Earthlink EMail Problems in Earthlink DSL http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23112894 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:25:04 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:25:04 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23400596 new4dsl : During the last 3 weeks I have also been having problems with sending mail on Earthlink (a legacy mindspring account) from Eudora. My ISP is comcast.
Messages with attachments or exceeding a paragraph or two fail on sending on the first try. After the failure alarm sounds, I can invariably send it successfully by highlighting the queued message and selecting "send immediately".
An annoyance rather than a fatal problem. Incoming mail continues to be received with rare interruptions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23400596 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:33:36 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23257851 DrStrange : Everything was working fine here today as well.

A problem sending mail sounds like a different issue. Maybe smtpauth isn't configured correctly or port blocking?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23257851 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:39:31 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23257823 Doctor Olds : I've had no problems today. My POP checker Mailwasher will stick with a error if the server takes longer than 30 seconds to respond. Sending and receiving have both been functional today for me.
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Now a weird thing happened just now - tonight, thurs-fri midnight - my pop3 server appears to have fallen off the radar...
Can't ping by DNS or by IP address - all my other stuff is working ok.

pop.interserv.com - 199.174.114.71
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WELL - 12:15am everything is back working, same name, same IP, so don't know what happened or if it was related to some other maint window.... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23246749 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:08:31 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23231679 dlathem : The first time I had the issue email was totally locked out solid for days so I guess perhaps the IP might have been the issue then, but obviously not this time.

I am happy it is fixed and that we still have your stethoscope carefully listening to the fading heartbeat of ELM.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23231679 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:40:58 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23230034 Doctor Olds :
said by dlathem See Profile :

Doc...I have seen this problem about once or twice a year for the past several years, but it usually only happens for a day or two. I always thought it might have something to do with the fact that I am provisioned by COVAD and perhaps the IP addresses they use get dropped off the POP server allowed list once or twice a year. At least that is what I was told several years ago when this happened.
I'm similar to you as I too am provisioned by Covad (Covad+IP).

I don't think it is a what IP that we have issue as that would get a "not authorized" error instead. This is a connect, but no further response from the server before the POP client times out using many different types of clients and never seeing any other response. Some kind of server issue is my guess, but not access list level since you would not be able to connect moments later. If it were an access list by Domain or IP issue, you would never connect AM or PM until the list was restored. I didn't see that happening. Plus it affected all connections as even a poster on another ISP was getting the same time outs as us when trying to check their POP mail. It didn't matter where the POP request came from, so it was the server itself (likely overloaded or not given enough resources or under a spam run or DDoS).
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Who knows....I am, however, prepared to jump to a new DSL service should things go in the toilet again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23229775 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:16:38 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23226685 Doctor Olds :
said by dlathem See Profile :

I have my fingers crossed...but no time out errors today. I was not at a PC all day on Monday so I do not know if it was fixed Monday or not. So far, so good!
Same here. I hope they corrected whatever the issue was and that we never see it again.
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today is thursday, 10/22/09 - 2:30pm
and POP3 email is ok -

pop.interserv.com - 199.174.114.71]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23225866 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:44:50 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23213208 dlathem : I have my fingers crossed...but no time out errors today. I was not at a PC all day on Monday so I do not know if it was fixed Monday or not. So far, so good!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23213208 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:18:35 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23199176 DrStrange : It's working here today, as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23199176 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:51:30 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23198900 new4dsl : My mindspring.com e-mail account (connected via comcast.net) remains satisfactory today. I relayed that info to earthlink support in the hope they keep it that way.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23198900 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:24:28 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23196317 Doctor Olds : The Mindspring servers are still slow to respond at times and it takes almost a full 5 Seconds while the Earthlink servers respond in tenths of a second. Earlier today there were timeouts on the Mindspring servers.

