Slow .Mac

[Rhisiart]

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Does anyone know why iDisk and .Mac are so low?

It takes an eternity to collect my .Mac mail (using IMAP) and uploading to iDisk require the patience of Job.

Considering that .Mac membership is nearly 100 Euro, I am a little dissapointed with the service.

 

[Satcomer]

Apple realized IMAP was not working well in Mail. 10.4.3 fixed that, at least for me. You might want to try using pop but in you preferences leaving the messages on the server (configurable in Mail's preferences). It will be faster but keep the spirit of IMAP. Plus in Mail using the outgoing mail sever port of 587 works faster in smtp settings if you ISP blocks the default outgoing port.

 

[Rhisiart]

I appreciate your sound advice. I am not ready to upgrade to 10.4 yet (might wait for Leopard). However, I will look to change the ports over.