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Robert Atkins · 09-07-2004, 09:36

My girlfriend sent me an email and it took 4 days to arrive. Emails regularly get lost. So I started to investigate.
I know (from the mailog) that the email left my machine and it went to the NTL smtp server. It then disapeared. This happens 1-2 times a day, sometimes it goes to a black hole sometimes it gets delivered in a few hours/days....

I called tech support asking them to have a look at their mailogs to see what happened. But NTL will not talk to me because

I do not use Outlook express! (is it really safe to use it?)
My "from" addy is not @ntlworld.com...

I ain't arguing with them idiots, I am seting up my own smtp server...

Post Edited - please do not resort to potentially insulting language when referring to people (Paul).

09-07-2004, 09:36	#1
Robert Atkins Permanently Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sandhurst Services: Three Cable modems: 3x3MB Posts: 164	NTL SMTP servers My girlfriend sent me an email and it took 4 days to arrive. Emails regularly get lost. So I started to investigate. I know (from the mailog) that the email left my machine and it went to the NTL smtp server. It then disapeared. This happens 1-2 times a day, sometimes it goes to a black hole sometimes it gets delivered in a few hours/days.... I called tech support asking them to have a look at their mailogs to see what happened. But NTL will not talk to me because I do not use Outlook express! (is it really safe to use it?) My "from" addy is not @ntlworld.com... I ain't arguing with them idiots, I am seting up my own smtp server... Post Edited - please do not resort to potentially insulting language when referring to people (Paul).