I'm a Mindspring DSL Customer.
quote:
10-16-2009 17:37:24.572 TCP Connection Connection: pop.mindspring.com: pop3 from default2: 1031, 42 bytes sent, 202 bytes received, 4.930 elapsed time

10-16-2009 17:37:23.192 TCP Connection Connection: mail.earthlink.net: pop3 from default2: 4917, 40 bytes sent, 197 bytes received, 0.096 elapsed time

10-16-2009 17:37:22.904 TCP Connection Connection: pop.mindspring.com : pop3 from default2: 4916, 42 bytes sent, 206 bytes received, 4.628 elapsed time

10-16-2009 17:37:18.139 TCP Connection Connection: pop.mindspring.com: pop3 from default2: 4914, 45 bytes sent, 207 bytes received, 4.106 elapsed time

10-16-2009 17:37:13.910 TCP Connection Connection: mail.earthlink.net: pop3 from default2: 4913, 45 bytes sent, 205 bytes received, 0.110 elapsed time

10-16-2009 17:37:13.237 TCP Connection Connection: mail.earthlink.net: pop3 from default2: 4911, 40 bytes sent, 200 bytes received, 0.096 elapsed time

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I shall keep my fingers crossed!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23195763 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:39:47 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191636 new4dsl : OK. Thanks. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191636 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:52:12 EDT Re: Earthlink Email/POP3 Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191564 Doctor Olds :
said by new4dsl See Profile :

Are you saying that this is a problem unique to mindspring users of earthlink which can be cured by changing the e-mail server in Eudora settings? Please clarify. Thanks.
No. Where are you getting that? I've previously posted there was no fix/no workaround. There is a problem with the Mindspring Email POP servers (and POP servers in the Mindspring Legacy Group like Interserv, Netcom, Etc.) and there is nothing wrong on the customer's end causing this.
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I first had dialup Internet service back in 1994
with a company called "Spry - Internet In A Box",
and the domain was called "interserv.com".
It was one of the software packages that had the dialer,
the TCP/IP stack, the Eudora email program, etc....

I think then in 1998 the company was bought by Mindspring,
and I've been here ever since - going from their dialup plan - to just using the Premium Email service (paid mailbox) since I went with the local telco ISDN, then to DSL...

So for me - now it's just the POP3 server - which until recently has been working just fine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191439 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:13:33 EDT Re: Earthlink Email/POP3 Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191322 Doctor Olds :
said by ps56k See Profile :

I have been having the same problems with my POP3 server - pop.interserv.com - 199.174.114.71 -
Part of the Mindspring Legacy Farms it looks like.

Host info pop.interserv.com 2/3000/50/0; 10/15/09 19:26:49

Official name: pop.interserv.mindspring.com
IP address: 199.174.114.71
Aliases: pop.interserv.com

host is reachable at 199.174.114.71 with 13 millisecond round trip time

No match found for pop.interserv.mindspring.com.

EarthLink Server Settings (DNS, Mail, News, FTP, Personal Web Space, and Sign-On Address)..Pt. 2

quote:
interserv.com
    • POP Server: pop.interserv.com
    • SMTP Server: smtpauth.earthlink.net

        • SMTP Authentication Username:Your Email Address

        • SMTP Authentication Password:Your Email Password

        • For instructions on how to configure SMTP Authentication, click here.

    • NNTP News Server: news.west.earthlink.net or news.east.earthlink.net

        • News Server Username:Your Email Address

        • News Server Password:Your Email Password

        • For instructions on how to configure your Newsgroup account, click here.

FTP Server: home.interserv.com
• Personal Web Page Format: »home.interserv.com/~mailboxname
• IRC Server: irc.mindspring.com
• Dynamic. If your software requires DNS server settings, use: 207.69.188.185, 207.69.188.186, and 207.69.188.187
• Sign-On Format: mailboxname@interserv.com

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What’s the point of owning a supercar if you can’t scare yourself stupid from time to time?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23191322 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:43:23 EDT Re: Earthlink Email/POP3 Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23189221 ps56k : I have been having the same problems with my POP3 server - pop.interserv.com - 199.174.114.71 -

Easy way to test is with a DOS command window,
and just enter the telnet 110 command.....
BTW - ignore any email program changes requested from support,
just use the "telnet 110" test as it will eliminate "email program" issues, which of course aren't part of the problem.

telnet (your server name) 110
ie -> telnet pop.interserv.com 110

My Ping times are about 63ms - and I can run a monitor all day long with no changes.... so the server is up & running fine,
it's the "application" that is having a problem.

