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Thread ID: 42299 2004-02-07 01:18:00 Trivial Tip for Paradise.net.nz users........ Terry Porritt (14) Press F1
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213413 2004-02-07 01:18:00 For some time my email client (Foxmail) has sometimes taken an age to log onto the Paradise mail server when checking for email.

So rather than using the address pop3.paradise.net.nz for the pop3 server, or if you like, mail.paradise.net.nz which is an alias, I used a name server lookup for this address.

This is 203.96.152.6. Using this instead now gives instant access to the mail server, much more satisfactory.

As a result of this, I get the impression that the Paradise domain name servers have difficulty resolving their own pop3 mail server address ?:|
Terry Porritt (14)
213414 2004-02-07 01:42:00 Would not recommend using an IP address for the mail server as these can change.
If you use pop3.paradise.net.nz it will always resolve to the active mail server.
Jim B (153)
213415 2004-02-07 02:38:00 I have also noticed it can take a while to do the lookup sometimes with paradise. But many e-mail apps cache the IP of the mail server already (eg eudora) so it won't have any effect for some people. bmason (508)
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