Outlook 2007 playing silly beggars

Have been using this for yonks for two email accounts. One of them has started asking for entry of the password, which it never used to do. I key what I know to be the correct pw but it then comes back again asking for it, even though I tell it to remember it in my pw list. The account is therefore effectively locked.

Googling tells me that others have encountered this prob. There are various getout progs shown but (a) they seem rather technical and (b) who are these guys anyway?

No difficulty with the other email account.

I'm running Outlook 2007 v12 under windows xp. both updated and with SP3.

All thoughts will be much appreciated!

Tried deleting the account and setting it up again?

I get this so is it an update problem so microsoft will find out about and fix with another update. Neverending quality windows.

Have a google account and is ok, the BTinternet one is the problem.

what email is wrong for you. mine BT.

Is a pain as the 10 minutes refresh the program works is then not done and computer is in the next room so here the email noise, not watching so not working then nothing arrives but I don't know as not there.

Delights of microsoft I guess.
windows 7 not responding on so much, don't get me started on that.

what diid you find to sort out but looked hard.

I wonder if redoing settings will work. Not sure if I have or not like suggested.

From Daniel

A guess or does this work.

I have the same settings on phone and outlook and phone never asks for password so something to do with the email program, undate (then started going wrong), I put my money on!.

But not sure rto be honest.

Thanks guys.

Both email a/cs are btyahoo, one working OK, as is a gmail a/c..

IE is v9 - only recently updated to this. Significant?.

Help!

Does it do it constantly or just now and again

gmail IMAP has had issues since it was ever made resulting in it asking for password now and then.

I recently switched from Orange to BT, and encountered 2007 MS Outlook Express probs. Found this guy's site via google: http://www.pdoc.co.uk/

He's a real genuine guy, who's FOC tips worked for me. However, if he does have to get personally involved you can see his fees are very reasonable. He also offers to link directly with your computer via the internet, so that if you can't follow the website's instructions, he can fix it remotely! Ref. Paul Doherty - PC Services - PC & Internet Problems Solved.

This would appear to be a Yahoo server problem message from BT as follows;

Re: Intermitte​nt POP3 email logon failures
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Options
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on 18-11-201112h18
Hi Guys,

Sorry for the ongoing problems you guys are experiencing. We have raised this with Yahoo and as soon as we know more we will be updating this thread E-mail password rejection.

Cheers

Sean

BTCare Community Mod
http://community.bt.com/t5/Other-BB-Queries/Intermit...
end of BT message

I have found that some are solving the solution by changing the POP/SMTP settings from "mail.btinternet.com" to:

incoming = pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk

outgoing = smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk

user names need to be complete with [email protected]

Hope this is of some help but it has NOTHING to do with Microsoft so don't go totalling your system.

So same internet explorer and outlook, just looked. Lets hope as said it is yahoo mail servers and not us but does anoy when email not being checked when not watching it, I do mistly by the email noise when they come in.

Tried changing the incoming and outgoing servers to what was suggested and sent one to myself using the phone on google email and it still goes so lets try that, sends and recieves ok even if not got settings on the BT internet ones.

Goes so good enough for me.

At least you know it is not just you and there are suggestions. NICE ONE.

Hi

I will try the easy option of the server name change first and that does work and still sends and recieves ok as tried.

Easy things first I say!.

This bloke has a lot of stuff, clever man then I guess, I did the microsoft certifications and got 2 exams short of MCSE and time and money ran out.

Would like to have PC buisiness and go around houses or a little unit and work from there as will. Was an idea in 2006 and 2 years spending all the savings and ISA money and then dads for what. Nowt!. I tried. 9 hours a week cleaning now and hundreds of applications later for monkey production (what I once did so tried to get back into ) and nothing.

Enough moaning, lets see if different seettings on outlook works.

From Daniel.
Sat at home bored

NICE ONE.

Done and lets see.

Ta again for all your interesting posts. From what you wrote this seems to be connected with porting emails across from that awful btyahoo site to outlook.

initially it happened spasmodically but with persistence (aka bloodymindedly repeating the password) I managed to get through. Erin Dors has two btyahoo email a/cs as well and she had the same prob.Why only on one of the a/cs (our secondary ones)?

Yesterday it just didn't want to know. Hence my plea for help. For no very good reason I powered down and rebooted the bt homehub and it seems to have woken up OK at present, on a different IP address. No confidence for the future though.

Hello

Would the home hub reboot do it, would not think so. Must be an undate of the outlook so us or email server.

Have you tried changing the settings on the account in outlook like suggested. It still works and might do the trick. Happens every now and then, not a massive problem to be so computer at fault?. Who knows.