I have contacted (via chat) support every couple of days, and yeah... they can see the same problem, and nothing...

It seems to appear around noon CST, and stays untill late in the day CST. Sure looks like a server or bandwidth loading problem that builds as the west coast wakes up.

I can use Webmail to see my email, but it's a pain...
Of course, all my other POP3 service accounts work just fine...

Would suggest for those posting to this thread,
to include a couple of items for comparison:

1. POP3 server name
2. Server IP address (from a Ping)
3. Ping times
4. time of day experiencing the problem.

pop.interserv.com - 199.174.114.71
ping - 63ms
problem - noon till late afternoon]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23189221 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:40:52 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23188986 new4dsl : I am experiencing the same dropped connections that others report with Eudora on Eathlink using a legacy Mindspring E-mail only account. My current ISP is Comcast and it works just fine.
I too experienced the Web-mail failure on 10/01/2009 but Web-mail currently works even when Eudora fails.

Today I sought chat assistance and had the following experience:
1. A quick brush-off .. "It's comcast.net's fault"
2. When I persisted I complied with the downloading of a support Active-X that gave the chat-person full access and control of my computer (!)
3. He then checked out the Eudora settings, adding the Submission Port 587 to the settings.
During the session Eudora timed out about 70% of the time that a Ctrl-M was issued (by me) for new messages. The chat-person acknowledged that "I had a problem " and suggested that last refuge of support scoundrels: "reinstall your Eudora" .. hey why not format the whole drive!! I declined.

So they are useless and remain silent about even acknowledging such a widespread problem.

Query: How many of my fellow sufferers are connecting to their Earthlink E-mail by a foreign ISP?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23188986 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:05:25 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23187921 dlathem : The time out demon has struck early today..I began getting it before 10am local time....and then as I write this I begin to get email again.

Doc....I have noticed that if I get timeouts for an hour or so, if I send myself email from another account and then immediately have Eudora check my mindspring mail...it will connect and push out all the other email that has not been delivered.

I contact ELM Customer non support every day by chat and they type the same thing out of their notebooks every day. Somehow I do not believe that my case has been elevated to priority status.

This issue first showed up for me four weeks ago yesterday. If they cannot figure out what the problem is in that length of time they need to get out of the business...some would say they are already out of the business.

In any event, I am now ready to call another DSL provider and begin talks with them.

Since the Diwali celebration begins in India on Saturday I do not suspect too much more work will be put into solving this problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23187921 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:15:03 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23183708 jyk : This morning, it started after 7AM EST. Usually happen 11AM-10PM.
This read out time error last too long !!!
I guess that pop.mindspring.com server is given very limited capacity or bandwidth. I do hope I am wrong. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23183708 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:32:52 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23182538 DrStrange : I just timed out on mail.mindspring.com . This time it took only 10-15 seconds instead of 30. I guess the problem is still there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23182538 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:21:24 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23181810 DrStrange : I don't see any problems now. I'll check at 1PM or so.

Better a dead rodent in their server room than one chewing on my CAT5E ;-) .]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23181810 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:21:19 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23181807 Doctor Olds : I experienced the same issue around the same time this AM and the whole thing is getting very old. The EL servers are working properly, what have they done to the MS servers?

I did notice one thing, if I click Stop using Mail Washer (older version 1.32) when it gets stuck on the first MS server (it checks 4 EL and 4 MS addresses) and then hit Check Mail, it will eventually get all the responses, but it takes 5 to 9 retries.
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I wonder if some accountant put their server room on a tariff that allows the electric supplier to interrupt service? Either that or someone is going to buy vanilla ice cream at about the same time everyday;-) They should buy pistachio and we would not have this problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23176506 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:39:23 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23154549 fatness : Mine cleared up yesterday, as did my terrible routing. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23154549 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:08:30 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23153439 Doctor Olds : It is happening to everyone, so there is no current fix or workaround if that is what you are asking.

