From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: sending mail is very slow Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:59:27 -0400 Message-ID: <48C9E91F.4090601@mousecar.com> References: <87bpyu5aed.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221192045 30361 80.91.229.12 (12 Sep 2008 04:00:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 12 06:01:40 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kdzqk-0004ws-4e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:01:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56582 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kdzph-0006lp-Dc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KdzpP-0006lc-AJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KdzpO-0006lN-0f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54895 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KdzpN-0006lK-PD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.197]:59974) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KdzpN-000299-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.26] (dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.11.17]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKpCa-1Kdzoo49am-0005bS; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:59:40 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) In-Reply-To: <87bpyu5aed.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19tduSBjUaS1QgDgwqqBnBrWY8k2jWbBtD28A/ Xu0r8ec8qpZiv4PuKWW6GkP/zLcN3xf/MEIRjImGs2MJ2MZWGm V3r7uSFa6KOpy9kOO8tcJYlyu8zJQpe X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57463 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > tyler writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I use VM for email, and it's *very* slow to send emails when I'm >> connected to my university network. It's noticeably slow at home >> sometimes too, but not so bad. For example, after I compose a message >> and send it with C-c C-c I'll see the message in the mini-buffer >> indicating that the message has been copied to my sent folder, but the >> actual message remains on the screen for 10 seconds or more, and during >> this time I cannot interact with Emacs. >> >> This same behaviour occurs when I send a message using the regular emacs >> M-x mail command, so I don't think it's VM specific. Is there something >> I can tweak in my configuration to correct this? Any other tips? I don't >> notice this problem in Gnus, but opening Gnus itself takes a very long >> time when I'm using the University network as well. >> >> I thought the size of my sent mail file might be the problem, but >> cutting it down from 2.9M to 210K didn't help at all. >> >> Emacs 23.0.60.1, built from source on Debian Lenny/Testing >> >> Thanks, >> > > This sounds like an issue with your mail server rather than anything to > do with emacs or VM. I'm assuming you have things configured to use the > University or ISP mail server directly. > > ... Try sending mail with thunderbird and see if you get the same delay. Tbird's easy to set up. Even downloading and installing it takes no more than a couple minutes. (I was amazed.) Of course if you get the same scenario with tbird, then it's likely the mail server. Otherwise you're looking at an issue with emacs. hth, ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIyeke8CeNiFrQkecRAvnEAJsHOnKyL1BPqclZN7T9n6WVVSK+zACeLruM CAWmEHNq2a7+6qB5o0PQPDw= =rQ1m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----