Please note that (at least at the time of this post) Webmail Author has made b56 available - he has been busy - and many thanks for the great support we get.
On Nov 23, 5:15 pm, tjtechster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI: received a quick reply from hotmail support and now > haveregained access to my account.. > Just tested b54, and it is worked correctly.. The looping was > obviously related to the login issue.. > > Will install b55, but not sure if I'll be able to test it tonight... > > Thanks for listening and helping resolve this issue.. > > Hopefully Webmail Author get to take some well deserved time off, and > relish his accomplishment, before MS decides to make further changes.. > > Thanks for the effort.. > > tj > > On Nov 23, 10:23 am, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I doubt Hotmail will be sympathetic since they do not support these > > extensions. > > They wish you to pay for Hotmail Plus if you want to use it with POP/ > > SMTP access in Thunderbird. > > > The b55 version has corrected the looping condition. > > > On Nov 23, 9:04 am, tjtechster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the followthru, will test it out as soon as I have access > > > to my hotmail account again.. Seems that it's either been hijacked or > > > the credentials have been corrupted on the server, as I can no longer > > > log into my account, and none of the online recovery operations seem > > > to work either.. > > > > What I have learned since my last post is that the extension does NOT > > > time out when it receives messages to the effect of: "You've tried to > > > sign in too many times with an incorrect e-mail address or password". > > > So it just repeats the login process.. > > > > I have reported the issue to hotmail support, and hope to have it > > > resolved soon.. > > > > Thanks to both you and Webmail Author for all the work.. > > > > On Nov 22, 6:26 pm, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I do not know if this will assist you. > > > > > Both of the Hotmail accounts that were looping were ones I went to on > > > > the Web interface today to change their passwords. > > > > > Both ceased to work after I had logged on to them on the Web. It then > > > > became clear that both were looping at the attempt by the extension to > > > > logon. > > > > > Both are now working again with b54. When the account is working > > > > (with b54) I can provoke the looping to occur again by going to Web > > > > interface and changing the password of the account. > > > > > What also seems to be a reproducible way of ending the loop (at least > > > > for me) is: > > > > > In Thunderbird - remove the password for the Hotmail account > > > > Close Thunderbird > > > > Restart Thunderbird - I am then prompted for the password and the > > > > extension logs on correctly (without looping). > > > > > I offer this in case you want to try it out (or in case any other > > > > readers of this thread are experiencing the looping problem - which > > > > they may just see as "nothing is happening"). Given that you maintain > > > > very few messages in your Hotmail accounts the problem fixed by b54 is > > > > not urgent to you and you may wish to wait for the Webmail Author to > > > > review the information and, most likely, provide a newer version. > > > > > On Nov 22, 5:48 pm, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I have indeed read your messages - and that is why I have continued > > > > > testing today with b54 (which was working perfectly with all my > > > > > Hotmail accounts). > > > > > > I have now managed to reproduce the condition I believe you are seeing > > > > > on a couple of my Hotmail accounts. In it the Hotmail extension is in > > > > > a looping condition trying to login to the Hotmail account and, as you > > > > > report, the logs are increasing in size at a rapid rate. > > > > > > This extension is prone to break when Hotmail makes changes - and they > > > > > do not apply those changes to all accounts at once but stagger them. > > > > > Like me you have probably been seeing the messages from Hotmail Live > > > > > advising of further changes coming along. It is possible that is the > > > > > result of one of those changes and that the accounts owned by the > > > > > Webmail Author have not yet been included. > > > > > > I have forwarded a log of the problem to the Webmail Author. > > > > > > On Nov 22, 8:10 am, tjtechster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > BluesRenegade.. > > > > > > > Appreciate your attempt to help, but did you even read my previous > > > > > > posts?? > > > > > > > There is NO mail, either read or unread in any of my folders.. > > > > > > period.. > > > > > > My preferences are setup as you recommended.. and have been since > > > > > > b49.. > > > > > > > AS I previously stated, there is a loop between the hotmail login > > > > > > AND > > > > > > the > > > > > > cookie manager, that NEVER errors out, and runs indefinitely.. > > > > > > > I have possibly traced the problem to issue with a corrupted PW file > > > > > > on > > > > > > the hotmail server, but am waiting for a reply from hotmail > > > > > > support.. > > > > > > > Granted, I may have a problem with the hotmail server, but there > > > > > > still > > > > > > is > > > > > > an endless loop issue with the extension.. > > > > > > > I am just surprised that there is no interest in this looping > > > > > > problem, > > > > > > and