Vishnu Lotlikar wrote:
whichever isp you use to connect, do you have a email address for the same, if you are able to connect to the pop3 server of the isp, try pinging, it will most probably not ping.
I use MTNL. The e-mail address I use in this list is MTNL provided. The pop server is pop.mtnl.net.in & it is pinging (atleast now):
############################################## [/home/soumen] $ ping pop.mtnl.net.in PING pop.mtnl.net.in (202.159.228.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from smtp.mtnl.net.in (202.159.228.8): icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=139 ms 64 bytes from smtp.mtnl.net.in (202.159.228.8): icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=120 ms 64 bytes from smtp.mtnl.net.in (202.159.228.8): icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=128 ms 64 bytes from smtp.mtnl.net.in (202.159.228.8): icmp_seq=3 ttl=250 time=110 ms
--- pop.mtnl.net.in ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3051ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 110.029/124.524/139.517/10.854 ms, pipe 2 ##############################################
if smtp of gmail is working (someone wrote this) try pinging that also, this will be also not permitted, it is possible that the pop3 server of gmail is over loaded, or may be slow. i do not know what is the infrastructure of the pop3 service of gmail.
Well, the pop & smtp servers are pinging alright: ############################################## [/home/soumen] $ ping smtp.gmail.com PING gmail-smtp.google.akadns.net (64.233.185.109) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 64.233.185.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=339 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.185.109: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=339 ms
--- gmail-smtp.google.akadns.net ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 2 received, 33% packet loss, time 7022ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 339.603/339.704/339.806/0.591 ms, pipe 2 [/home/soumen] $ ping pop.gmail.com PING gmail-pop.google.akadns.net (64.233.185.109) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 64.233.185.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=347 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.185.109: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=339 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.185.109: icmp_seq=2 ttl=239 time=349 ms
--- gmail-pop.google.akadns.net ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2027ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 339.983/345.941/349.965/4.298 ms, pipe 2 [/home/soumen] $ ##############################################
most probably this is a problem with speed, as pop3 takes much more bandwidth to download mails, browsing and downloading as well as smtp will work fine but pop3 will give problems when it comes to delay or speed issues.
If it was just delay/speed, the correlation between ping & pop would not turn out to be 100%. When Gmail has worked, it has worked quite fast (almost as well as my MTNL pop) irrespective of the no. of mails. Or it hasn't worked at all.
-- Soumen Dass [Registered Linux User # 272639 - Linux nova 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl i686]
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