Squirrel Mail is so slow
I know this has cropped up before, but why is Squirrel Mail so painfully slow? All my emails are downloaded by Outlook Express so I use Squirrel Mail only to delete the original messages (usually less than 100) which always takes ages.
I've also got an email address with Yahoo, which is lightning fast by comparison - and they must have a lot more email accounts than PN.
Come on PN - put a bomb under the squirrel!!
I've also got an email address with Yahoo, which is lightning fast by comparison - and they must have a lot more email accounts than PN.
Come on PN - put a bomb under the squirrel!!
Why not delete them from the Server as you dowload them?
I think the following will let you do this:
1. Open Outlook Express. Click the Tools menu and choose Accounts.
2. Click the Mail tab. Highlight your mail account and click the Properties button.
3. Click the Advanced tab. Uncheck Leave a copy of messages on server.
Apply the change and that's it.
I think the following will let you do this:
1. Open Outlook Express. Click the Tools menu and choose Accounts.
2. Click the Mail tab. Highlight your mail account and click the Properties button.
3. Click the Advanced tab. Uncheck Leave a copy of messages on server.
Apply the change and that's it.
I used to do that, but then found it was useful to keep a copy on the server in case I completely deleted something from Outlook Express. I recently changed the settings to keep messages for 60 days, but even then they mount up. I'll probably now change it to 30 days, so I don't have to use Squirrel at all.
However, it's still a concern. When other areas of PN are so good, particularly in dealing with queries and problems (as I've always found) it's a pity their webmail service is so poor. It looks and works like something from the old dial-up days!
However, it's still a concern. When other areas of PN are so good, particularly in dealing with queries and problems (as I've always found) it's a pity their webmail service is so poor. It looks and works like something from the old dial-up days!
Hear, hear! Does everyone have this problem with Squirrel Mail? It'd be interesting to know what PN has to say, like can they, and will they, improve it? 
Quote from: MaestroMan Hear, hear! Does everyone have this problem with Squirrel Mail? It'd be interesting to know what PN has to say, like can they, and will they, improve it?
I have been complaining to Plusnet for well over 2 years about Squirrel (which I re-named Snail)
It is agonisingly slow.
The trouble with changing to another mail service is that you have to keep coming back to SM to see if your contacts know that you have left and gone to a new service!
I seem to remember that there was a second trial of another service by Plusnet, was it roundcube?, which was much faster...but it went the same way as SM and became unusable....
I like poppy's suggestion of re-routing the PN mail via another webmail server. I'll have to try it with Yahoo.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Squirrel dire. When I've selected a lot of emails to delete it often completely freezes up and sometimes has timed out or crashed altogether.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Squirrel dire. When I've selected a lot of emails to delete it often completely freezes up and sometimes has timed out or crashed altogether.