bwclark
join:2004-07-05
Eureka, CA
| pop.att.yahoo.com Mail sloooooooow
My mail server is pop.att.yahoo.com
I have been experiencing very sluggish mail downloads for a couple of weeks or more. Often cannot get anything to connect.
Is anyone else seeing this, or is there a better server to use?
Thanks
Bob |
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usflyer
join:2007-06-02
Napa, CA | Yes, it has been slow the past couple of days during the day here in Napa...they must be rebalancing the system...of course they dont feel the need to notify anyone... |
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ME2
@pacbell.net
| reply to bwclark
Me too, that is in San Francisco. Extremely slow or I get "connection to the server failed or dropped" and "cannot find the server" messages. I seem to notice the slowness more often since their required "security enhancement" settings change in April. |
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Eeyore69
join:2005-02-26
Oceanside, CA | Email is totally out here in the San Diego area; "Your POP server has not responded in 60 seconds". It began a few hours ago.
Eeyore |
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Sandpipers
@pacbell.net | reply to bwclark
Same here also in San Francisco as of 8:30 pm. |
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MTU
Premium
join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| ATT Internet has had problems in Calif. for over 24 hrs. Some websites will not load, including Yahoo (AT&T's email service). I can get access via Charter.
A call to AT&T today resulted in recording saying that users in the '805' area 'may have internet problems' unit 'noon'. Well, 9 hours later, still no Yahoo access (or DSL Reports - Using Charter to get online).
No word as to why? Perhaps it's related to data-mining overload in SFO. |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV | reply to bwclark
Various email problems are being reported in the Southwest and Midwest forums as well so it isn't confined to the SFO area. |
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cbiggers
join:2000-08-10
San Luis Obispo, CA
clubs: 
| Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Down 7/31/2007 10:24 PM
Post Date/Time 7/31/2007 10:24 PM
System Component Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Status Down
Detail Some customers in the 805 area code may be unable to browse the internet at this time. Our Network Engineering Team is aware of this issue and working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Our estimated time of restoral is 12:30AM PT. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience
Start Date/Time 7/31/2007 10:23 PM
Estimated Repair Date/Time 8/01/2007 12:30 AM
»csc1.sbcis.sbc.com/systemstatus/···state=ca |
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mers2
Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
clubs: | Thanks for the status report. My email has been sporadic most of the evening.
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Team Discovery
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Eeyore69
join:2005-02-26
Oceanside, CA
| For what it is worth, I found this message in the SBC Email newsgroup:
Ken Abrams wrote:
> For the past 36 hours or so, connecting to and getting mail from the
> "new" mail server has been painfully slow.......like 30 sec. to
> connect, 30 sec. to validate and ~15 to 30 each to retrieve small
> mail messages.
>
> What gives?
Disabling SSL on both smtp.att.yahoo.com and pop.att.yahoo.com incoming
brings speeds back to normal, watch that your ports are also get
changed back to 25 for outgoing and 110 for incoming.
I'll try going back to SSL everyday until they are fixed.
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Patrick in IL.
I changed to the non-SSL ports and can now get email.
Eeyore |
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mers2
Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
clubs: | Thanks. Also interesting as ATT made it sound like mail would be inaccessible without going through SSL.
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Team Discovery
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Eeyore69
join:2005-02-26
Oceanside, CA
| I just switched to ATT from another ISP a couple of weeks ago and I thought the same about using SSL. I have never used SSL before for email (I use it with my newsserver though) even during a previous stint using PacBell. As you said, they only give the information for using SSL which gives the impression that SSL is the only way email will work. I am now wondering why they want us to use SSL? Not that I am the suspicious type but ATT doesn't have a good reputation for customer support and service.
Eeyore |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| You need SSL email for security when you are traveling and accessing your email account across a networked owned by some other provider. This conversion to SSL email access goes hand-in-hand with the new free wifi access and their iPhone sales which can use wifi connections. Frankly, AT&T should have had SSL email access when they first offered wifi, but better late than never.
If you only access your email from your home DSL connection, then you really don't need the SSL protection. |
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bwclark
join:2004-07-05
Eureka, CA | Thanks!
Getting rid of SSL does improve the email! 
Thanks to all who reported. |
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ELRefugee
join:2002-02-07
Boulder Creek, CA
 ·Comcast
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to d_l
Re: pop.att.yahoo.com Mail sloooooooow
said by d_l  :If you only access your email from your home DSL connection, then you really don't need the SSL protection. How sure are you about this? I'd like to turn off SSL but don't want to run into nasty problems (i.e. not being able to receive or send email, and not being aware of it for days or weeks). |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| I don't have any inside knowledge about when or if Yahoo plans to discontinue the old 25/110 servers. They work now, but might not in the future.
Some people have just switched back to the old servers when these email problems started and the email works on the old servers, but there are also reports here at DSLR that indicate that the old servers are also having their share of access problems so this isn't something restricted to the new servers. |
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Eeyore69
join:2005-02-26
Oceanside, CA
| As I indicated earlier I couldn't even get onto the SSL server at all. So switching to the old (non-SSL) servers have at least gotten me on. I will wait to hear if/when the SSL server is back on line and also try the SSL settings every once in a while to see if they are up again. It would really be nice if ATT could let us know (not by email!) when the problem has been fixed. Tech support can't help. I once played with them for four days of no connection to the internet only to find that the whole area had been out; but tech support didn't know about it. And I don't know of any "status page" that would let me know about problems. The only one I found says that email is working normally. So it is up to the individual to fight his own battles.
Eeyore |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| I suspect that these problems are caused by Yahoo and not AT&T. Of course, AT&T is responsible because they chose Yahoo as a partner to manage the email service and apparently renewed the partnership this past spring.  |
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Eeyore69
join:2005-02-26
Oceanside, CA | For anyone that cares my SSL email is up again. And it seems like it is working more quickly than it did before it went down. Perhaps ATT/Yahoo has fixed the problem.
Eeyore |
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Sandpipers
@pacbell.net | reply to bwclark
Not mine (in SF). SSL still timing out, but the old settings seem to be working well for now. |
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