More than likely a configuration issue... If you want to bring your laptop with you on Monday, I'm sure myself or others will be able to help you with it. Adam On 13 April 2011 20:17, Prithvi <iamphate(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi guys, > > I was using Alpine, the text-based email client on Windows 7 for a while > and it was working very well. I was very happy as I didn't have to > use Outlook or Thunderbird, which really bog down my laptop. > > Today, I decided to get rid of Windows for good, and installed Ubuntu 10.04, > installed and configured Alpine. > > Shockingly, the experience has been nothing short of frustrating! > > I keep getting a status message > 'waited for x seconds for reply from server. still waiting...' > all the time, for all my mailboxes! I never had this issue on windows! > > And, it asks me if I want to close the inbox (or connection), but doesn't > accept any input, and keeps trying to open my inbox again, till it gives > up and closes it by itself. > > Has anyone else been using Alpine? Have any of you guys experienced this? > > Prithvi > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug