Why is retrieving E-mail so slow?
Mail comes down to your computer as fast as your modem will allow. If you have a 28.8 modem and are downloading 1 MB of mail, it will take about 4 minutes to complete. If you have 5 MB of mail, it will take about 20 minutes. If your mailbox isn’t opening as fast as it normally does, there is either at least one very large message in your mailbox, in which case you just need to wait until it’s done downloading, or there are lots and lots of smaller messages in your mailbox because you’re running with the mail option “leave mail on server” enabled. “Leave mail on server” means a copy of your mail is left in your mailbox on our system plus another copy is transferred onto your computer. When you leave mail on the server, your mailbox grows larger and larger over time as new messages are added, and will take longer and longer to access, even if you’re just reading new messages. If your mailbox reaches 50 MB size, you will not be able to open your mailbox at all. You will need to contact ou
