I had the same problem. Solved by updating to THunderbird 3 where you don't need the hotmail add-on. Set up hotmail using the info http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/hotmail_thunderbird_3_0_manual_account_setup
good luck On Aug 2, 10:04 pm, Adendum <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Not been able to access my hotmail accounts via Thunderbird for a > week. The passwords were all being rejected but TB wouldn't allow me > to enter a new password. I can access all hotmail accounts via my > browser. > > So today I tried finding updates to \Add Ons but TB reported none for > webmail or or webmail- hotmail. Therefore I just downloaded the > two .tar files from here dated Aug 1. These have been installed. > > The password problem appears to have gone and it connects, sees the > messages (I see downloading xxx in the status bar) but then get this > error message "TheRETRcommand did not succeed. Error retrieving a > message. Mail server localhost responded: negative vibes from > [email protected]" > > What next?
