Frequent "port 110 timed out"

Hi. Hope someone can help with this.
I frequently get the following message when checking my mail accounts:
The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "mail.eclipse.co.uk" on port 110 timed out.
Sometimes I get mail okay, sometimes the POP connection times out - with no change in settings. So I'm guessing that the POP server I'm connecting to really is very slow.
Is there any way of changing the timeout period In Apple Mail?
Bruno.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi
No, there is no way to change the timeout period in
Mail, but chances are that, if this happens often to
you, there is something wrong with your network
settings.
The network works fine for all other purposes, and does send / receive mail okay some of the time.
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences >
Network, choose Network Port
Configurations from the Show popup menu,
and make sure that the configuration used to connect
to Internet appears at the top of the list.
My primary means of connection (wireless) is the top of the list. What's the significance of this by the way?
Also, try using a different method to connect to
Internet, if possible, or connecting the computer to
Internet as directly as possible, i.e. bypassing any
routers that might be present, using an ethernet
cable instead of wireless, etc., and see whether that
makes a difference.
I tried connecting via ethernet on my home network. Again, all other network protocols work fine, but the same intermittent timeout problem with checking POP accounts.
I also tried connecting using someone else's wireless network. Exactly the same result.
Bruno.

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