[pmmail-list] firewalls

[PA Hala]

Some ISPs use Identd to verify the originating host.  If Identd is not supported, the POP connection will either 
fail or wait until the timeout of the Identd request.  Found this the hard way ;-)

Perci Hala

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:19:41 -0400, PMMail OS/2 Support wrote:

>has anyone noticed any delays in logging into pop servers when
>running a firewall? I recently booted to Windows ME (like I am now)
>and installed Tiny software's Personal Firewall. I notice that there
>are long delays logging into some pop servers (but not all,
>apparently) but if I shut the firewall down, the login happens right
>away.
>
>Yes, I have told the firewall to allow PMMailw.exe communications
>both ways to all IPs / ports.
>
>
>--
>Trevor Smith
>PMMail/2 Technical Support
>pmmailos2@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
>
>
>
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