Mail Continually Crashing
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From: Chris Ridd on 3 Aug 2010 12:58 On 2010-08-03 17:25:47 +0100, bill(a)hotmail.com said: > On 03/08/2010 16:57, Chris Ridd wrote: > >> What does Mail's connection doctor say about VM? >> > > Embarrisingly I just went to check and found that normal service has > been resumed so it must have been something at VM's end that was > causing the problem. On the plus side I've found out about Connection > Doctor so I will be able to check when it happens again. Mostly ATM it is VM being as flaky as a very flaky thing. > Thanks for your time and trouble. It shouldn't be crashing Mail though. -- Chris
From: eastender on 3 Aug 2010 15:15 In article <8br053FtsU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > VM being as flaky as a very flaky thing. I'm on VM cable and obviously have to use its smtp for outgoing mail. The fault I was getting over the weekend was on one of my addresses I use (Compuserve) in the From field - huge delays and failures in completion. But the other address I quote (BTconnect) was fine, so there has been some kind of selective fault. Overall though I've had fewer email and broadband problems/downtime with VM cable than with BT ADSL when I had it as an ISP. E.
From: Rob on 3 Aug 2010 15:33 On 03/08/2010 15:23, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-08-03 15:13:09 +0100, bill(a)hotmail.com said: > >> Mail had been working normally this morning. Having gone out for a >> while on checking for new messages Mail crashed and continued to crash >> every time it tried to check for new mail. I have tried on two other >> machines and both exhibit the same behaviour. I can access the >> accounts using webmail and Thunderbird also works normally. >> >> The crash report contains the following which may indicate something >> to the knowledgeable: >> >>> Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) >>> Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x064fe001 >> >> It would seem to me that VirginMedia have done something that is >> upsetting Mail. >> >> Any advice would be appreciated. >> >> Ta, >> >> Alec > > It doesn't crash Mail here, but VirginMedia's been having *lots* of IMAP > and SMTP login problems over the last week. Like it fails 50% of the time? > > Also have you updated your IMAP/SMTP connection settings for VM? I'm not > sure everyone had to, but you would have received several emails from VM > about it. Had a lot of bother with VM. Had the warning emails, but they pointed to incorrect settings (I'm blueyonder). At the moment it works, but every couple of days it'll fail to send/receive. The solution for me is to turn SSL on or off. The VM boards are quite sweet - they nominate a 'Top Kudeod' post - it's 'POP3 doesn't use SSL today!' at the moment. Rob
From: Chris Ridd on 3 Aug 2010 15:37 On 2010-08-03 20:15:17 +0100, eastender said: > In article <8br053FtsU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> VM being as flaky as a very flaky thing. > > I'm on VM cable and obviously have to use its smtp for outgoing mail. > The fault I was getting over the weekend was on one of my addresses I > use (Compuserve) in the From field - huge delays and failures in > completion. But the other address I quote (BTconnect) was fine, so there > has been some kind of selective fault. > > Overall though I've had fewer email and broadband problems/downtime with > VM cable than with BT ADSL when I had it as an ISP. OK, I'll accept BT may be worse. -- Chris
From: bill on 3 Aug 2010 15:56
On 03/08/2010 20:33, Rob wrote: > > Had a lot of bother with VM. Had the warning emails, but they pointed to > incorrect settings (I'm blueyonder). > > At the moment it works, but every couple of days it'll fail to > send/receive. The solution for me is to turn SSL on or off. > > The VM boards are quite sweet - they nominate a 'Top Kudeod' post - it's > 'POP3 doesn't use SSL today!' at the moment. Thanks for the information, sounds like a real lottery. I'm on Virgin Net at the moment (we can't get cable here) and it's only inertia stopping me from changing. I've had the odd problem in the past but nothing as bad as today. |