thank you! I was having the same problem and this fixed it! Never would have figured that on my own.
On Mar 11, 2:22 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > The last one may well be a clue. That file should contain a line that > defines "localhost". > > The file should look like this: > > # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. > # > # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. > # > # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each > # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should > # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host > name. > # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one > # space. > # > # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual > # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. > # > # For example: > # > # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server > # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > So if it does not look as it does above you need to make it do so. > Otherwise you need to replace every instance of "localhost" in your > Thunderbird settings with: > > 127.0.0.1 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Mar 11, 11:07 am, Abaconian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, As of yesterday my Thunderbird has stopped working, giving the > > message 'Failed to connect to server localhost' I've tried > > reinstalling everything and still get the same message. I'm running > > Vista Home Edition, Thunderbird 2.0.0.19, Webmail 1.3.2, Webmail- > > Hotmail 1.2.2. Kaspersky Antivirus and Windows Firewall. Apart from > > the usual antivirus updates, the only thing I can see out of the > > ordinary is that Windows Defender cleaned out this file C:\Windows > > \system32\drivers\etc\hosts yesterday. Any suggestions please? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
