Web hosting problem, or MacMail issue?
Hey all,
I have been having "issues" with my e-mail account connected to my business website.
I have several different e-mail accounts through my MacMail client, and all are mostly trouble-free (I have 2 mac.com addresses and one from my ISP, in addition to the business website e-mail address), but I have had nothing but trouble with the business e-mail (which is not *good for business*). I am constantly receiving the following error messages:
[quote]This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered. The reason for the failure is: The connection to the server
smtp.partytoysr.us on port 25 timed out..<hr></blockquote>
and
[quote]Fetch Error:
Couldn?t connect to POP host named pop3.partytoysr.us.<hr></blockquote>
Frequently it takes over an hour for any e-mail message to leave my outbox, and incoming messages have been very slow at times too. Does having dial-up (since that is the only internet access available in our area at this time) have anything to do with my troubles? None of the problematic messages are anything but text, and messages with nearly a MB of photos send within a minute or two from all my other addresses.
Also, I have noticed that my site pages load slowly, incompletely, or not at all in recent days. Is this related to a server issue on the web host's end?
Thanks in advance,
Kirsten
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I have been having "issues" with my e-mail account connected to my business website.
I have several different e-mail accounts through my MacMail client, and all are mostly trouble-free (I have 2 mac.com addresses and one from my ISP, in addition to the business website e-mail address), but I have had nothing but trouble with the business e-mail (which is not *good for business*). I am constantly receiving the following error messages:
[quote]This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered. The reason for the failure is: The connection to the server
smtp.partytoysr.us on port 25 timed out..<hr></blockquote>
and
[quote]Fetch Error:
Couldn?t connect to POP host named pop3.partytoysr.us.<hr></blockquote>
Frequently it takes over an hour for any e-mail message to leave my outbox, and incoming messages have been very slow at times too. Does having dial-up (since that is the only internet access available in our area at this time) have anything to do with my troubles? None of the problematic messages are anything but text, and messages with nearly a MB of photos send within a minute or two from all my other addresses.
Also, I have noticed that my site pages load slowly, incompletely, or not at all in recent days. Is this related to a server issue on the web host's end?
Thanks in advance,
Kirsten
<img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
Comments
<strong>It's your webhost.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's what I thought, and that seems to be the general consensus of everyone I asked. Looks like webworkzcentral will be refunding my $36 (under their 30 day money-back policy) and I will be going elsewhere. Their customer service is awful, so I considered leaving, but now I have a valid reason to do so.
Thanks a ton for your response!
I would also be interested in a "non Mac" provider, but I found with webworkz (which was supposed to be Mac friendly) that there was often a breakdown of communication between myself and their customer "service" reps, and that often it was assumed that I use a PC, even when I would preface my messages with info regarding my mail client and/or platform (info which was also included in my customer file). I am willing to pay a bit more to not have to waste time with providers that automatically assume that I am on a PC, since "time is money," and I don't have either to waste.
Thanks!