Why does this happen?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-18 07:35am

Whenever I try to click on a site to email someone, I get a 404 error. This happens on both IE and Fire Fox, and on every site I've tried. For example, if a site says "contact so and so HERE" the email links never open. I just get the error. How can I change the browser setting?

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-02-18 07:58am

Superman wrote:Whenever I try to click on a site to email someone, I get a 404 error. This happens on both IE and Fire Fox, and on every site I've tried. For example, if a site says "contact so and so HERE" the email links never open. I just get the error. How can I change the browser setting?

Perhaps you must change the setting for IE for the program that you use to send e-mails. In Internet Explorer, from the "Tools" menu, select "Internet Options", then select the "Programs" tab and use the drop down menu next to E-mail and change it to whatever program you use. Also make sure that the SMTP and POP settings are correct (you recieve that info from your ISP).

I hope this will help you. I use the Swedish version of Internet Explorer, but I think I got all the translations and options right.

Good luck!

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-18 07:59am

Also make sure that the SMTP and POP settings are correct (you recieve that info from your ISP).

That might be it. It's set to hotmail, which is what I use. How do I find this out?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-18 08:02am

Oh, one more thing... When I change the setting to use my yahoo mail instead of hotmail, it works. What the heck is going on?

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-02-18 08:20am

Superman wrote:
Also make sure that the SMTP and POP settings are correct (you recieve that info from your ISP).
That might be it. It's set to hotmail, which is what I use. How do I find this out?

If you're using Outlook, Microsoft has a page that explains this:

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/work ... tlook.aspx

I hope it'll work out for you!

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-02-18 08:37am

Sounds like you need a gmail account.

Happely I have 50 of them if you need one

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-02-18 02:53pm

Did M$ stop supporting POP3 or something? Because I had my father set up with Thunderbird and he can't get to any of the hotmail accounts.

Fortunately I got Gmail

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-02-18 03:19pm

Microsoft stopped allowing freemail POP3 access...was announced like 4 months ago, pretty widely at the time, but little since. Gmail is the Way.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-02-18 06:50pm

White Haven wrote:Microsoft stopped allowing freemail POP3 access...was announced like 4 months ago, pretty widely at the time, but little since. Gmail is the Way.

Brilliant marketting.

"Here everybody, we're giving you 250 MB of space! You can't access it anymore, but it's still more than the pathetic amount you had before, so smile and be happy!"

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-02-18 08:20pm

Yes, because we ALL know how secure and difficult to crack Outlook is. Why, just ask Valve what they think of its ironclad security?

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