outlook express problems

I have set up identical email accounts on a vista machine and an xp machine.
I have checked and double checked and they are identical. The account on
the xp machine works like a charm, while the vista machine continuously
prompts me for user id and password. What do I do now?

Outlook Express is not available on Vista.

"Ruth " <ruth-> wrote in message
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>I have set up identical email accounts on a vista machine and an xp
>machine. I have checked and double checked and they are identical. The
>account on the xp machine works like a charm, while the vista machine
>continuously prompts me for user id and password. What do I do now?

In Windows Mail, go to Tools > Accounts > select your mail account > click
Properties > select the 'Servers' (tab) > under 'Incoming Mail Server' >
make 'Remember password' is checked.
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"Ruth " <ruth-> wrote in message
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>I have set up identical email accounts on a vista machine and an xp
>machine. I have checked and double checked and they are identical. The
>account on the xp machine works like a charm, while the vista machine
>continuously prompts me for user id and password. What do I do now?

Ruth wrote:
> I have set up identical email accounts on a vista machine and an xp
> machine. I have checked and double checked and they are identical. The
> account on the xp machine works like a charm, while the vista machine
> continuously prompts me for user id and password. What do I do now?


Does it work if you type the password etc or does it just fail and ask
again, I think Andre misunderstood the question but so might I have done.

If it fails check your server settings and make sure it's not asking for
authorization (unless the XP one is) and this also assumes you in same
place with same ISP... not one at work and one at home with different
providers, my ISP's mail server won't do Vista at all

(The OP meant Windows Mail, of course).

Fascinating! I've got exactly the same problem. I've read (from the
screen) the mail account details from OE on my XP laptop and typed them
identically into WM on my Vista workstation.

Press Send/Receive, and the login fails, giving a username and password
prompt. Typing it in again makes no difference - the server just rejects it
repeatedly.

"I'll be smart", I thought, and exported the account details from my XP
machine to a network drive, and then imported them into WM. No risk of
mistyping anything.

And it still doesn't work!

What the heck?

SteveT

Steve Thackery wrote:
> (The OP meant Windows Mail, of course).
>
> Fascinating! I've got exactly the same problem. I've read (from the
> screen) the mail account details from OE on my XP laptop and typed them
> identically into WM on my Vista workstation.
>
> Press Send/Receive, and the login fails, giving a username and password
> prompt. Typing it in again makes no difference - the server just
> rejects it repeatedly.
>
> "I'll be smart", I thought, and exported the account details from my XP
> machine to a network drive, and then imported them into WM. No risk of
> mistyping anything.
>
> And it still doesn't work!
>
> What the heck?
>
> SteveT


There are two sets of name/pw credentials, often the 'sending' SMTP
server doesn't ask because it's connected via your ISPs network (else
you wouldn't be able to use it at all) so it "Assumes" you are legit.
Sometimes it will use authentication - maybe because it allows
"Relaying" and therefore need to identify you as a legit user by other
means than the connection - so you then need a name/pw which is not
necessarily the same as for receiving your mail.

The set everybody has are the POP credentials for receiving, but often
those are sent in plain text which can be intercepted, so as well as the
"POP" (Post Office Protocol) you can use SPOP and it seems Vista not
only allows this but insists upon it. My ISP doesn't do SPOP apparently
or at least their server or Vista don't work to the same standard so as
soon as MS started messing with the original Vista Mail and then with
LMD both quit working and I decided to adopt Thunderbird, which just
"Works" like OE used to do. In fact I just set this new machine up 10
minutes ago

So you may call your ISP in case they have a quick and easy answer, but
since Thunderbird does news and mail and is like 5 times quicker you
might also consider that, especially if coming from OE.

"Ruth " <ruth-> wrote in message
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>I have set up identical email accounts on a vista machine and an xp
>machine. I have checked and double checked and they are identical. The
>account on the xp machine works like a charm, while the vista machine
>continuously prompts me for user id and password. What do I do now?

On the servers tab of the account properties is "My server requires
authentication" checked or unchecked the same on both machines?

On the advanced tab of the account properties are the same ports called for?

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

Yes to both. But thanks for the suggestions.

SteveT

Don't really want to use Thunderbird, but thanks for pointing out the other
stuff - I didn't know about it and will look into it further.

SteveT