I am and have been using avast for years and having my Hotmail messages received via Webmail scanned by avast - never a problem.
On Jan 20, 7:14 am, KE4AVB <[email protected]> wrote: > First there is the Error Console that you can check under tools. > > Then there is the log files generated by webmail. They will to be > enabled under the Webmail add-on. They will contain your email > addresses and passwords so either edit them before posting here on the > forum or you can send them directly to Webmail Author; his address is > listed in his profile. To edit the files you can use any text editor > (Here I use Wordpad) just remember to save the file when exiting. The > will be located in the path that you designated in the webmail add-on. > > Since this is a Hotmail issue he will need of course the Hotmail logs. > Zip them up as they can rather large otherwise. When emailing the > Webmail Author give a note of the problem that your are having, the TB > Version, Webmail extension, and Hotmail extension numbers as he does > receives several emails daily and this will help him pin down the > problem. > > One note when you are through generating the log files turn this > feature back off as it will continuously generate files that really > eat up your hard drive space. > > Eugene > > On Jan 20, 6:34 am, SteveH_66 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for this information Eugene, I was really wondering about the > > default to just username@domain on localhost in TB3 and that clears > > the question up nicely. I want to thank the others who posted, but I > > believe I am going to have to try Eugene's suggestion to bump up the > > IdleConnectionTimeout. I should have probably specified my settings > > were correct in my original post to keep you all from having to rehash > > settings to a post, since improper settings are usually the culprit. > > The accounts are set to localhost, port 110 and security settings are > > None and Password sent insecurely. I even tried the use of 127.0.0.1 > > instead of localhost, since on my system for some programs localhost > > doesn't seem to work right but 127.0.0.1 will. I wonder if the Mail > > Scanner module in Avast, my antivirus, might not be the culprit, > > although I wouldn't think so since it shows 110 as being designated as > > the mail port. So thanks to everyone for their posts and Eugene for > > the tip about bumping up the Timeout setting. > > > Unfortunately, the tip about bumping > > network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout: to 10000 didn't seem to work > > either. I even tried resetting the server ports above 1000 since > > WebMail said that some OS's block ports below 1000, even though I know > > that Vista isn't blocking those ports because I was able to use the > > extension just fine to access a yahoo account and the mail from that > > account came through just fine. > > > It seems like it isn't getting past sending the login information to > > hotmail, and is freezing up at that point. > > > Any other ideas? Any error logs this would generate that I could post > > here or send to someone to look at which would help? If there are > > error logs, how would I get in to them to remove any sensitive > > information before posting/sending them? Thanks, > > > Steve > > > On Jan 19, 5:26 pm, KE4AVB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For account name difference it is just cosmetic different as the user > > > can rename these accounts to what they would like to be displayed. The > > > TB2 version defaulted to Web Mail - username@domain and TB3 defaults > > > to username@domain on localhost. > > > > Here is another thought, If the initial message or any other message > > > is rather large several megs; it can also cause this problem. I am > > > having to use a network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout;10000 when using the > > > Hotmail extension especially on some heavily graphic emails. The TB3 > > > default is 300. This change under the config editor > > > > Check the previous suggestions first then you can this. > > > > Eugene > > > > On Jan 19, 3:35 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Please check that you have the following settings for the Hotmail > > > > account: > > > > > Your user name should be your full email address > > > > Server settings for the POP server should be; > > > > Server name: localhost > > > > Port number: 110 > > > > Connection security: None (localhost is a virtual server running on > > > > your > > > > computer a secure connection would be meaningless) > > > > Authentication method: Password transmitted insecurely > > > > > On Jan 18, 11:05 pm, SteveH_66 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am having trouble connecting to Hotmail with the Webmail extension. > > > > > It just times out after a minute or 2 of trying to make contact. I am > > > > > using the hotmail 1.2.30b7 extension and it shows "connect:host > > > > > contacted sending login information" in the status bar. The green > > > > > indicator just goes across the bar at the bottom for a couple of > > > > > minutes, then a message pops up saying Thunderbird at the top with the > > > > > Thuderbird logo on it and says "Connection to server local host timed > > > > > out". > > > > > > This is on a hotmail account I set up under an older version of > > > > > Thunderbird and an older version of Web Mail and the hotmail extension > > > > > for it. > > > > > > The same thing happens with a new account set up on another hotmail > > > > > account, a Web Mail account I set up this evening. I noticed a > > > > > difference between the 2, in account settings and the list of accounts > > > > > the old one shows up as Web Mail - [email protected] and the new > > > > > account I set up shows up as [email protected] on localhost, don't > > > > > know if this has any effect or not. > > > > > > Web Mail worked just fine on my Web Mail account I had set up for my > > > > > yahoo account, so I am thinking it is something wrong with the hotmail > > > > > extension, since the yahoo account works fine with the yahoo > > > > > extension. Any ideas what's wrong?
