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Title: Email addresses
Post by: DaveH on Jan 21, 2008, 13:35:25
Hi again!

I recently had to do a full reinstall of Windows XP Pro, and as a result I had to reconfigure Outlook Express to get my email.

I went to the idnet email account page, to be certain I had remembered the passwords correctly, found I had, so set OE to poll my mailboxes.

The problem is, only one of my 4 mailboxes will now let me in! I set them all up exactly the same, but on 3 of them I am repeatedly asked to enter my password via the popup box that normally means you dropped a clanger with the password.

I have even gone as far as copy/pasting the password (shown in plain text) from the idnet account page into the popup box in OE with the same result.

Any ideas chaps/chapesses?

Dave
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: Lance on Jan 21, 2008, 13:45:21
Hi Dave,

All I can suggest is deleting the accounts that don't work, and try again.

For some reason unknown to man, sometimes when they get set up they just refuse to work. The next time, they will!
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: DaveH on Jan 21, 2008, 13:45:53
Erm - ignore that lunacy above. It was my own stupidity that caused it!

In fact it's SUCH a no-brainer, I'm not even going to tell you why the boxes didn't work......

:oops: :oops:
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: Lance on Jan 21, 2008, 13:46:59
But where is the fun in that! Go on - spill the beans!!!
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: cavillas on Jan 21, 2008, 13:49:11
We have to know..tel,tell,tell. ;D
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: DaveH on Jan 21, 2008, 13:56:52
Oh ok then....

I'd put the account NAMES in fine, but forgot to put @idnet.com after them....


:blush: :dunce: :blush: :dunce: :blush: :dunce:
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: Lance on Jan 21, 2008, 13:59:14
An easy mistake to make!!! :)
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: cavillas on Jan 21, 2008, 14:11:04
It certainly is, I think we've all done that before. But still Hee, Hee, Hee. ;D
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: Rik on Jan 21, 2008, 14:33:05
I've not only got the T shirt, I designed the damned thing, Dave.  ;D
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: MoHux on Jan 21, 2008, 20:20:07
And Murphy's Law states that had you entered the full addy first, you would have had to go back and shorten it!!  ::)

;D
Title: Re: Email addresses
Post by: Rik on Jan 22, 2008, 09:54:14
How true. :)