Having problems sending emails with OE

Factual Questions
1

I have two email accounts using OE; one gmail, the other Verizon.

Since yesterday, the Verizon account keeps timing out when sending larger emails. Nothing too large, just a small picture or even copying and pasting the homepage of StraightDope. When I send a test email of just a couple of words, it works fine. I’ve been using the Verizon account for well over a year and this just started happening.

I disabled the email scan feature on my AVG anti-virus and that didn’t help. Anyone have any ideas? I’ve been working on this for hours now and it’s ruining my Saturday. :mad:

2

I have been on the phone all day trying to fix this; it stems from a larger problem.

I recently got a Netgear wireless router to connect to TIVO, and the signal is not getting through. I’ve been on the phone for over 5 hours now with Netgear, Verizon DSL and TIVO as they shuffle me around. Oh well. Just got off of the phone TIVO and they want me to call Verizon and ask if they use proxy pages (whatever that means). I’m too tired and my phone battery is about to die. I’m gong to send all of this crap back; I can’t take it anymore.