everyone is content to have the extension kinda working? > > > > > > > Not trying to "rain on the parade", but without effective error > > > > > > checking, > > > > > > the extension can cause other issues that may be hard to > > > > > > troubleshoot > > > > > > for the average user.. > > > > > > > Thanks again for all the comments.. > > > > > > > tj > > > > > > > On Nov 21, 9:51 pm, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > tjjechster, > > > > > > > > you are going to have to learn to accept that there is a very > > > > > > > serious > > > > > > > flaw in b49 that is fixed in b53, b54 and beyond and that there > > > > > > > is no > > > > > > > escaping its consequences. > > > > > > > > b49 and its predecessors were (it happens - sadly) deliquent in > > > > > > > reporting to Thunderbird the full nature of the Thunderbird > > > > > > > server. > > > > > > > b53 and b54 do report (as required by the POP protocol) the full > > > > > > > extent of the Thunderbird server. The result is, that many users > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > experience a huge re-download - once only - of the contents of the > > > > > > > Thunderbird server and its consequent CPU and potential file > > > > > > > overload > > > > > > > (and very noticeable in the Webmail logs) . > > > > > > > > There are alternatives. > > > > > > > > They are: > > > > > > > > 1) Move all current Inbox messages on the Hotmail server to a > > > > > > > custom > > > > > > > folder (do *not* define this folder in the folder selection of the > > > > > > > Hotmail extension) > > > > > > > 2) Use the "download unread messages only" option for the Hotmail > > > > > > > account in the Webmail Hotmail extension - normally I would never > > > > > > > recommend this unfortunate option (which is not in keeping with > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > POP protocol) but it will save you a lot of grief in recovering > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > this problem. However, using this option will mean that > > > > > > > absolutely no > > > > > > > deletions you make in Thunderbird can be actioned on the Hotmail > > > > > > > server. > > > > > > > 3) I have examined some other options that require some effort but > > > > > > > that avoid (1) and (2) above - for any reader interested please > > > > > > > let me > > > > > > > know and we can discuss. > > > > > > > > On Nov 21, 10:31 am, BluesRenegade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Webmail Author, > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your constant work to keep up with all the changes > > > > > > > > that MSN > > > > > > > > and Yahoo keep making to their webmail sites! > > > > > > > > > I really appreciate all you do to keep us on Thunderbird. :) > > > > > > > > > Since getting the 19b54 version, Hotmail seems to working right > > > > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > YAY!!! (Something it hasn't done since Nov. 4th here.) > > > > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > To those still having trouble, > > > > > > > > > I suggest you visit your Hotmail account, login and see what > > > > > > > > happens. > > > > > > > > > If ANY intermediate windows or prompts come up, make sure you > > > > > > > > check them > > > > > > > > to never show up again or remember your choice (whatever it > > > > > > > > takes to > > > > > > > > prevent them from re-occurring). > > > > > > > > > Any extraneous prompts, windows, etc. AFTER you login, will > > > > > > > > surely hang > > > > > > > > Webmail for TB, and cause it to fail to retrieve your mail. > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > ========================= > > > > > > > > > tjtechster wrote: > > > > > > > > > alanrf; > > > > > > > > > Appreciate the clarification, but I was reading between the > > > > > > > > > lines of > > > > > > > > > your last post.. > > > > > > > > > As I previously stated, NO emails in my Inbox... and nothing > > > > > > > > > in any of > > > > > > > > > the other folders either.. > > > > > > > > > No custom folders, only original folders created during the > > > > > > > > > "create > > > > > > > > > account" process.. > > > > > > > > > totally clean and empty.. > > > > > > > > > > Just to be concise, I am also using web-mail-1-3-3b3 and will > > > > > > > > > be happy > > > > > > > > > to send the hotmail & cookie manager logs to anyone that can > > > > > > > > > decipher > > > > > > > > > them.. > > > > > > > > > > FYI, This is being done at the request of one of my clients.. > > > > > > > > > > thanks for the followup.. > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 21, 12:43 am, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I really should be more precise in my questions. The > > > > > > > > >> question should > > > > > > > > >> have been: > > > > > > > > > >> Do you have a large number of messages in the total of your > > > > > > > > >> Inbox and > > > > > > > > >> any custom folders you have also asked the Hotmail extension > > > > > > > > >> to > > > > > > > > >> download? > > > > > > > > > >> On Nov 21, 12:01 am, tjtechster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>> I do not have a large inbox in hotmail, in fact, it's > > > > > > > > >>> empty.. > > > > > > > > >>> As I previously stated the b49 version is working fine with > > > > > > > > >>> the > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. 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