Re: Messenger not updating e-mail count/sending email notifications

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 02/27/04


Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:15:33 -0500

Greetings Charlie,

It's being worked on.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Charlie T" <ilikemypleasurespikedwithpain@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9F86BCE7-6771-4F9E-91F2-8BF0E11BA7BE@microsoft.com...
> About a week ago, I noticed that messenger stopped alerting me as to when there is new
> e-mail in my hotmail inbox. Only when I signed on, would I be alerted as to whether or not
> I have e-mail. If I had mail, after I checked it, the 'unread messages' count would not
> change. If I didnt have mail at sign on, later I would check my mail, and find new e-mail,
> that I was never alerted to.
> Since this problem began, I have tried many configurations, switching between Windows
> Messenger 6.1 and MSN Messenger 4.7. Due to an unrelated circumstance, I have even
> reinstalled Windows XP - this was a fresh install over a newly formatted drive. I have even
> configured Messenger to use a proxy, hoping that would help the problem - it didnt.
> I am not the only person with this problem (as evidenced here:
> http://forums.happy-messaging.com/discus/messages/35/1498.html and here:
> http://www.askmarvin.ca/forums/index.php?s=618ae393aedee56517887971a4e1279b&showtopic=597&st=0&#entry2750 )
> and it would be greatly appreciated if it were resolved quickly.
> ~Charlie



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