On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:48:30 +0200, Yizhar Hurwitz
<yizhar@mail.dot.com> wrote:

>Gerard Bok wrote:
>>
>> I also got word from the ISP involved: they did not raise the
>> number of simultaneous connections on that mail account.
>> But that shouldn't matter as XP Home is not able to make more
>> than 5 connections anyway, I think.
>> And problems also occur when there's only one single user active.

>You are wrong.

Could be :-)

>The connection limit in Windows XP (both Home and Pro versions) with SP2,
>refers to embryonic or half-open connections when the XP clients sends the first packet of the TCP handshake,
>and is waiting for the first response from the server (or whatever device in the other side).
>
>If the TCPIP stack on the XP computer reaches that limit, you will find a yellow Event ID 4226 that tells you.
>So, if you don't see Event 4226, then this is not the issue.
>
>You can read more info about this limit and workaround here:
>SpeedGuide.net :: Windows XP SP2:
>http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

I think this story is rather different from Q314882 which talks
about "Any file, print, named pipe, or mail slot session...."

Aren't we talking about mail slot sessions here ?

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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok