[X4U] For those of you that love Google Mail

[Linda]

On 3/13/09 10:01 AM, Ed Gould wrote:

> Hmmmm... well a bullet proof email system should have the 99.999 IMO.

I've never seen an ISP that can claim 99.999% uptime. Not paid nor free.

We've had that kind of uptime with the email we have from our own domains,
hosted at bluehost.com. Even then, though, sometimes the ISP you use to get
to your domain is down, so you still can't get email.

> What COMCAST doesn't tell you its in the 90.000 range.
> The issue here I thought was it a MAIL.APP issue or a COMCAST issue.
> AFter listening to the responses It may be both which clears comcast
> up to the point when/if APPLE fixes their issues.

Here's a question, Ed: When you're having problems with your Comcast mail in
Mail.app, can you use Safari to log in and get your email via Comcast's Web
mail? 

> Having said that it is strange (to me) that the problem seems to
> "fix" itself after COMCAST reboots. But it could still be a MAIL.APP
> issue.

For lots of issues, the "solution" is nothing more than to reboot.

> Its almost an advertisement to look elsewhere for an email package.

I don't have Comcast, and I'm using Mail.app, Thunderbird, and Entourage,
with Earthlink, sbcglobal.net, Gmail, and Mac.com, and none of it is 99%.
Yes, at least one day every three months is down -- typically more than
that.

~Linda