How to increase server timeout

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I know how to increase it from the advanced tab from 1-10min. But my
connection is not realy fast and with large attachments it needs to be more.
In this case I have to go to the web site and download it from there. So
again my question is can I realy increase it above 10min. Even from the
registry if neccessary.

Thanks in advance.
 
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After furious head scratching, ByNaK asked:

| I know how to increase it from the advanced tab from 1-10min. But my
| connection is not realy fast and with large attachments it needs to
| be more. In this case I have to go to the web site and download it
| from there. So again my question is can I realy increase it above
| 10min. Even from the registry if neccessary.
|
| Thanks in advance.
 
ByNaK said:
I know how to increase it from the advanced tab from 1-10min. But my
connection is not realy fast and with large attachments it needs to
be more. In this case I have to go to the web site and download it
from there. So again my question is can I realy increase it above
10min. Even from the registry if neccessary.
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The registry setting is in
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\yourprofile

In that key should be a subkey with a plus sign next to it. Expanding that
subkey will should you additonal subkeys numbered 00000001, 00000002, etc.,
one for every mail account you have defined. Within the subkey associated
with the POP account, there may be a "Timeout" DWORD value that is the value
of the timeout in seconds. If the Timeout subkey isn't there, it's the
default of one minute (60). Since the key is a DWORD, it should be able to
take values at least as high as 64K (18 hours, 12 minutes, 16 seconds) and
maybe 2G (a little over 68 years).
 
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