I am not sure if the special character is a determining factor, but it may well be. However, some of us have found that just changing the password has been key to unblocking a download problem in recent months.
For most of us this issue will soon become something to look back on. Hotmail is now rolling out (yes again) across the planet free POP/SMTP servers. After the rollout the Hotmail extension will only be needed by those where access to the ports needed by the free servers is restricted. Please see: http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/13/pop3-availability-in-windows-live-hotmail.aspx On Jan 19, 7:31 pm, Deuberger <[email protected]> wrote: > I just stumbled across this and figure that the info may help somebody > else. It seems that certain characters in your hotmail password will > result in the negative vibes password. > > I have two hotmail accounts and was somewhat stumped when one stopped > working while the other continued to work perfectly. After logging in > and verifying that all settings were the same on both accounts in > Thunderbird and also in hotmail's settings online, I finally tried > changing the password. It worked! > > The password on the account that worked only contained letters, but > the other one also contained a symbol. Sorry, but I haven't tested it > to see which symbols break it and which don't. Also, sorry if this is > already known information, but I didn't see it in the FAQ. > > Thanks again for the extension! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
