Curious

Interesting.

More likely to be congestion in the phone network that low signal

Do they have the option of using an authentication code generator rather than SMS?

The you always have the code and don't need to wait for SMS.

Indeed. And all my Google Authenticator codes can be generated by my PC, using a script I wrote. So when the phone is is another room, or the battery is flat...

Re-requested a Lloyds code about seven times this morning. Over ten minutes later they all arrived, about a second apart.

SNAFU!

Re-requested a Lloyds code about seven times this morning. Over ten minutes later they all arrived, about a second apart.

SNAFU!

Pass. I asked for a resend from NatWest but I think it was the delayed first version that I entered.

Lloyds gave me a phone option where a screen code is entered by landline.

I think TNP is correct with the local 3g/4g shaky.

I do my very best to avoid using Google for any purpose.

Google authenticator is one a number of programs that adhere to a common standard for 2FA code generation.

So you can use an app from any megalomaniac multinational of your choice! :-)

Looks like similar happened with usenet posts :-)

Yes, my wife uses the Microsoft one so I gave her scripts as well.

Same happened with PayPal the other day. Had to request the code 3 times then they all came through together after 10 - 15 minutes. Then almost immediately went through the same rigmarole to transfer money from PayPal to my bank.

NatWest and

Sigh

SMS - like email - isn't guaranteed to be instant. Usually it is, and everyone is happy. But if it isn't it's just because there is nothing in the spec about performance.

Also in an area of poor signal those OTP (one Time Passcodes) are a pia. The phone has to be balanced in an upstairs window and sometimes it just doesn't work or is too slow.

The Android Message app is supposed to work on wi-fi but it doesn't.

NatWest I have found to be the worst bank for cumbersome security, Santander the best and easiest. Natwest put up so many barriers that it is really impossible to do online banking without writing down all your login details, which of course you can't do unless you are a fool because if you lose the piece of paper you could be cleaned out, so I am constantly denied access. I am fed up with it.

TW

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Happens to me sometimes (Clydesdale Bank), and I find rebooting the phone works, even when I have made several attempts. Reboot and they all arrive instantly.

Ah. Worth knowing. This was a first time for me. 4g is usually good here but certainly flaky at the time.

Hmm.. A few months back, I had a landline call from Namesco, my mail provider. To be frank, I didn't understand what was their issue but it seemed to involve transferring my mail service and saving a small amount of money. Now on W11, and using TBird 118, I am finding mails are regularly 1 day late and tend to come in bunches:-(

Is this the TBird settings ?.

You can decide how often it checks for new mail, inbound and ???outbound. Its in "Server Settings"

I have set mine up to check for new messages every 10 minutes but you can press F5 at any time to force it to check immediately

I just have an A4 indexed book with those A to Z tabs and this is my book of knowledge about all manner of things that I have discovered on the web and need to store.

Passwords and login details for everything are in there too, but most logins are my email address anyway and passwords are written in a way that jogs my memory but mean nothing to a stranger. No-one else lives here so I don't feel at risk.

Ah!. I'll have a look. I was happier on version 115:-(

Thanks.