From: Mike Rosenberg on
John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> For some reason all is working fine know. I dont understand it. Well
> Hostgator said it was a Safari bug.
> Mike it was a systems administrator not a Computer Consultant! He knows
> more than you do about networks

And how exactly do you know what I know and what he knows? You really
seem to like making claims based on absolutely nothing. In fact, it's
definitely NOT a Safari bug.

It was DNS error.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on
John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> > No problems here with Safari 5. That thread John referred to in his OP
> > makes it sound like he's actually having DNS problems. Someone asked him
> > to ping the server and/or run traceroute, but of course he didn't
> > respond to that post.
>
> Ping works fine Mike!!!

Of course it works fine _NOW_. You also just said you can log in via
Safari _NOW_.

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From: Jolly Roger on
In article <1jk5cv6.163od7w1n9yjsuN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For some reason all is working fine know. I dont understand it. Well
> > Hostgator said it was a Safari bug.
> > Mike it was a systems administrator not a Computer Consultant! He knows
> > more than you do about networks
>
> And how exactly do you know what I know and what he knows? You really
> seem to like making claims based on absolutely nothing. In fact, it's
> definitely NOT a Safari bug.
>
> It was DNS error.

I have to agree that's the most likely explanation at this point.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on
John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> > Several years ago there was a problem connecting with Comcast's POP
> > server from whatever version of Mail was then the latest. One day
> > several of my clients could no longer receive their email via Mail, and
> > Comcast told them, and me, that it was Apple's fault. Never mind that it
> > had been working fine until that day and started for all these people
> > simultaneously, without Apple having released any updates at that time.
> >
> > I tried explaining this to a couple of their support drones, but they
> > stuck to the script and blamed Apple. My clients were pissed at having
> > to switch mail clients or use webmail, but that's all I could have them
> > do. Then one day Mail suddenly started working fine, again without Apple
> > having released any updates that coincided with this.
>
> Yeah I dont like webmail neither.

THAT is the take-home lesson you got from my post???

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From: Jolly Roger on
In article <1jk67mg.z9j1ya162qrgwN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Several years ago there was a problem connecting with Comcast's POP
> > > server from whatever version of Mail was then the latest. One day
> > > several of my clients could no longer receive their email via Mail, and
> > > Comcast told them, and me, that it was Apple's fault. Never mind that it
> > > had been working fine until that day and started for all these people
> > > simultaneously, without Apple having released any updates at that time.
> > >
> > > I tried explaining this to a couple of their support drones, but they
> > > stuck to the script and blamed Apple. My clients were pissed at having
> > > to switch mail clients or use webmail, but that's all I could have them
> > > do. Then one day Mail suddenly started working fine, again without Apple
> > > having released any updates that coincided with this.
> >
> > Yeah I dont like webmail neither.
>
> THAT is the take-home lesson you got from my post???

I was waiting for your reaction to that. : D

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