Sorry, also see: http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/06/send-and-receive-windows-live-hotmail-emails-from-a-mail-client.aspx
On Jan 19, 8:40 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
