amsn opening hotmail

Hi Brian,

Which version of ubuntu and amsn are you using? Your machine is behind a proxy or something like that?

Cheers,

Helton

ubuntu= 7.10
amsn= 0.97

my computer is behind a router that I have uniquely setup to be near transperent, its never stopped a valid connection from my computer before.

Hi Brian,

Which other settings did you change (other than preferred browser)? Did you changed the "Mailer" field at "preferences -> others" tab? Did you change anything at "preferences -> connection" tab?

Cheers,

Helton

I didn't change any other settings...
and this was like that when I installed it onto that computer, so I know I didn't make the problem...:P

Brian,

I tried to reproduce the behavior of your system in 3 other systems (two machines with Ubuntu 7.10 and one with Ubuntu 8.04) and I was unable to reproduce the error. One of the system with Ubuntu 7.10 was behind a router and the other two were behind a proxy. When you try to access the hotmail site directly, you stop on the same cgi-bin?

Helton

No, when I access it directly (http://www.hotmail.com/) it lets me login as normal

this only happens when I click open inbox, or 3 new messages, ect...

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on a further note, where can I get my upgrade to the beta of ubuntu 8.04?

Thank you,
Brian Michalski

I did some testing just now, this problem only affects one msn email account, and not another one that i just created

the problem must be in the preferences of that account (my primary one)

Hi Brian,

I agree with you. You should compare the two accounts seeking for differences in configuration that lead to the cause of the problem.

Helton

psssst... where the config file? :P

I know its somewhere in /home/XYZ/.amsn
but what file(s) is it?

Brian,

It appears to be the config.xml file, but I found two of them. The one that appears to match my config is that that lies directly in the .amsn directory, but the other is in a subdirectory especific for my msn account. So I think you will need to check on both just to make sure.

I hope it helps

Helton

I reviewed both but found nothing in there that might cause a problem except the actual web browser start-up command which works fine
(except sending me to the wrong site!)

so I tried deleting the config file, and then restarting amsn and logging on (creating a new, fresh config)

so I did more experimenting...
i decided to install konqueror and use that as the browser variable ("konqueror $url")

this caused it to go to:
http://cgi-bin/HoTMaiL
of course it didnt load saying no hostname specified

normally if you type what ever into firefox, then it searches for the closest thing to it, (http://www.cgi-bin.com)

so why does aMsn want to send me there?... :S

could this be a bug?

If your hotmail account is in the form <email address hidden>, yes, this problem may be a bug. I found a discussion in the AMSN forum that describe a bug exactly like yours that affects MSN live accounts. These bug was corrected in the last releases. Please, check in the file /usr/share/amsn/hotmail.tcl if this string appears in the frist line "::Version::setSubversionId {$Id: hotmail.tcl 9104 2007-11-30 22:07:25Z kakaroto $}".

If the file does not have that line, you should update your AMSN to a new version. The backported version of AMSN (from Hardy to Gutsy) has the correction applied to it.

By the way, the address for the discussion at the AMSN forum is http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4317&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[]'s,

Helton

ok, stupid question, how? :P

(bug filled as well)

Thanks Helton Dória, that solved my question.

Thank You So Much!!! :)