POP3 server not responding

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Using Windows XP, OE and IE, 56K modem. A friend is sending me a large file
of photos, which is taking forever to download. Now I keep getting a box
saying: "Your POP3 server has not responded in 60 seconds. Would you like to
wait another 60 seconds for the server to respond?" Is there a way to set
the "not responded in 60 seconds" to a longer time limit? Or am I doomed to
sit here clicking on the 'wait' button?
 
In OE, click Tools, Accounts, select your email account, and click
Properties.
On the Advanced tab, there is a slide for setting the server timeout. Slide
it to the right to increase the time.
 
Using Windows XP, OE and IE, 56K modem. A friend is sending me a large file
of photos, which is taking forever to download. Now I keep getting a box
saying: "Your POP3 server has not responded in 60 seconds. Would you like to
wait another 60 seconds for the server to respond?" Is there a way to set
the "not responded in 60 seconds" to a longer time limit? Or am I doomed to
sit here clicking on the 'wait' button?
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Stop using email to send large attachments...
POP and SMTP are meant for small text documents, not 2 MB Graphic
files.

If you both have an IM program (yahoo, msn or icq) use the file
transfer feature in these.
Or setup a temp FTP site, or use one of the many file storage sites
found on the internet. Much less hassle.
 
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