Microsoft Outlook is being retarded! D:

ShotaMeister · (#1 (**permalink**))

I have a computer class and each student has their own personal email address so that the teacher can email assignments to them. I, however, cannot send/receive any new messages and in turn cannot receive any new assignments. It keeps asking me to login, and even though the password is automatically entered and saved into the computer, it won't let me login. When I type it in manually, it still won't allow me to log in. I tried resetting my password (using the same one), and nothing seems to work.

Has this ever happened to anyone else before? It's really frustrating and I don't want to fail this class, especially since it's an easy one. The teacher's been gone for a couple of days now and I have no clue when he'll be back, and the 60+-year-old substitute has to clue what she's even talking about.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Excessum · (#2 (**permalink**))

1) Use Mozilla Thunderbird.
2) Are you using the same e-mail server as your classmates, or have you got your own personal ones (gmail, yahoo, whatever)?
3) Have you tried to log in from a different computer?
4) Is there a web-service available for this mail server, which you can use to check your mail (again, like gmail, yahoo)?
5) USE MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD!
6) If nothing works, you can always throw the PC out of the window and go live in the cave. Be alternative, god damnit!

reptilesandsamurai · (#3 (**permalink**))

Do you get an error message when you try to log in? Do you have your POP3 and SMTP addresses set up correctly?

Also see Excessum post numbers 1 and 5.

Excessum · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by reptilesandsamurai

Do you have your POP3 and SMTP addresses set up correctly?

Oh yeah, for some reason I assumed something has gone wrong with his/hers PC/e-mail client, even if that wasn't mentioned in the OP. [Poor excuse]Must be the lack of sleep d-_-b[/Poor excuse].
Aaand then there's always the chance the server has gone down...

Seriously... we shouldn't have given up the paper and pen- kind of mail. No problems with e-mail clients there. Well... there is a little bit longer latency when delivering the packets. But who cares, it works!!!

Aniki · (#5 (**permalink**))

Have you tried the old fashion way - a kick in the processor, a punch in the monitor, some yelling...