All you can do is call Support and keep reporting it.
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My server is pop.mindspring.com and using Eudora.
But timeout error does not relate to mail soft. Iphone shows
same error. I do not remember but this issue started a couple week before.
very frustrating ! Even POP server does not respond well, usually web mail working fine under such condition.

Any suggestion ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23153298 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:04:43 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23140278 dlathem : I received my first error at 12:08 am Central time. However, it was not a time out error, but a failed to connect error. I have my timeout set at 60 seconds. Funny, about 10 minutes later it found the pop server and downloaded one incoming email. I guess the server fades in and out on no particular schedule.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23140278 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:20:28 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23136275 Danger Pilot : I haven't had a timeout error yet (I've got T-bird set for 60 seconds) but the pop servers are slow and taking almost all of that time to make the connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23136275 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:16:59 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23136049 dlathem : I am continuing to have errors reaching the pop server. I chatted with ELM support....they are still working. Still the tech wanted me to empty my outbox of all things. Strange advice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23136049 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:30:37 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23135468 DrStrange : Confirmed. I'm also seeing timeout errors here.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23135468 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:43:29 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23135462 dlathem : I spoke too soon....Since 2pm Central Time I have received nothing but time out errors.

DRAT!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23135462 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:41:14 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23134814 DrStrange : Works fine here today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23134814 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:51:49 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23134655 dlathem : I had time out problems between 9:30 and 10:30 this morning, but nothing since. Anyone else....we are into the normal time out period for me, but it is working. Crossing my fingers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23134655 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:51 EDT Pinging servers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123716 bobx : Question;

If the servers are overloaded then would one get long ping times to those servers? Of course this would only apply when they were overloaded ?

Bob]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123716 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:13:11 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123588 Doctor Olds : Not sure what the issue is, but right now at 9:45PM they seem to be working at regular speed and response times...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123588 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:49:51 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123053 Danger Pilot : Dr. Olds, I've been thinking the same thing. Something seems to be taking up the POP servers resources and/or bandwidth.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123053 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:11:22 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23121214 dlathem : doc...good to see you lending your usual expert analysis to this issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23121214 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:24:41 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23121197 dlathem : Yes, sending email has never been an issue with me and Eudora either. Just checking mail between certain hours of the day. That is what is strange about it. When I get on the computer at about 6:45am there are no problems receiving mail. Usually about 11am to 12 noon I will begin to have problems with time outs and then long about 3 pm ..usually..the issue disappears. Do they need an additional air conditioner in the server room for the noon day heat or what?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23121197 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:22:32 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23121191 Doctor Olds :
said by Danger Pilot See Profile :

It seemed to get better for a while this morning, but it's back to timing out this afternoon.
Yes, worked fast for a while and now it is back to timing out. Almost like it is under a DDOS attack or some one is running a Huge Spam run through the MS servers.

smtp.mindspring.com are these IPs:
alias = mail.mindspring.com

207.69.189.21
207.69.189.22
207.69.189.23
207.69.189.24
207.69.189.25
207.69.189.26
207.69.189.27
207.69.189.28

pop.mindspring.com are these IPs:

198.185.2.101
198.185.2.102
198.185.2.103
198.185.2.104
198.185.2.105
198.185.2.106
198.185.2.107
198.185.2.108
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Oh well.....I guess when I contact them about this I will be told my PC needs to be taken over so they can correct the settings on my computer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23120744 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:09:41 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23120726 Danger Pilot : It seemed to get better for a while this morning, but it's back to timing out this afternoon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23120726 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:05:35 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23120029 DrStrange : It looks good right now. Maybe they finally figured out what was going on and fixed it. It has taken them quite a while to notice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23120029 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:19:34 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23119812 dlathem : I have not had a problem with the pop.mindspring.com email server this morning. Usually the problem has begun by now. I am hoping this issue has been resolved.

