So, next question is.. How to fix it? Any use mailing hotmail/Micro$oft about it?
On Aug 16, 12:45 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears that everyone who is currently having problems with the > Hotmail extension is suffering from the same server fault. This is a > fault with Hotmail, not the extension. Other extensions that download > Hotmail into Thunderbird may work in a different way, e.g. copying and > pasting the text off the screen into what is in effect a new email. > However the only way to get the complete mail into Thunderbird is to > work from the source code, do it any other way and you lose vital > information contained in the source code. > > > > Screemer wrote: > > You are so correct, in firefox I get this: > > ‹ ÍYkoªJ þ+“œäý´•»J<9 ÞZm©ÖKwÛ/; > > B † jí¯ VDíÖîæäôƒÎÀ̺>ë™Yöï0"ÿ<~âÚæf}5–Þ[Š|cß4,M ‰õÕ£ > > ´¶o}»«×éÀÜ ¡ún˜ KMoÐïs·œßê {¤Ö{Z»5£í¾»^ð2¼sîž4ñI ÙÊkÛ~µên¿ ¶11 ÄßÊì > > ±#꣕Ÿ`Q¨ ¹Ãxë0ÄFæa—*4¥FUU«²R• ˜§¢d¡‰Œ 2©ÇW|SªØ’Xmà > > ¤êÐÄÇ®Ç ¬ÝÄAºkF4¦v‚&út4yh3±µ*_•ê*_•ku…‰ ‹Ô‚¡ §‰z‘û Ò–s > > $ò D‘ ®¨Yžk¨Â×ùBº;7}½2qç @""™“+ ÉG˜M¢ Wb çÏÌì ñ𠱸ü; > > { ³WÖ"›Ylv ¨’åÈaË:8É èElI£9ÍPð ‹ ›N–Æ 13 é}½[y QìÒ Ém $$H*ÓM˜ »uã¤2 â > > ¥ ›‘k Ì0—i< ÆûÆ ™µí ^ãz·ÑÇT믜Á|>›-6ó‡¡=^ç(*meO}MêŒC;Z˜=;Žzºw- > > z÷½›Ž}'½3¡øvM~.{õy õÚóõ}ßq Ô ÆoÊ•1özÊZ Ÿ ííE~¿Ò :ýî•> > > ô™º˜y ÉÍÆó&ÂÀ朎ìÔ× ÷Y †/��...@×£÷d n > > > In internet explorer I get this: > > Unable to download GetMessageSource.aspx from > > by121w.bay121.mail.live.com > > > Unable to open this internet site. The requested site is either > > unavailable or cannot be found. > > Please try again later. > > > On Aug 16, 11:22 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Try going to the Hotmail website, then while you have an email open. > >> Click on "Actions" (top right of message pane), then select "View > >> message source". This should bring up a page of text, starting with all > >> the message headers, then the message itself, followed by the code for > >> any attachments. When I do this in Firefox or Google Chrome, I get a > >> page full of symbols, Internet Explorer behaves differently and says it > >> can't find the page. My belief is that the extension uses this view > >> message source feature to extract all the information it needs to > >> produce a POP version of the email to pass on to Thunderbird. If > >> Microsoft have broken the view message source feature, then the > >> extension cannot work. > >> I don't use the Hotmail extension myself, the free POP service from > >> Hotmail does all that I want. > > >> Screemer wrote: > > >>> Hi there, > > >>> this is getting annoying.. > >>> !!! DON'T BLAMING creator of these extensions.. !!! > > >>> Just installed hotmail-1-2-29b13 and have Webmail 1.3.8 in my > >>> thunderbird 3.1.2 > >>> Still negative vibes.. > > >>> What the heck did Microsoft do to their service..:( > >>> I have no splashes to acknowledge or anything and I go straight to my > >>> inbox.. > > >>> Does it work for anyone using webmail and hotmail extensions? > >>> Thanks for your GREAT work Webmail Author..:) > > >>> On Aug 11, 7:55 pm, DaveTaylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Hi there, > >>>> I've got the Webmail 1.3.8 and Hotmail 1.2.29b4 extensions loaded with > >>>> Thunderbird 3.0.6 on Windows 7 64 bit. > >>>> Was working fine up until 27th July when all of a sudden I started > >>>> getting the following messages: > >>>> "The RETR command did not succeed. Error retrieving a message. Mail > >>>> server 127.0.0.1 responded: negative vibes from @hotmail.com" > >>>> I have two hotmail.com accounts and the same thing happens with both. > >>>> I have turned on the "go straight to my inbox option" in Hotmail - > >>>> nothing happens > >>>> I have tried on one account to select the "Download unread emails > >>>> only" option. Thunderbird then reports that there are no new messages > >>>> on the server. > > >>>> Any suggestions greatfully welcomed. > > >>>> Dave > > >> -- > > --
