1. Get yourself an alternate broadband. We have tried Celcom wireless router, not too bad especially when Streamyx is having problem. Check out the latest wireless broadband offer from Digi too!
2. Who knows, it might be some hardware failure? We used to run this very simple test- Disconnecting all PCs connecting via LAN, and connect just one PC directly to your Router. The router connects to your whatever broadband connection. In this way, you can perform a quick one-to-one test.
3. Could it be a DNS problems? By default, your router are configured with two DNS addresses, provided by your Internet Service Provider. Add third & forth DNS addresses by following the instructions on www.OpenDNS.org.
4. If download of email messages using Outlook or Outlook Express is slow, you can try to go into your Webmail and see if you can remove any huge email to make download faster.
5. Try Mailreader, as a temporarily solution to access your mailbox. Go to http://www.mailreader.com. Enter your email address as username and your POP/Incoming Mail Server Address as Mail Server. First time users need to go through some extra settings.
6. Quick check, make sure none of you are using smtp-proxy.tm.net.my in any setting under your email client such as Outlook or Outlook Express. If yes, ask your email service provider for your SMTP server address that didnt run on Port 25. Replace it.
7. This sounds silly, but who cares. Use Firefox web browser than Internet Explore (IE). You can download it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html. It loads your webmail faster.
8. The last killing resort, forward a copy of your email to your Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc. I have done this too, to make sure when things go wrong, I have a place to get a copy of my email too, free of charge. The forwarding setting can be done in your Webmail (Settings> Incoming Mail> Forwarding). Make sure you have checked ‘keep a copy of message after forward…’.
Hey Pin,
How is using Thunderbird (the free email software) as compared to Outlook?