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| Thread ID: 123272 | 2012-02-15 02:08:00 | A stupid question from a sufferer of old age. | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 1259176 | 2012-03-17 05:19:00 | I have windows 7 64 bit and use Windows live mail, and IE8 If I receive mail with an attachment or a live link I can not open them. I have to drag the attachment on to my desktop and I can then open it. An URL or e-mail address has to be copied and pasted and then works properly. I have been doing this for ages, I know I shouldn't have to. I suspect I have a wrong setting somewhere, but I can't find it. Anyone got the answer? Thanks.:thanks Jack Make sure IE is set as your default browser In IE Tools/Internet Options/Programs Tab Default Web Browser - click on Make Default |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1259177 | 2012-03-17 05:33:00 | Could you amplify that a bit please LL? It sounds very similar to my current email problem on Xtra where emails with attachments show up in Mailwasher but fail to download, though they disappear from Xtra's server as if they have. This is a newish and slightly random problem that I've been having for a couple of weeks now. I think I might still be getting the occasional attachment coming through, though I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Is there a solution or work-around? Up until a few weeks ago my Xtra email was 100% reliable. It also seems to affect my incoming business mail from my Orcon account but I don't know if that ends up channeling through Xtra as as well. I only pay about $5 a month for hosting my domain name and nothing else so I'm assuming that my Domain Name email might come via Xtra though Mailwasher appears to access it on Orcon. Cheers Billy 8-{) The only way mail can be removed from the server is if you manually delete it there or your mail client downloads it and deletes it from the server. Why don't you do some testing and send some emails with attachments to your self. It should be easy enough to establish what is happening if you bypass mailwasher and get your test messages by doing a receive direct from within Outlook If they all come into your Inbox and you do the test by sending to yourself again but this time using mailwasher and you find some did not appear in Outlook then it must be a mailwasher problem. I don't know why you bother with mailwasher, it is faster and easier to download all your mail including spam and just delete them as you go through your Inbox in Outlook. Mailwasher was useful in dialup days but with fast BB, downloading all mail is now not a problem. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1259178 | 2012-03-17 07:47:00 | Mailwasher was useful in dialup days but with fast BB, downloading all mail is now not a problem. Totally agree it is now redundant. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1259179 | 2012-03-17 21:46:00 | Thanks for the link Safari - just had a look at it and it seems to be a lot of mucking around to achieve a simple task but still didn't appear to resolve the issue. Think I might have to give Live Mail the boot and use a web based email. Wonder why Microsoft continue to stuff up something that was working without problems and think of it as being a refinement! | tophook (10328) | ||
| 1259180 | 2012-03-17 21:54:00 | Thanks for the link Safari - just had a look at it and it seems to be a lot of mucking around to achieve a simple task but still didn't appear to resolve the issue. Think I might have to give Live Mail the boot and use a web based email. Wonder why Microsoft continue to stuff up something that was working without problems and think of it as being a refinement! There are other email programs you can use, give Thunderbird a try. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1259181 | 2012-03-17 22:00:00 | There are other email programs you can use, give Thunderbird a try. I 2nd that . |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 1259182 | 2012-03-18 03:13:00 | Just installed Thunderbird so I'll be interested to see how it goes. Thanks for all the advice guys. | tophook (10328) | ||
| 1259183 | 2012-03-19 09:12:00 | Totally agree it is now redundant. I've continued to use MW because it auto-selects the spam for deletion, and if I am in doubt about a message I can read the full header or look at the message without downloading. I am very uncomfortable about the idea of opening messages from unknown senders just to see what is inside. However, it is good to know that there is an actual problem out there and it is not just me, because I've posted on this three times now and this is the first time I've got any traction at all on the issue. I don't use WLM though (I had to look it up to even find out what it was!) It appears that both my both Orcon and Xtra accounts are affected, but is there any clarification of what the generic problem is yet, such as a recent software update at one or both ISPs that doesn't play nicely with Outlook? The only way mail can be removed from the server is if you manually delete it there or your mail client downloads it and deletes it from the server. Well, I seem to have 'found' another way, because it appears to be still present on the server after I have deleted the spam (and all those entries in MW have gone but the wanted mail remains) but if I close MW then download via Outlook I lose a significant proportion of the mail I had 'chosen' to keep. One thing I now realise that I haven't tried is closing MW then opening it again and seeing if the mail is still there. That would pin it on Xtra if MW could still see it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1259184 | 2012-03-19 23:27:00 | Would be great if somehow if a resolution to this could be found for all concerned. My feeling is that Microsoft have done a software upgrade some time in the past few weeks and changed how WLM operates though I must admit I've found Xtra appear to do a good job with stopping spam, though this message was found in the spam folder lol!! | tophook (10328) | ||
| 1259185 | 2012-03-19 23:35:00 | I've continued to use MW because it auto-selects the spam for deletion, and if I am in doubt about a message I can read the full header or look at the message without downloading. I am very uncomfortable about the idea of opening messages from unknown senders just to see what is inside. However, it is good to know that there is an actual problem out there and it is not just me, because I've posted on this three times now and this is the first time I've got any traction at all on the issue. I don't use WLM though (I had to look it up to even find out what it was!) It appears that both my both Orcon and Xtra accounts are affected, but is there any clarification of what the generic problem is yet, such as a recent software update at one or both ISPs that doesn't play nicely with Outlook? Well, I seem to have 'found' another way, because it appears to be still present on the server after I have deleted the spam (and all those entries in MW have gone but the wanted mail remains) but if I close MW then download via Outlook I lose a significant proportion of the mail I had 'chosen' to keep. One thing I now realise that I haven't tried is closing MW then opening it again and seeing if the mail is still there. That would pin it on Xtra if MW could still see it. Cheers Billy 8-{) Just to clarify the issue you are having has nothing to do with the WLM problem unable to forward imbedded attachments. There is no actual problem out there that is causing your problem with Mailwasher so sorry to say it is just you. |
Safari (3993) | ||
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