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Re: E-mail Failing in weird ways



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Mike McCarty wrote:
> Dave Patterson wrote:
>> * Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net> [2006-06-26
>> 09:05:42 -0500]:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Yeah, I shoulda mentioned that those had both been checked.
>>> I've sent her an e-mail asking for what (if any) error
>>> messages she gets, but I'm going to give her a phone call, as
>>> well.
>>> 
>> 
>> Is she on a dialup?  If so, have her check the output of
>> ifconfig (as root).  Check the value of MTU in the ppp
>> connection.  You may have to reduce to a value less than 600 in
>> /etc/ppp/options:
> 
> Oh, sorry, I failed to answer your question. She uses ADSL, and 
> regularly achieves 800Kbps downstream, and 300Kbps upstream. I
> don't believe that timeouts are the problem, as Thunderbird
> appears to be trying to report internal errors, and program
> faults are being reported. It's unclear exactly what errors are
> occurring, since the splashboxes disappear so quickly.

I think it's time for you to pay her a visit.  Barring that, ssh in
and see what you can see.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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