any word on the fix for this: I'm getting the comms error on this well (on both aol and mail.com(I recently added aol mail since I also have that but it's seldom used))
On Sep 22, 12:53 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like the "Service temporarily unavailable" message was the > reason the extension wouldn't work. Definitely a good idea whenever your > web mail service suddenly stops working through Thunderbird to try > logging into the relevant web page. If you can't log in manually or have > to jump through a hoop that wasn't there previously, then the web mail > extension will be unable to log in automatically. > > On 22/09/2010 04:35, orephia wrote: > > > > > Hi Soul > > > Thanks for the suggestion, but it was something else; thankfully now > > resolved. > > > The various links to the captchas either allowed me to log in without > > any captcha, or produced an error popup that the service was > > temporarily unavailable. After much more trial& error, I discovered > > that by going to the billing link > > >https://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=bill.ao... > > > I was prompted to add a security question to my account. Once I did > > that, the sns.webmail link > > >https://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.web... > > > gave me the captcha. I have a handful of these accounts& I had to do > > this, in this order, for each one to get to the captcha screen& > > restore functionality for the addon in TB. Without first setting the > > security question, the captcha login simply wouldn't appear. > > > No, I'm not using the pop function, other than for gmail. I don't use > > TB 3, I tried it& didn't care for it so reverted to 2 where I am > > happily staying for the moment. > > > @Andre, I don't know if the mail from AOL was because they are sensing > > the use of the webmail plugin, but it does seem they may be inclined > > toward eventually trying to prevent it. > > > Thanks,& hopefully this may help anyone else who isn't getting the > > captcha > > > & Thank You, webmailauthor, for working to try& resolve this! > > > On Sep 21, 12:39 pm, soul power<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Orephia and others ofcourse, > > >> Did you try this link to check for the captcha?http://webmail.aol.com/ > >> It worked for me, > >> Now I only have the issue that the "IceThijs" tweak to get hotmail > >> working is making the downloaded mails unreadable (no gzip decoding). > >> Just have to wait for microthingy to get hotmail back to where it was... > > >> Are you sure you use the webmail and not the POP function thunderbird > >> automatically installs after TB v3? > >> Check "server settings" in "account setings" to use the server > >> "localhost", not "pop.mail.com"! > > >> Soul > > >> On 9/21/2010 12:10 AM, orephia wrote: > > >>> Tnx Van, I saw that post a while back, but when I logged in I only > >>> received a popup that I needed to set an alternate email, no captcha. > >>> I entered an additional email address,& since then I have been able > >>> to log in with firefox without any popups at all, captcha or > >>> otherwise, but the Thunderbird addon has refused to work again for me > >>> ever since this started many weeks ago. If there is a security > >>> captcha that needs clearing I would like to find it. I have set > >>> NoScript to permit all on the page, to no avail. > >>> The only other indication of anything changing is a recent mail from > >>> their system advising me to consider upgrading to Premium service,& > >>> that POP function will go away if I don't, but I am not using POP, so > >>> I don't see how that can be related to this: > >>> "Dear *****[email protected], > >>> We thank you for being a Mail.com customer and appreciate you trying > >>> the Premium email account service preview- which allows free email > >>> customers to utilize features normally reserved for premium email > >>> customers (POP& SMTP, Forwarding, etc). We noticed you are currently > >>> utilizing these features and hope you find these services to be a > >>> valuable addition to your Mail.com account. > >>> Unfortunately, our premium service preview will be coming to a close > >>> soon and we want to ensure you have no disruption of service when that > >>> happens. We invite you to upgrade to a premium email account before > >>> the end of this preview. > >>> Premium Email Features : > >>> * IMAP and POP access (Use with Outlook, Blackberry, iPhone, and > >>> more!) > >>> * Email Forwarding into other accounts > >>> * An advertising- free email experience > >>> * 24/7 premium customer support (Phone& Chat) > >>> At just $1.67/month for an annual account, we hope you find these to > >>> be great reasons to upgrade your account to Premium. You can upgrade > >>> your account herehttps://www.mail.com/Account/PaymentPlan.aspx. > >>> Sincerely, > >>> Mail.com Product Team" > >>> Thanks for the suggestion anyway, I wish I could make use of it! As > >>> far as "trying the Premium email account service preview" I have never > >>> done any such thing, maybe they auto-enabled that at some point. > >>> Wondering if that could be an issue here, I have looked for a setting > >>> to disable it but find nothing. Perhaps that is the problem& when it > >>> 'comes to a close soon' the webmail addon will start working again. > >>> Regards > >>> On Sep 15, 7:54 pm, Van<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi All: > >>>> I too have been stumbling with this mail.com issue. I came across the > >>>> following post (http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail- > >>>> extension/browse_thread/thread/8d809db58c80d6d5#) which solve my > >>>> problem. Some sort of security captcha change required. Once I entered > >>>> the code, TB was able to login to my mail.com account. > >>>> HTH others. Cheers > >>>> On Sep 10, 1:36 am, orephia<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Sure, logs sent, popConnectionlog9-9-2010.txt& AOL Log - 21-54-82 > >>>>> -9-9-2010.txt > >>>>> hope this helps. apologies for the delay in checking back on the > >>>>> thread. thanks so much for the long dedication to maintaining this! > >>>>> On Sep 9, 10:18 am, Webmail Author<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> Can you send me the log files > > --