I would say I am disappointed in how long it took ELM to address and then fix this issue, but this is what I expect now. Back in my Mindspring dial-up days and early DSL days there were very few problems and when they did come up they were fixed quickly.

I hope it sticks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23119812 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:42:13 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23117805 fatness :
said by dlathem See Profile :

This morning ELM announces they have major email problems. Has anyone else had these types of problems....or, am I the only one left using mindspring AKA earthlink.
I've had similar problems for about a week.
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"That blast came from the pants! That thing's operational!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23117805 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:18 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23117142 anon : I have been seeing, for a week or so, slow to connect/authenticate on my PC (Linux, Seamonkey) less than 30s, but not timing out; many timeouts on my Treo @ ~30s.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23117142 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:12:17 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23115212 Danger Pilot : I'm having the same trouble with pop.mindspring.com and have been for the past several days.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23115212 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:09:34 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113573 DrStrange : Now it's timing out.

Here's a screen grab.

FWIW, Windows 7 RC and Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.

It's just mail.mindspring.com. The earthlink.net servers are responding, or they're responding to earthlink.net logins.

What's even more intreresting is that you specify pop.mindspring.com whereas I'm using mail.mindspring.com. Those servers have completely different IPs. Off the top of my head, I'd guess one is in Atlanta and the other's in Pasadena.

--- 10/01/09 12:37:37 Eastern Daylight Time
--- resolving host "mail.mindspring.com", please wait...

mail.mindspring.com [207.69.189.28]

--- 10/01/09 12:37:57 Eastern Daylight Time
--- resolving host "pop.mindspring.com", please wait...

pop.mindspring.com [198.185.2.104]


ANOTHER EDIT: Not quite Pasadena and Atlanta. According to GeoBytes, pop.mindspring.com is in Marietta, GA and mail.mindspring.com is in... Birmingham, AL.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113573 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:29:08 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113465 dlathem : I just received an email, then an error and then another email. It is still fading in and out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113465 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:18:55 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113180 DrStrange : I was trying to get it to time out just now, but it's working, at least for me. It does take about 15 seconds to connect, however. If you have a mail client that lets you set server timeout and it's set to less than 30 seconds, you might want to set a longer timeout [say, 1 minute].]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113180 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:46:46 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113129 dlathem : Yes, I have had on and off and on and off access to the pop server since last week. Apparently, whatever began last week has escalated to major failure. ELM tech folks spent too much time trying to convince folks like me it was my problem and not enough on troubleshooting the issue before this major failure occurred.

Even now, the ELM support site shows "No Known Issues" with email.

WHAT A JOKE!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113129 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:41:52 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113098 DrStrange : I've seen this on and off for quite a while. The mailserver times out with the message "Server replied:". 5 minutes later, it works again. In fact, I saw it at about 10 this morning.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23113098 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:37:29 EDT Re: Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23112986 anon : I can't connect either. Even the webmail appears to be down, and I can't log into My Account. I was wondering if it was just me. Anyone else?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23112986 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:25:32 EDT Earthlink EMail Problems http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23112894 dlathem : For the past week I have had problems reaching the pop.mindspring.com mail server. For a few hours each day (since September 23rd) I either get a time out error or server could not be contacted error. After a few hours this goes away.

I have been contacting ELM support every day and either I am told there is a problem and they are working on it or I am told there is not a problem and my machine is the problem.

I use Eudora for email. I find it interesting that I have absolutely no problems with the other two email accounts I run off this same install of Eudora. I also find it interesting that the errors only happen around noon each day. The morning and afternoon and night is just fine. It comes and goes.

This morning ELM announces they have major email problems. Has anyone else had these types of problems....or, am I the only one left using mindspring AKA earthlink.

I only use chat now because their phone customer support is just too difficult to understand because they do not speak English.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23112894 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:07:26 EDT