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386745 2005-09-07 23:03:00 Hi there, I have a problem with my paradise email. I have been accessing it from the UK for over a year, but last week OE6 stopped being able to download it - it times out.

I can still see the email on webmail, but when I try to ping the POP server with utilities such as pathping it times out (gets as far as a telstraclear server in nz). I don't think it's a firewall issue on my end because I disabled it temporarily and it still didn't work.

Paradise helpdesk suggested I delete some of my larger emails, which I duly did (a couple were 2Mb, all the rest are 200kb or smaller)

Can you think of anything else I might try?

Cheers
Simon
simonrev (8847)
386746 2005-09-08 10:56:00 I can still see the email on webmail, but when I try to ping the POP server with utilities such as pathping it times out (gets as far as a telstraclear server in nz). I don't think it's a firewall issue on my end because I disabled it temporarily and it still didn't work.Some ISPs will stop the return of excessive pings, security measure I think. NOt sure if Paradise is one of these.

Have you double checked all your configurations (i.e. pop/smtp server settings)

Have you run an antivirus scan recently?

What about updates ... are you getting MS updates regularly?
Myth (110)
386747 2005-09-08 15:08:00 Now seems to be working - I forgot to try the basic fix of turning the thing completely off and back on again!

Cheers
Simon
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