I don't work for them but have been VERY happy having made the switch.
...Petar
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Waldron <dan@internetworx.com.au>
To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
Sent: Monday, 26 July 1999 10:10
Subject: Re: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> Yes the bugger of it is that everyone wants to use Outlook Express these
> days :) Myself included. I send whoppers around all the time too - why does
> it never happen to me, even when I dial in from home? Maybe there are
> different DLLs on 95/98 machines (I use NT at work and Win2K at home). I'll
> keep an eye on OS's too and post the results in here, maybe we can finally
> pinpoint the problem!
>
> Rgds
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
> To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 11:30 AM
> Subject: RE: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
>
>
> > We have our share of outlook express users. All I know is we don't get any
> > complaints about hung mail and I see plenty of whoppers go thru the pipe.
> > For a while we were under a spam attack from AOL so I got good at holding
> > the cue with one hand and the router with the other... It's not unusual
> for
> > some of our users to send/receive 5-10MB files and I have to believe SOME
> of
> > those whopper inbounds are being retrieved with outlook express.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> > > [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waldron
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 9:49 PM
> > > To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> > > Subject: Re: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > >
> > >
> > > Umm, do you mean Outlook or Outlook Express? We have no Outlook
> problems,
> > > just Outlook Express.
> > >
> > > Rgds
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > ==========================
> > > Dan Waldron
> > > Internetworx Pty Ltd
> > > dan@internetworx.com.au
> > > http://www.internetworx.com.au
> > > Ph: 1300-300-005
> > > Fax: 1300-302-270
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
> > > To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 11:11 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > >
> > >
> > > > I just wonder why we haven't seen it. I also support
> > > post.office at about
> > > a
> > > > half dozen other pops and businesses and have never run across
> > > the problem
> > > > myself so it's not persistent among ALL post.office installations...
> God
> > > > knows we have lots of outlook users... and a lot of our users are
> > > engineers
> > > > and architects who absolutely insist on clogging their pipes with
> large
> > > > drawing files sent as attachments in outlook.
> > > >
> > > > Not doubting what you say, just trying to help out. I don't
> > > have a dog in
> > > > this hunt... I support lots of other packages and they all have their,
> > > > ahem... "features".
> > > >
> > > > ; )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Good luck
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> > > > > [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Geoff
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 9:49 PM
> > > > > To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This problem is persistent with Post.Office and we contacted them
> with
> > > an
> > > > > Email petition. The President responded that he would have his
> > > > > tech support
> > > > > work on this problem till resolved. Well, that was three
> > > months ago and
> > > > > they still have not fixed the problem.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
> > > > > To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 6:26 PM
> > > > > Subject: RE: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > We use ASCEND MAX's here.. could it be your terminal servers?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> > > > > > > [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waldron
> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 9:26 PM
> > > > > > > To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The only thing between our Max terminal server and our mail
> > > > > server is a
> > > > > > > 100Mbps ethernet cable. We get the same problem at both of our
> > > > > > > POPs, however
> > > > > > > after saying that, we don't seem to suffer the problem with
> local
> > > > > network
> > > > > > > e-mails so I don't think the server is overloaded at all, and
> the
> > > > > terminal
> > > > > > > servers are way under utilised. It seems to happen far too often
> > > > > > > and there's
> > > > > > > no correlation between peak and off peak period either.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Outlook 5 seemed to help, but it's still a definite problem.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > > Dan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
> > > > > > > To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
> > > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:28 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: RE: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We run post.office at three locations and we have no problems
> > > > > > > with outlook
> > > > > > > > and large attachments.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My guess is you have a system latency somewhere that is
> causing
> > > > > > > a timeout?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > > From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> > > > > > > > > [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of
> > > Dan Waldron
> > > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 8:57 PM
> > > > > > > > > To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We've had enough of spending all day deleting emails,
> > > > > it's very fast
> > > > > > > > > starting to look like we dump post.office in search of
> > > > > > > greener pastures.
> > > > > > > > > Lately the support has been pathetic, I don't think
> > > two or three
> > > > > > > > > weeks for a
> > > > > > > > > reply to a support query is reasonable, fair enough perhaps
> if
> > > it
> > > > > > > > > were free
> > > > > > > > > support!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Maybe we need an electronic petition! :-)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Rregards
> > > > > > > > > Dan
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ==========================
> > > > > > > > > Dan Waldron
> > > > > > > > > Internetworx Pty Ltd
> > > > > > > > > dan@internetworx.com.au
> > > > > > > > > http://www.internetworx.com.au
> > > > > > > > > Ph: 1300-300-005
> > > > > > > > > Fax: 1300-302-270
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > > > From: Christian Schmit <cschmit@vo.lu>
> > > > > > > > > To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
> > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 2:41 AM
> > > > > > > > > Subject: [NTISP] PostOffice 3.5.3 & Outlook again!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > We still have a lot of problems with Outlook customers
> > > > > > > > > > when they get large mails on our PostOffice server.
> > > > > > > > > > (around 2-3 MB or more)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > These customers use Outlook 5 which comes with IE 5.
> > > > > > > > > > I thought software.com said Outlook ver. 5 would solve
> > > > > > > > > > the problems they have with Outlook clients. To me
> > > > > > > > > > it seems that the problems are not solved.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hopefully the next version of postoffice solves these
> > > > > > > > > > problems. Anyone knowing when version 4 of PostOffice
> > > > > > > > > > will be released? What features will it have?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Christian
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