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0sun0ra0

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Registered: 2010-02-03

Posts: 9

Alpine

Afternoon everyone-
I use Alpine as my mailing agent on a eeepc 901. I use it to access my university webmail. Opening the Inbox for mail.xxx.edu works like a charm. However, sending mail takes awhile. I usually wait about 8 to 9 seconds for  Alpine to prompt for my password, indicating that the connection with smtp.xxx.edu is  made. After entering the password, the message is sent without a problem.
Is there any reason why connecting to smtp takes longer? Is this sort of thing normal? Or should I just get over it ?

fukawi2

Ex-Administratorino

From: .vic.au

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 6,224

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Re: Alpine

Hard to tell without dumping the traffic and seeing what it's doing 'behind the scenes'.... Perhaps it's having issues negotiating SSL/TLS if it's using that...?

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Alpine

I assume you have tried another client because the first thing I would blame is the smtp server itself.

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