Stuart Summerville wrote: > The Feb25 nightly ain't any better, either. >
I've nailed down the problem on my machine - having a hostname and port set in SOCKS in the proxy settings when we don't have a SOCKS proxy. This didn't cause problems previously. http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127221 for all the gory details. Regards, Parish > sTu. > > Stuart Summerville wrote: >> Feb23 fixed it for me on one box, but not on another. >> >> sTu. >> >> Parish wrote: >> >>> There appears to be a bug in recent nightlies (the last 3-4 days or >>> so) whereby starting Mail/News doesn't prompt for a password for the >>> mail server. This means that clicking Get Messages results in an error >>> that the server refused the connection (as I haven't logged on I >>> guess). >>> >>> 2002-02-15-03 W2K works fine but anything later has the problem. >>> >>> The mail server is on a LAN (as opposed to on the Internet via a >>> dialup). >>> >>> I have tried all the obvious things with the latest nightly: >>> >>> Uninstalled the current version using Add/Remove Programs *and* then >>> deleted the directories and files that get left behind under Program >>> Files\Mozilla so that it is a completely clean install. >>> >>> Created a new user profile *without* copying files from my existing >>> profile. >>> >>> I still have the problem. >>> >>> I can't find anything in Bugzilla about it nor in this NG. >>> >>> Has anyone else seen this? Can anyone suggest a solution? >>> >>> I will add that I d/l new nightlies on this machine 3 or 4 times a >>> week and never have had to create a new profile. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Parish >>> >> > > -- Software is like sex, it's better when it's free - Linus Torvalds Anti-spam e-mail address, change _AT_, sorry for the inconvenience
