I have the same problem, and I'm using dial-up. When uploading
attachments from OE, they seem to take forever. If I watch the modem
status lights, I see that the data is being tranmitted in very
sporadic bursts with long pauses in between, as opposed to
a steady stream. This doesn't happen when I upload the same
attachments using Eudora; the attachments are sent in a fraction
of the time OE consumes for the same task.

No E-mail screening or firewall present, so it can't be that.

Just wanted to let you know you're not alone in your experience
or perception.

Cheers...

Windom

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:23:07 -0500, "Otto Moehrbach"
<ottokmnop@comcast.net> wrote:

>I have OE 8.0 with WinXP.
>I just got a high-speed cable system hookup for my stand-alone at-home
>computer.
>My problem relates to the speed I am getting when I upload (send) a 2 meg
>attachment in an email. I don't know that Outlook Express is related to
>this problem but I thought I would ask.
>When I send this 2 meg email, it takes me about 2 minutes to send.
>A friend with the same cable system can send the same email in 5 seconds.
>It takes me about 5 seconds to download that email.
>Is there anything in OE that could be causing this? My friend and I have
>compared all of our settings (hopefully all) and we now have the same
>settings but the problem is still there. Thanks for any help you can
>provide. Otto
>