Try changing "Localhost" to "localhost". I have seen this in this forum before as a source of some problems. It is worth try.
Also look under tools for the error console and post it message related to the hotmail account here. Eugene On Jan 12, 9:10 am, Sandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chris and Eugene. I set up the "spare" account again and left > the server as "Localhost". Sent messages seemed to go OK, but > attempting to receive resulted in the following: > "Sending of username did not succeed. Mail server localhost responded: > undefined is a unsupported domain". > > I checked account Settings and found the User name was not the full > email address, so I edited that and tried to receive from my account > in hotmail but got > "The RETR command did not succeed. Error retrieving a message. Mail > server localhost responded: negative vibes from > [email protected]". > > nb there is a page when you enter Account settings asking for account > settings that is mostly blank for my spare account. I have left it > that way > > Actually, Chris, I was doing what you were doing and using the Hotmail > free POP service (although I didn't know that). I have dodged the > lack of access to Junk mail by making sure there is none classed as > such in Hotmail. I set up 5 filters, one for each vowel, so that a > message containing a vowel in the sender address was sent to Hotmail > Inbox. That meant everything gets through to Tbird inbox. I am using > the tbird adaptive junk filter to filter the proper junk. The problem > will arise if/when i go onto an external PC and want to access my > emails - Hotmail will be a mess so it would be nice to get the above > to work. > > Sandy > > On Jan 12, 2:11 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This answers a lot of questions. You aren't using the webmail > > extensions, but Hotmail's own free POP service. There is no problem with > > using this in most cases, it is what I do myself, although I did use the > > webmail extension for some time before Hotmail made free POP access > > available. If downloading mails from folders other than inbox, in > > particular the "Junk" folder, is essential to your use of Hotmail, then > > you will need to change the account settings. If, like me, you are happy > > to just download from the Hotmail inbox and check from time to time that > > nothing is in the "Junk" folder on the website that shouldn't be then > > carry on using pop3.live.com. > > "Localhost" is the correct server name if you are using the webmail > > extension. Simply put, the extension reads your mail on the Hotmail site > > and converts it into regular POP email format. It then puts the mails on > > a virtual server running on your computer, "Localhost". Thunderbird then > > downloads from Localhost just as though it was a normal Internet server > > > On 12/01/2011 12:46, Sandy wrote: > > > > Yet again, thanks for the trouble taken to resolve my problems. > > > > My server settings are POP3.Live.com for the 3 Hotmail accounts (and > > > POP3.btinternet.com for the Yahoo/BT account). From what you say that > > > is wrong. > > > > Eugene emailed me directly to indicate there are at least 3 types of > > > hotmail account and I should have used "Add other account" available > > > from the bottom left tab of the Account settings box. I had used > > > "Create a new account" to set up. I have been playing with that > > > method exploiting an empty Hotmail account and ran into an issue that > > > when I checked Account settings it then said "local host" in server > > > name. I edited that to POP3 as above - but don't seem to be receiving > > > emails in that account. Looks as if I have taken (almost) every wrong > > > turning possible! > > > > If I have to start again on Tbird, the troublesome trial of Outlook > > > available for a week more which makes imports easier. > > > > Sandy > > > --
