Is it me or does it take a long time to get emails with WinMail?

The particular email client program you use has no bearing on how long it takes to receive emails.
Gary VanderMolen
"Kristina" > Is it me or does it take a long time to get emails with WinMail?

Open and close the Windows Calendar from the option within Windows Mail and see if it makes a difference. - click Tools/Windows Calendar to open then close it. ...winston
"Kristina"

its not just you.when i send out an email it immediately appears in my sent mail. However, it takes forever for me to receive emails. I went into the control panel and changed my time settings (they were set to pacific time) thinking that would sovle the issue. However it has not changed. I think i am going back to outlook.
-kenya
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It is absurd to think that one's email client or time zone has any bearing on how quickly mail is delivered. You might as well believe in witchcraft.
Gary VanderMolen
"kenya"

Wrong on so many counts! Just one need be said though - if the program is buggy it wont run as fast nor receive email as fast, possibly, as others.
"Gary VanderMolen"

I'd suggest you read more.
"Gary VanderMolen"

Ok, I'll accept that sometimes a client *runs* slower, so the mail will appear to download slower, but sometimes that's caused be AntiVirus programs scanning inbound messages in addition to scanning the message files as they are downloaded. Disabling email scanning helps. Multi-tasking can use up resources and cause mail to download or *receive* slower, too.
On the other hand, nothing about your computer can effect how long it takes a message to get through your ISP, to the recipient's ISP, and into their mail account. Those delays are caused by the SMTP server AV scans, then how many "hops" until it arrives, then the POP server AV scans, *then* you are allowed to download it. Now your software can have an effect.
As far as your clock's time zone settings, that shouldn't have anything to do with it, because I see posts from the future all the time. <g>
KB
"Diamontina Cocktail"

"KristleBawl"

Wrong. I dont mean to sound offensive when putting it that way, BTW but that is the case anyway. There are any number of things that can go on that make you receiving email go slow, not the least of which is that your ISP's mail server is suffering a DOS attack. Putting that aside, they simply may be suffering a technical problem. Your phone line (or wi-fi) may be suffering interference. Line taps by Govt authorities can not only make things slow down they can actually accidentally cut your line off, especially when the tap is removed.

That also depends where you are getting your mail from. I have been at ISPs who wouldnt send through mail that was in the future or too far in the past and some that just had problems sending it. You are asking, right about now, how your ISP would know and then thinking "Well it COULD know but why SHOULD it know?" etc. Good questions. The answer depends upon your ISP's way of looking at email. Technically, every single email ever sent (including attachments) is just a series of text that make up the email you receive. However, some ISPs are just odd. Also, you may have a domain of your own. GoDaddy, for example, will pre-filter email coming to your domain before your domain receives it and kill it depending on their own desires and not even tell you so whatever happens at your ISP is nothing compared to that.

What are your credentials? I have worked as a tech support person in the personal computer field since 1989, including several years with a large ISP.
Gary VanderMolen
"Diamontina Cocktail"

Just goes to prove the old saying - you should find a job you are good at! Saying you work at it - big deal. I know many who make the same claim and few who live up to it. Just work it all out, below for yourself and you will see what you said is wrong. THEN, you will know.
"Gary VanderMolen"

That's OK, you're entitled to your beliefs. I'll just go by my track record.
Haven't seen you supply many answers here.
Gary VanderMolen
"Diamontina Cocktail"

This is a help group letter, not a pissing contest! So please lets not start insulting each other and wasting time and space on it. If you don't agree with something someone writes then ignore it or comment respectfully please. Gary has been very helpful to many of us in this group and I for one am grateful for his advice. I have found him to be pretty accurate so far. I for one am grateful to him for all his contributions to this group. He doesn't have to share his knowledge with us, you could always pay the "Geeksquad" for info. Thanks Gary for all your help. Diamontina, I mean no disrespect to you, it's just that I just left one newsgroup because most of the postings were insults being posted back and forth and not much info and I would hate to see this one become like that. I have learned a lot just from reading this groups postings. Thanks to everyone for sharing :) "Diamontina Cocktail"

Your track record proves you wrong, though, so I wouldn't be doing that were I you.
Eg, just because you are the Treasurer of a country (or equivalent word used in whatever country you choose), it doesn't mean you really ARE good at the job. You ought to find a job you are good at and stick with that!
"Gary VanderMolen"

"Bonnie"

I *WAS* being helpful. I pointed out where he was wrong, whereupon he started a contest of "mine is bigger than yours". Eg, he didnt like being shown he was wrong. Sure he may have been right on everything else he said but if he cant take having an error he made being pointed out, he is in the wrong profession. Perhaps you should read the emails and stop making prejudiced judgements.

