On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 11:39:11AM -0500, Shakaib Sayyid wrote:
>
> Users have been constantly complaining that they get a message
>
> 'SMTP server timed out, do you wish to wait for 60 seconds'
>
> in a window with the buttons 'Wait' and 'Cancel' while using the
> Microsoft Outlook Express to send an attachment. If mail has no
> attchement it goes thru real fast.
>
> If they use ftp to upload the same attachment file to their
> directory it uploads without a problem. This kind of test was made to
> see if there are any telephone line related problems--but no they
> do have a solid connection. They can upload the file with ftp to
> the same mail server, but NOT using the mail client, it just times
> out!
>
> Please, if there is any one who could tell me what's going on I will
> highly appreciate.
> I am at a point where I am about to change my mail server back to
> sendmail--YES I am about to give up on qmail.
Have you tried mail clients besides Microsoft Outlook Express? Have you tried
transferring large files via SMTP from a Unix box of some kind?
If I had a problem moving data from one computer to another over a network, and
on one end of the connection sat a Microsoft product, I think I'd begin my
investigation there.
Chris
