[X4U] MAIL APP Question

[Ed Gould]

Sigh... I have COMCAST as my ISP and it seems that COMCASTS mail  
server is down more than almost any other ISP's server I have run into.
Since Tech Support is useless (especially for MAC users) does anyone  
have some debugging tips so that the delay on the phone is minimized?
I usually get a prompt for the mail password that indicated it is  
down. Does Apple need to put better diagnostics in or is the MAIL app  
terminally dumb?(should I request APPLE to giver better diagnostics  
OR is this an Apple versus COMCAST disagreement on how SMTP works?

Ed