Outlook Express outgoing messages (relay server) titmes-out

Luc Henrot wrote:
> I'm using XP SP3 (hope so...), but when sending out messages with an
> aatachment (eg MP3s), it takes a véééry long time. The sending ends usually
> with the message :
>
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
> this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Subject 'Test (nr 74)', Account: 'pop.skynet.be (1)', Server:
> 'relay.skynet.be', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '421 Exceeded allowable
> connection time, disconnecting.', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error:
> 421, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
>
> and the message isn't sent, but next time OE retries to do so (with the same
> result).
> What is wrong and how to solve this problem?

You might try learning how to use winrar or some such utility. WinRar
will take a file (mp3 if you wish) and break it into smaller parts. It
will try to compress it but MP3's are already compressed so you won't
get much compression, but you can break it into parts.
Song.mp3 becomes
song.rar
song.r01
song.r02
song.r..
song.rxx (however many it takes based on your size setting).
It was a design back in the 1.4meg floppy days that allowed you to span
floppies. Then it became useful for putting on binary newsgroups.

Still you can use the feature to break the file then send each piece in
a different email one at a time. The receiver just uses the program to
rejoin them back. No data lost.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/izarc.html is another such 'zip' program
that I hear talked about on the NG's. WinRar is a pay program but you
might get a demo for a test drive.
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