I began having problems with retrieving Yahoo! email via webmail a few days ago (connection refused error). Pop mail for these accounts uses the localhost server reference.
A little research led me to the hosts file under: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ It turns out the reference assigning the loopback address (127.0.0.1) to localhost was missing from the hosts file. I added this back in, and the problem was resolved. If you experience the same problem, try the following: 1) Open notepad.exe 2) Browse (File | Open) to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ 3) By default you can only view .txt files; change the combobox above the Open and Cancel buttons to All Files 4) Select the hosts file and open 5) You will probably see a line reading ::1 localhost at the bottom of the file; add a line above this so that it reads: 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost 6) Save the file (note: you may need admin privileges to save the hosts file) Hope this helps save some headaches! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
