> > ...or set exim to check its queue more often. 2-6 minutes might be a > > good interval. /etc/init.d/exim, if you're not running it from > > /etc/inetd.conf. If you *are* using tcpwrappers, I'm not sure.... > > > > you can also set > smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0 > in /etc/exim.conf to make exim deliver all messages in the queue > I had the same prob since when downloading debian-user mails from a > dialup machine there is quite often a couple of hundred messages.
Or you could install postfix. It is easy to setup and I regularky download several hundred messages at a time with no problems at all Robert