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Thread ID: 87061 2008-02-06 19:10:00 Has something happened to Freenet email? Billy T (70) Press F1
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637968 2008-02-06 23:36:00 Orcon are currently having issues (www.orcon.net.nz) with e-mail authentication. Their webmail is working fine, however.

Maybe other ISPs are also having problems?
FoxyMX (5)
637969 2008-02-06 23:41:00 Xnet works fine here, with email. Speedy Gonzales (78)
637970 2008-02-07 00:45:00 ihug are still having a problem.

Earlier today authentication was failing for both webmail and pop3
That is now fixed, I can login but no mail is being delivered at the moment, I sent a test message to myself 3 hours ago and it has still not arrived.
Safari (3993)
637971 2008-02-07 02:15:00 Woosh is a go as well. beeswax34 (63)
637972 2008-02-07 03:13:00 Not really on topic, but I have had problems with Orcon Mail for a few months, both at home and at work, on 3 different addresses.

Every now and then the "please enter your username and password" box would come up...just click OK and it normally would download your mail the second time, a bit annoying though. I called Orcon a few times about it but they just shrugged their shoulders and had no solution.

Anyone else experienced this? Increasing the timeouts to 2min+ seems to fix it...but the point is I shouldn't have to do that! ;)
wratterus (105)
637973 2008-02-07 03:30:00 Every now and then the "please enter your username and password" box would come up...just click OK and it normally would download your mail the second time, a bit annoying though. I called Orcon a few times about it but they just shrugged their shoulders and had no solution.

Anyone else experienced this?

Yes, that has been a real annoyance on and off for a couple of years on both Orcon and Freenet.

Re the present problem, I have sent an email to Freenet but I'm not holding my breath for an answer any time this side of Christmas, and I just had a long conversation with a helpful lady at Xtra (call answered immediately) who takes the position that if I am using Xtra broadband to access a pop3 mail server of another company then any access problems are their issues, not Xtra's.

There is an element of inescapable logic there, but I pointed out that by all accounts Orcon, Ihug and Freenet were all coincidentally having exactly the same problem for Xtra users but that didn't fly.

I guess I'll have to wait and see what transpires over the next few days.

BTW, where did you go to increase the timeouts?

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :confused: :confused:
Billy T (70)
637974 2008-02-07 03:42:00 BTW, where did you go to increase the timeouts?

It differs from client to client. I use Outlook, and if you open up the mail account settings, click on more settings and go to the advanced tab its there.

It's pretty similar for other mail clients, have a look around.
wratterus (105)
637975 2008-02-07 04:08:00 Ihug was down this morning here in Nelson too but is working fine now. Both pop3 and webmail were down but outlook was still able to download my gmail. gary67 (56)
637976 2008-02-07 04:16:00 Yup, because gmail doesnt go thru your ISP. Speedy Gonzales (78)
637977 2008-02-07 07:28:00 All my Orcon emails have now come in through Eudora. :cool:

And for the record, I have very rarely had any problems with receiving and sending through my Orcon accounts over the years.
FoxyMX (5)
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