SpamWeasel help

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed May 15, 2002 7:58 pm

Yes, I know this is a rather esoteric thing to ask, but hell, what have I got to lose? Not my sanity. That went years ago.

Right now, I'm just trying to configure this freeware spam filtering program I downloaded so that it will work with OE 5.5. However, everytime I try to check email with SW running, it OE chokes on the password. I know of no way around this. Are there any OE experts in the house?

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Wed May 15, 2002 9:52 pm

Hi Fable,

I've downloaded and tried out this program - looks quite good!

As for the setup, you have to make some changes to your email account. The POP3 server needs to be changed to 127.0.0.1 and your username from username to username@pop3.isp.com

It takes a bit longer to downlaod email, but seems to work well.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 8:22 am

The POP3 server needs to be changed to 127.0.0.1 and your username from username to username@pop3.isp.com.

Yet the thing still refuses to work, and requests my password whenever I try, repeatedly. It shows the server as 127.0.0.1. The username it gives is only the first part of the username under the main page of OE Express/Accounts/Properties/General. There, it's listed as XXXXXX@comcast.net. When it's brought up as a failed password, it shows only XXXXXX.

Any ideas?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu May 16, 2002 11:06 am

@Fable, when you are in OE and amending the properties of your account settings, doesn't your incoming mailserver account name have a % instead of an @? Mine does. ie username%comcast.net. This is on the server tab - on the general tab, your email address will remain username@comcast.net. Just a thought

I had the same problem after moving from AOL to ADSL, I had not previously used OE and was putting an @ instead of a % on the server page, I was getting prompts for passwords when it was an incoming mailserver issue.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 11:26 am

Originally posted by Yshania
@Fable, when you are in OE and amending the properties of your account settings, doesn't your incoming mailserver account name have a % instead of an @? Mine does. ie username%comcast.net. This is on the server tab - on the general tab, your email address will remain username@comcast.net. Just a thought I had the same problem after moving from AOL to ADSL, I had not previously used OE and was putting an @ instead of a % on the server page, I was getting prompts for passwords when it was an incoming mailserver issue.

Nope. The account name is simply the XXXXXX part of XXXXX@comcast.net.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu May 16, 2002 11:42 am

On the server tab, not general tab, there is an incoming mailserver. Is it here that just has the XXX or are you talking about the email account name on the general tab? I am sorry if I am misunderstanding you, I was referring to the incoming mailserver address on the server page. If this just has XXX then I would have thought you need to amend it to give the full address.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 12:22 pm

Originally posted by Yshania
On the server tab, not general tab, there is an incoming mailserver. Is it here that just has the XXX or are you talking about the email account name on the general tab? I am sorry if I am misunderstanding you, I was referring to the incoming mailserver address on the server page. If this just has XXX then I would have thought you need to amend it to give the full address.

The incoming mail field under Server Information on the Servers tab has mail.comcast.net; outgoing is smtp.comcast.net. The account name under Incoming Mail Server has XXXXXX out XXXXX@comcast.net, which is my email account.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu May 16, 2002 12:42 pm

Originally posted by fable

The incoming mail field under Server Information on the Servers tab has mail.comcast.net; outgoing is smtp.comcast.net. The account name under Incoming Mail Server has XXXXXX out XXXXX@comcast.net, which is my email account.

Ok

was this how it was before you installed your program? the reason I ask is the incoming mail on mine is pop .dial.pipex.com, and the outgoing is smtp.dial.pipex.com. The prefix may vary from provider to provider though so I am not sure...

And the mailserver on mine uses a % instead of a @ (on the server tab) in which is otherwise my email address, again I am not sure if this is specific to my provider...

What have you changed, if anything, of your original setup?

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 1:20 pm

This is exactly the way my OE was configured before installing SpamWeasel. It's been set like this upon the suggestion of Comcast, after we all got dumped by @Home.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Thu May 16, 2002 1:43 pm

Originally posted by fable

The incoming mail field under Server Information on the Servers tab has mail.comcast.net; outgoing is smtp.comcast.net. The account name under Incoming Mail Server has XXXXXX out XXXXX@comcast.net, which is my email account.

Try changing your account username to XXXXXXX@mail.comcast.net.

When I was setting this up I had exactly the same thing until I made that specific change.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 3:54 pm

I've just added that, and the password problems stopped. Now, I just need to wait for some garbage email to see if the thing actually works, or whether some other adjustments are needed.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Thu May 16, 2002 5:13 pm

You could always send yourself something that the word filter can pick up.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 16, 2002 5:19 pm

Yeah, already tried that. It worked. But I'm not quite convinced, yet.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Fri May 17, 2002 2:08 pm

I am glad you sorted it

but aren't you tempting fate wishing for spam mail?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 17, 2002 3:41 pm

I'm not wishing for it. I just know it will arrive.

And it looks good--thanks for the help from both of you in getting that set up.