven > after being in Hell. I don't know about hordes of others leaving Paradise. I use it, a number of people I know use it, hell my parents and Grandparents use it and still manage to annoy the hell out of me with FW: FW: FW: FW: FW Stupid 6MB Mpeg file I regularly send and receive large messages using Paradise with no problem, over a variety of different connections on Citylink, JetStart, Dial-Up and GPRS Cellphone and PDA. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
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