Merged - email issues. - Page 2

preacher · 24-09-2003, 14:38

It is very slow at the moment but sadly no-one has told us why yet

lincsat · 24-09-2003, 15:24

I wonder if it's something to do with the "MS update" virus. I have had well over 100 emails asking my to apply the attached update in the last 48 hours.

hoggyspuds · 24-09-2003, 23:04

E-mail running at snails pace too here on the mainland..........lol

25-09-2003, 06:00

Its 7am, and sending and receiving of email is fast as lightning again. Why can't it stay this way the whole day???

Dooby · 25-09-2003, 10:56

so, let me get this straight, you cant be arsed to report the problem ( whenever i have phoned faults it is 0800... ) but you expect them to come and fix it ...

when you break down in a car do you phone a garage or sit at the side of the road like a moron waiting for someone to come and fix the car

Tiptoes · 25-09-2003, 14:19

Has anyone else been experiencing problems with timeouts on email or email problems?

Does anyone know if NTL are using IIS?

If so I think its their bandwidth throttling.

They may need to disable it.

allanprg · 25-09-2003, 14:36

Yes I've been having trouble with email on outlook express yesterday and today. Although at present it seems okay. Don't know how long that will last though.

allanprg · 25-09-2003, 14:44

I've just looked at the service status site and it states that the ntl email is having problems. Engineers are looking into to it.

25-09-2003, 14:50

http://mail.lycos.co.uk/

25-09-2003, 15:52

MMmmmm, this Lycos seems quite attractive, can you use Outlook Express on it, or is it a wholly web mail account???

BTW, email is dead slow yet again on ntl.

25-09-2003, 16:10

Wow !!!! I just signed up with Lycos, it is compaible with Outlook Express, and it is fast fast fast !!!! Well goodbye ntl email, I shan't be needing you anymore !!!!

PS: Thanks Defiant!!

rippedoff · 26-09-2003, 13:44

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending ntl: BUT.... I am on BT broadband at work and also use another 2 isps at work... they have all been really bad over the past cuple of days - no email in or out for hours.... BT and freeserve excuses are that a dummy microsoft upgrade message carrying a virus has swamped the system and they are trying to protect us! ...................

ntluser · 26-09-2003, 18:47

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Originally posted by rippedoff
Don't get me wrong, I am not defending ntl: BUT.... I am on BT broadband at work and also use another 2 isps at work... they have all been really bad over the past cuple of days - no email in or out for hours.... BT and freeserve excuses are that a dummy microsoft upgrade message carrying a virus has swamped the system and they are trying to protect us! ...................

It's probably true, rippedoff. There have been stacks of those false upgrade messages. I have had the same message with about 7 different subject titles so whoever is sending it is trying to confuse people.

BT have now probably got a network of infected and uninfected machines and is doing its best to stop the uninfected ones from becoming infected.

Windows 2000 and XP seem to be particularly susceptible. Makes you think if upgrading to those operating systems is worth it if they are so vulnerable. So much for onwards and upwards!!

27-09-2003, 23:06

This must be a record:

I received an email tonight at 9.07pm in my Freeuk account, the email was sent via a BT connection ( dswu28.btconnect.com)yesterday at 1:36pm !!! Took 32 hours to arrive !!! and I thought ntl was bad !!!!!

27-09-2003, 23:25

Quote:

Originally posted by a4pacific
Wow !!!! I just signed up with Lycos, it is compaible with Outlook Express, and it is fast fast fast !!!! Well goodbye ntl email, I shan't be needing you anymore !!!!

PS: Thanks Defiant!!

Been using it a few years now its gr8 and 10MB of space plus file cabinet.

I just can't understand why people us the NTL e-mail service. You see so many threads on the boards about it. Problem after problem and a spammers heaven