When Outlook Express disconnects from the internet frequently.
When the computer disconnects from the internet "all the time".
The solution:
In Outlook Express, click on Tools > Options
Goto the Connections Tab
and remove the checkmark from "Hang up after sending and receiving".
The "Hangup after Sending and Receiving" should never be checkmarked if using a Dialup connection.
Likewise, the computer should be set:
- to automatically Disconnect after 30 minutes of non-use.
- to automatically retrieve new emails every 40 minutes.
OE should not be set to retrieve emails off the server
"every 5 minutes" - because if there is a big email to retrieve, OE will abort in the middle of the retrieval and start over -- causing OE to go
into a loop and never retrieve that one large email.
If you need to check for new emails more frequently than 40 minutes, simply
click on the Send/Rcv button on the OE Menubar.
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