ratelimited - unable to connect to pop3 server

[ed_meyer]

Thanks Matt for more leads and information so I can better understand what is happening.

This is how it went on my end today. - I started up my computer (only one on here) and got 2 emails from 2 yahoo groups. I wrote an email to my wife ( 1 sentence & 1 link) and it wouldn't send. I am using outlook (up to date). My wife uses outlook express (also up to date). We are both on different accounts under my reseller plan. When one of our emails is down, both of our email accounts don't work. Bottom line is that I got my email once today, and never did get to send even my first.

I rebooted my satellite modem and luckily got a different IP so now both our emails are working fine. I am trying to go through your list of reasons. Do you know if Outlook & outlook express send a quit? Also I'm not sure about reason #1. I'll have to look up those acronyms.

[Matt]

Do you know if Outlook & outlook express send a quit?

I know Outlook especially express are very buggy email readers, but I can't say that I've heard of them causing ratelimit errors but suspect they could if they have been compromised in any way.

Out of curiousity how frequently do you have them set to check for email?

[ed_meyer]

Mine is set to check for mail every 5 minutes, but I hardly ever have it open that long. I start it up 5-10 times/day. My wifes is set to check every 30 minutes, she checks hers at least that often. The auto check settings shouldn't have anything to do with being locked out today. I checked my email once and was locked out within 10 minutes of starting up my computer. No other computers were even running here for at least 8 hours prior to being locked out.