Vista - Vista Home Premium - Windows Mail Problem

12-12-2007

I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday,
WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It
downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the
download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type of
message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two
messages and hangs inthe same way.

I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the problem
could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I tried renaming
"Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista seem to have some
clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the "problem" and didn't
give me a clean new inbox.

Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"?

Steve

12-12-2007

Not that I recommend this but ..

Try turning off your anti virus.
I've had similar problems when a junk mail had
weird characters in it.

HTH

Robert

"Steve" <steve.withnell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday,
> WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It
> downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the
> download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type of
> message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two
> messages and hangs inthe same way.
>
> I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the
> problem could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I tried
> renaming "Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista seem to
> have some clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the "problem"
> and didn't give me a clean new inbox.
>
> Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"?
>
> Steve
>

12-12-2007

Steve wrote:

Quote:

> I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday,
> WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It
> downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the
> download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type
> of message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two
> messages and hangs inthe same way.
>
> I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the
> problem could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I
> tried renaming "Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista
> seem to have some clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the
> "problem" and didn't give me a clean new inbox.
>
> Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"?

download and use Thunderbird to get past the bad email

Quote:

>
> Steve
>

12-12-2007	#1 (permalink)
Steve n/a posts	Vista Home Premium - Windows Mail Problem I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday, WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type of message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two messages and hangs inthe same way. I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the problem could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I tried renaming "Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista seem to have some clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the "problem" and didn't give me a clean new inbox. Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"? Steve
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12-12-2007	#2 (permalink)
Robert Martin n/a posts	Re: Vista Home Premium - Windows Mail Problem Not that I recommend this but .. Try turning off your anti virus. I've had similar problems when a junk mail had weird characters in it. HTH Robert "Steve" <steve.withnell@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eHeAaHQPIHA.4880@xxxxxx Quote: > I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday, > WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It > downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the > download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type of > message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two > messages and hangs inthe same way. > > I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the > problem could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I tried > renaming "Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista seem to > have some clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the "problem" > and didn't give me a clean new inbox. > > Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"? > > Steve >
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12-12-2007	#3 (permalink)
Jrz n/a posts	Re: Vista Home Premium - Windows Mail Problem Steve wrote: Quote: > I've Vista running on an Acer laptop and trouble free, but yesterday, > WindowsMail is failing to download messages from the POP server. It > downloads the first two then the next one "gets stuck". Eventually the > download times out and I get a "wait another 60 seconds or stop" type > of message. Everytime I go into WindowsMail it downloads the same two > messages and hangs inthe same way. > > I've seen this problem before in OE6 on an XP machine, and then the > problem could be corrected by deleting the relevant .dbx file. So I > tried renaming "Inbox" to "Inbox_old" and restarted WindowsMail. Vista > seem to have some clever restore mechanism, because it recovered the > "problem" and didn't give me a clean new inbox. > > Any clues on how I can get this "unstuck"? download and use Thunderbird to get past the bad email Quote: > > Steve >
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