Mail problem on port 110

I posted this on the Tiger mail forum, but there are so many postings there my question has already been buried, so I thought I'd try here.
I'm on Earthlink DSL. If my browser is closed and I open Mail 2.0.5, I get a message that I known is familiar to many:
There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the
settings for account "POP:[email protected]" or try again.
The server error encountered was: The server "pop.earthlink.net"
cannot be contacted on port 110.
What's odd is that if I open my browser, quit Mail and then reopen it, all is well. OR if I open my browser and wait a few minutes, Mail functions just as it should. The advice I've received from Earthlink hasn't been much help. They don't seem to understand that Mail does eventually connect. There's just this annoying delay.
Any ideas as to what's going on and how I might fix it?

Is your DSL connection already on? I know with my DSL and my eMac, I have the eMac wirelessly connecting to my DSL router. Normally I turn the airport card in my eMac off. If I turn it on and then go into a browser or other internet application, I fail to get a connection because the eMac is still "logging in", so to speak, with the router.
If you don't turn yours on/off manually, does tiger have a setting that automatically disconnects and reconnects you to the network connection?
Are you connecting wireless or via CAT-5 ethernet?
Patrick

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AK
Message was edited by: Austin Kinsella1

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I frequently get the following message when checking my mail accounts:
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Hi
No, there is no way to change the timeout period in
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settings.
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I'm using btinternet and not yahoo and i'm trying to use Thunderbird which is new to me.
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I use Thunderbird without problem,
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: Saved
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I have removed that nat line as suggested but still no joy.
here is my current config
Result of the command: "show running-config"
: Saved
ASA Version 8.4(5)
hostname ciscoasa
domain-name domain.local
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interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
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