You seem to have a problem with corrections to errors being pointed out. He made an error. If you dont like that, dont read the replies. It is as simple as that. Newsgroups are anarchies and there is nothing you can really do about that except ignore that which you dont like. Stop being so controlling and enjoy the atmosphere. If he is wrong, he should be able to take it. If he cant, he needs to grow up.

"Diamontina Cocktail"

Yawn... snip.
Yes, dear.

Mr. VanderMolen's track record of HELPING people in this newsgroup is terrific, and has been for months.
And you show up just a few days ago with your bitchy self-righteous unhelpful snotty off-topic sneers!
I have already kill filed you in the vista.general group, and will also do so in this group now.
Perhaps a more appropriate alias for you would be DEMENTIA cocktail of which you have been obviously over indulged.
Bye.
I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS!
"Diamontina Cocktail"

"Diamontina Cocktail"

understand that.

back to what it is here for. ~Bonnie~

"Cal Bear '66"

That comment alone proves that you:
1) Know nothing of which you speak. Like many I have been around here for ages and changed machines thus ended up forgetting old names and using new ones.
2) Dont bother to read what is said. He made a mistake. Instead of leaving it at that, he pulls out a "mine is bigger than yours". Everyone makes mistakes - apparently excepting him. Dont emulate that bad part of him.

Fools killfile. It is just a computer based way of putting your hands over your ears and yelling so you cant hear the truth.

"Bonnie"

Actually, no you didnt. You didnt bother to read the thread or you would have seen - he made a mistake and didnt want to admit it and decided to do a "mine is bigger than yours" instead. HE started a pissing contest that wasnt worth it. He could just have admitted it or simply not replied. The info I gave was good and valid. He just didnt like that proof.

When the person can realise that his name is not God, then he wont enter into this sort of crap. He made a mistake and I simply pointed out that what he said wasn't right in this case and he couldn't take it but you jump in and defend him saying he has been of help in the group. What the hell does that have to do with anything? I have even corrected the people in Microsoft newsgroups to whom Microsoft give out their Microsoft initials to use. I don't do that because they are right. I do that when they are wrong. EVERYONE makes mistakes so stop compounding his with yours. Let the newsgroup go on without that sort of rubbish. If a person is wrong in their advice, it doesn't hurt to hear why. That is something you need to accept.

"Diamontina Cocktail"

You're the one keeping the rubbish going! So let's just agree to disagree on this subject and let this newsgroup get on with more important things like what it is here for. ~Bonnie~

Well, I don't know what the answer to this question is, but my e-mail worked just fine until the day before yesterday, and now, it takes about 30 seconds to download one simple email and about 2 minutes to download more than one! These are emails with no pictures, no attachments, no nothing! So if someone has an answer to THAT, without insulting anyone who tries to help me, then I would appreciate it! The true test of your character is what it takes to stop you.
"Kristina" wrote:

Which antivirus are you running? Windows Mail is not compatible with most McAfee and Norton security programs. Those will need to be uninstalled, not just disabled.
After uninstalling your non-compatible antivirus, download and install a more compatible antivirus like the free Avast: avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Even compatible antivirus programs will need to have their email scanning option turned off. For more on this topic see oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
"wrotewavincharlie"

Thank you, Gary. I do have one of those antiviruses, but the weird thing is, I've had this computer since March, and my e-mail just now started doing this! If it persists, I'll uninstall my antivirus. Thank you for taking the time. The true test of your character is what it takes to stop you.
"Kristina" wrote:

Do you have a firewall running? I installed zone alarm and my email downloads got very slow as well. Unistalled it and they want back to being quick again.
"wrotewavincharlie" wrote in message

The antivirus incompatibility problem has a very unpredictable incubation period. It can take minutes, or quite a few months to show up. Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
"wrotewavincharlie"