Problems with downloading attachments on Yahoo email

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Padraig Rothach - 21 Mar 2004 12:58 GMT

Hi,
I've been using Yahoo Email for years without problems,
using Outlook Express 5 (OE) on Win ME with AOL as my ISP.

Around Xmas, people started complaining that I didn't
reply to them.
I've discovered that while I can get/send messages without
attachments on my Yahoo account thru OE, messages with
attachments get stuck on the Yahoo mail server.

Curiously, I can get /send messages with attachments from
one of my hosted domains thru OE without any problems.

I can't get any help from Yahoo, just an automated message
with settings to check which I already did, and they were
all correct.

If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.
Padraig

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Michael Santovec - 21 Mar 2004 22:25 GMT

When you go to the Yahoo web site, which Yahoo folders contain the messages with
attachments? OE downloads the Inbox folder and depending on your Yahoo web site mail
options, it may download the Bulk folder, but OE cannot download any other folder.

If the messages are in the Inbox, then look at your Messages Rules in OE. There might be
one restricting downloads of messages over a given size.

Also, are you directly accessing the Yahoo POP3 mail server or going through a 3rd party
program such as YahooPOPs?

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

> Hi,
> I've been using Yahoo Email for years without problems,
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> If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.
> Padraig

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