Mails delay (using the Hotmail server)

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Mails delay (using the Hotmail server)

Hello everybody,

i use two mail accounts on my Macbook Pro (Lion 10.7.3)

One of these accounts is a Hotmail.

Now, since few days i realized that incoming mails come with delay of 10+ minutes, even i set up "every minute". However this happens only on my Hotmail account on the Macbook.

When i go directly to my account on www.hotmail.com, the mails are already there. On my iphone they are also already there....

On the other account (non Hotmail) i can receive the mails within seconds.

In the past it worked fine with the Hotmail server, but i do not know what happened since few days. Personally i haven't applied any changes...

Do you have any idea how to solve the problem?

Thanks in advance

Adam

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 24, 2012 1:08 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 24, 2012 1:23 PM in response to karxarinias

Email is not instant messaging. There is no expectation of immediate delivery. The email could be delayed for any number of reasons including busy servers/routers or routing issues between the sender, the sender's ISP, email server, recipient's email server, recipient's ISP, or recipient's computer.

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karxarinias Author

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Apr 24, 2012 1:31 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

Of course, but as soon as i press the synchronize button (manual), the mail must arrive. Even after 1-2 minutes. Waiting more than 10 minutes to arrive is something i never had in the past...

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karxarinias Author

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Apr 24, 2012 2:05 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

Just a note, the mails arrive on my iphone straight away - to get them on my mac, i have to wait 10 minutes or more . Thats definately not normal though...

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Answer 4

Jul 15, 2013 5:20 PM in response to karxarinias

I have the same issue. My hotmail account delays 10+ minutes. I have a few other emails that do not delay at all. My iphone gets the hotmail emails before my iMac.

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karxarinias Author

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Jul 15, 2013 11:41 PM in response to karxarinias

Finally this is a Hotmail issue. Mails from Google for example arrive instantly. Since i use Googlemail i have no problems. Probably this has to do with the POP server of Hotmail. Google use IMAP so it works definitely much better.

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LowLuster

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Jul 16, 2013 12:20 AM in response to karxarinias

If you are getting the same mail on your iPhone as you say straight away then it is not a Hotmail issue. The mail is on the Hotmail server and being sent down to your phone as it arrives. It is a problem in how you have the Hotmail account setup on the Mac in Mac Mail. You say you are using POP on your Mac. Hotmail, which is a MS mail provider, is now using Outlook.com which is a MS Exchange system. You can setup Mac Mail to access it using that system which is a lot like IMAP.

karxarinias wrote:

Finally this is a Hotmail issue. Mails from Google for example arrive instantly. Since i use Googlemail i have no problems. Probably this has to do with the POP server of Hotmail. Google use IMAP so it works definitely much better.

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