Tiscali email login oddity

use two Tiscali email addresses, my main one which is always very busy
with a constant flow and second one which I very rarely use.

The rarely used one can go for months without anything appearing in its
in box. When Mailwasher and/or Outlook attempt to log into this
account, they report bad username or password at every attempt to
access the account to check for mail for that account. I have both set
to check both accounts automatically and frequently.

If I try sending an email to the less used account, then both
Mailwasher and Outlook can log into the account without difficulty.
Inbox empty or not, I can log into the account using Webmail access.

I believe the problem might have been occurring intermitantly before,
but now it seems to be a permanent problem.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On 16/07/2011 10:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> use two Tiscali email addresses, my main one which is
> always very busy with a constant flow and second one
> which I very rarely use.
>
> The rarely used one can go for months without anything
> appearing in its in box. When Mailwasher and/or
> Outlook attempt to log into this account, they report
> bad username or password at every attempt to access
> the account to check for mail for that account. I have
> both set to check both accounts automatically and
> frequently.
>
> If I try sending an email to the less used account,
> then both Mailwasher and Outlook can log into the
> account without difficulty. Inbox empty or not, I can
> log into the account using Webmail access.
>
> I believe the problem might have been occurring
> intermitantly before, but now it seems to be a
> permanent problem.
>

Sending uses a different protocol, and on Tiscali (now
Talk-Talk), no login is required if you're using your
ISP's server.

You could try resetting the password.

On 16/07/2011 10:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> use two Tiscali email addresses, my main one which is always very busy
> with a constant flow and second one which I very rarely use.
>
> The rarely used one can go for months without anything appearing in its
> in box. When Mailwasher and/or Outlook attempt to log into this account,
> they report bad username or password at every attempt to access the
> account to check for mail for that account. I have both set to check
> both accounts automatically and frequently.
>
> If I try sending an email to the less used account, then both Mailwasher
> and Outlook can log into the account without difficulty. Inbox empty or
> not, I can log into the account using Webmail access.
>
> I believe the problem might have been occurring intermitantly before,
> but now it seems to be a permanent problem.
>

Try telnet on port 110 to the POP3 server, might be messages there about
whether the server likes you or not.

http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archi...elnet-way.aspx

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Adrian C

After serious thinking Adrian C wrote :
> On 16/07/2011 10:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>> use two Tiscali email addresses, my main one which is always very busy
>> with a constant flow and second one which I very rarely use.
>>
>> The rarely used one can go for months without anything appearing in its
>> in box. When Mailwasher and/or Outlook attempt to log into this account,
>> they report bad username or password at every attempt to access the
>> account to check for mail for that account. I have both set to check
>> both accounts automatically and frequently.
>>
>> If I try sending an email to the less used account, then both Mailwasher
>> and Outlook can log into the account without difficulty. Inbox empty or
>> not, I can log into the account using Webmail access.
>>
>> I believe the problem might have been occurring intermitantly before,
>> but now it seems to be a permanent problem.
>>
>
> Try telnet on port 110 to the POP3 server, might be messages there about
> whether the server likes you or not.
>
> http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archi...elnet-way.aspx

That works, thanks. Now so does my normal log in :-?

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk