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Cannot use POP or SMTP on WiFi with RBR850
We just set up an Orbi RBR850 with three RBS850 satellites. All three satellites are connected via ethernet to the RBR850. The RBR850 has Firmware Version V3.2.10.11_1.2.12, which is current. Satelli...
FURRYe38 wrote:
"For any app to see AX correctly, it needs to support AX mode protocols."
Thanks for the additional detail. AX mode is turned off on the RBR850.
I'm also using iStumbler to view the WiFi network. Interestingly, my Mac only does 802.11n, but iStumbler can see which networks are ac.
Need to find a free hour to fiddle with setting up an alternate email program for comparison. Gmail doesn't make it as easy as it could be. But I'm not ready to abandon PowerMail. I've yet to find a program which works as it does. (It's a spiritual successor to Claris Emailer.)
OK, I've gotten Apple Mail partly set up. It appears to work properly with one Gmail account when connected to the Orbi's WiFi.
This is discouraging, as it means that there is something about my old PowerMail. Or, more likely, Mail has some workaround to not following standards that Apple has incorporated, which aren't in PowerMail. My impression is that PowerMail was written to follow standards strictly. But it's no longer updated, so whether the problem is not following standards, or changed standards, it's still not working. It is really strange that it only has trouble when I connect via WiFi on Orbi, not WiFi elsewhere, or ethernet on Orbi.
I've had other issues with PowerMail from things like messages sent by Outlook that don't follow standards. Reminds me of the time when web pages were written for Internet Explorer. (Some still are. I was told a few weeks ago by our health insurance company's tech support to use Internet Explorer on a "regular computer" when their web site was having problems. Really.)
I've done some looking at email application alternatives, but am loath to make a change. Half my life lives in PowerMail.
Seems that if PowerMail hasn't been updated in a while, it maybe time to migrate to something that is kept up to date. There comes a time when old apps just don't work like they use to. Might look to see if there is a export function in this older program.
I recommend that you look more into T-Bird. It's flexible and as it has matured over the years has always been stable and solid. Has many features that you might come to like and enjoy. It's always been my main email program. It just works. As OSX version progress, T-bird doesn't seem to care. I've upgraded many times on my Macs. Thunderbird keeps on trucking along.
