Trying the link, (http://join.msn.com/general/Email), in the server error message, now leads to a page from which you can download Windows Live Mail, as well as several other programs. Looks like MS just haven't updated the message that the server sends when it thinks that an unauthorised attempt has been made to retrieve mail in a "POP-like" manner. Of course you don't have to download Windows Live Mail, or anything else now if you want POP access to Hotmail in any email client. POP access is available for free to all and is the native mode of operation for any email client.
James wrote: > The version I am using was posted by Webmail Author after someone else > reported a similar problem a couple of days ago, so I also tried it. > Neither the version I am using or the latest stable release work. > > Does anyone know of anything I can try to fix the problem? :( > > Thanks again. > > On Jul 23, 9:40 am, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> WebDav is still working just fine for me. As an aside I think (though >> I may well be wrong) that the last update to the Hotmail add-on moved >> WebDav users to Hotmail Live. >> >> I notice that the original poster appears to be using a version of the >> Hotmail extension that (I guess) may have been provided by the Webmail >> Author to the poster since it is >> not a publicly available version. >> >> The message reported by the poster seems to me to represent a >> reversion to the past. Hotmail now provides freely available POP and >> SMTP services and a free IMAP like experience (on all Hotmail >> accounts) for those users willing to accept the Windows Live mail >> client. >> >> On Jul 22, 3:06 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> The message suggests that you may be trying to access Hotmail using >>> webdav. This is (soon to be was) the method used by Microsoft email >>> programs to access hotmail, also one of the options in the webmail >>> extension. Most users have been sent emails stating that webdav will be >>> turned off on 1st September, could yours have been turned off early? >>> >>> James wrote: >>> >>>> Heya, I've recently been having problems with the Webmail Extension >>>> being unable to retrieve mail, responding instead the message: >>>> negative vibes from [email protected] after entering my password. >>>> >>>> I am using: >>>> >>>> Webmail 1.3.2 >>>> Webmail - Hotmail 1.2.23b4 >>>> >>>> I did some packet sniffing to figure out what was going on, and it >>>> appears when the extension tries to send the credentials, the server >>>> responds with: >>>> >>>> HTTP/1.1 402 Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now >>>> requires a subscription. Please sign up athttp://join.msn.com/general/Email >>>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>> -- >>> > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
