Re: [edlug] Wierd SuSE/Hotmail Problem

[Greg Andreou <gregorya@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 23:03, Gordon Guthrie wrote:
> Folks
> 
> I have 2 machines (1 intel laptop, 1 AMD desktop).
> 
> Both have a standard SuSE 9.0 install on them.
> 
> On one (this laptop) I can use Hotmail.
> 
> On the other I can't...
> 
> Hotmail takes you on a magic carpet ride of redirects, picking and dropping 
> off cookies all along the way. I have checked that the cookie handling is 
> the same, cleared out all the old cookies, set up Konqueror to accept 
> Microsoft's cookie's, everything...
> 
> The (other) machine hangs on a particular URL. I can telnet into that URL on 
> port 80, it resolves fine, so it is not a comms problem, merely that that 
> machine won't bounce out of the redirect (or something)...
> 
> I have had Hotmail problems with earlier SuSE installs before using the 
> firewall, and I have tried to switch the firewall off (without much sucess) 
> - there is still an OpenBSD box between the internal network and the machine 
> though.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how to crack this wierd nut... (and I don't mean 
> dropping Hotmail, smart alec!)
> 
> Gordon

You could try gotmail its a perl script that accesses your hotmail
account and saves it into mbox format so then you can even manage your
account with your favourite mail program. 

I know this is probably not the answer you are looking for but i thought
it might be an a good alternative if no other solution was found. 
http://www.nongnu.org/gotmail/ is the webpage for more info and
download.

Greg

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