Do the changing incoming / outgoing server in the TOOLS/ account settings on the program and try.

I got the bt infinity and at 38Mbs is full speed and me happy. just this odness with the email to the btinernet address is a bit anoying. What I have done might work, we will see. Might sort it's self out if them not us and gets sorted at the other end.

Just a BT address and not doing all the rubbish by logging into a web site and doing email that way.

Outlook express (in windows 98 and up through 2000. Millenium (cra*) and XP. not over complicated Office outlook for windows 7. Did use the windows live mail but never liked so used the office program as there instead.

Hopefull what ever it is it gets sorted by microsoft update if computer or something at server in a building somewhere if BT yahoo.

Computers, designed to stress and waste our time!.

Now the setting up of the email server settings to yahoo are not working, outlook as an error and wont send the BT stuff, google mail account is fine so back to the normal btinternet settings. Did work earlier but not now.

Is it me or them.
[censored] useless email.

From Daniel

Not logged in.

Hello

Been doing it again tonight really bad and making me shout and swear and at the point of wanting to throw the [censored] computer out the window!.

Thought can I forward the email to the googlemail one and so pick up the bt emails on that.
Went into the yahoo mail web page and it loads a few emails ( why anyone would want to to email on web page based stuff, god knows!. horrible and slow). To the point, found that in options on the accound web email page and it did not show up as an confirmation email on gmail so tried again, Nothing.

Did the help pages and they are good, outlook express and other program fault codes and subjects like why do I keep getting password error message and things like that.

Spot on. Needs the enhanced yahoo email for POP ( outlook or other email client) and email forwarding to other address, so explains why email never came not 20 minutes ago and we both get the password thing.

I think they let it work so long, feel you now like using what ever email client program and after so long make it play up and gets to a point of unusable.

Is $19.99 I think when bought up the upgrade tab.

Will do and have it done with.
Was going to get aroiund by the email forwarding thing on web mail OPTIONS tab but they got that covered and no going us that like the yahoo fro free. Spend $19 a year is the way or change accounts email contact details and friend need to know, (a new email address of a google mail one). To much hard work so going to pay my money and have it done with. A job for the next 10 minutes.

So go to BT, and be forced to pay to use email the best friendly eay on outlook (CON!).

http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/enhancements/mailplus

Just done using paypal as nicer than the creadit card and quicker.

So $19.99 year as auto renews and email striaght to the googlemail forwarding address I could not set up before paying.

Loose the bt email or pay is the point I think.

All going again and if outlook brings up the password box then computer will be flying out the window I think. On 9 hours a week so £56.72 a week and now just lost some of that this week to use my email.

Big [censored] con.

Don't waste you time.

It now does not go.

Can not get outlook to worlk and the conferation email to the forwarded one never arrives.

Waste of $19.99
So over a 3rd of this weeks wages on on nothing. What joy and a strssfull waste of a night.

Really do not like BT.
changed from o2 to BT infinity. With I had not now.
stress it has all given me and taking to india monkeys at least o2 was english.

Not having ago about india brfore anyone moans.
just bT call centre, useless

ok got no where last night after paying my $19.99 so whAT i THOUGHT WAS nothing.
tried again messing around for last 30 minutes as a few test emails last night from gmail account did not turn up to that own account as did the yahoo options things of email forwarding.

did work thismorning as confirmation email arrived straight away after 10 seconds.

Ignored and went back to the pop setting so get on outlook (all there on web mail page, options). When ticked in the circle what you want go to another option then a box flags up as changes made and log out, job done.

So to the original problem of email account not working as password problem, it does on the free account, now mail plus account for my money will go.

Looks like it takes time so do at night before bed and set up pop in the morning.
Thiis is what you want and have done but now playing up as I found but looks like normal until $19.99 is paid. CON.

See how it goes now.
Can cancel it and if it plays me up I will go through many accounts an change email address and say to what few friends I have to use thre gmail one.
I can go without. Not spending money if it does not work. Good old BT.

So just tried again and still bringing up the password box and sure it was the account not being the premium one and so needed money. Now fed up with it all and going to get the refund and move onto gmail. Free and it works. Not worth the stress anymore.

BT yahoo mail. A load of SHI*.

enough said.

Now off to work to try and get some money back I wasted last night. Will do the refund thing later.

Cancelled. $19.99 saved and now thisafternoon hours of time wasted ( so more then like last night and today) changing email and that on many accounts from paypal, ebay, amazon, you get the idea. Hours of fun.

Useless BT email. Not worth it.

Hello

Nice idea but did not work, did for a bit.

I think it has to do with having the upgraded account for $19.99 a year and can then do pop email client like outlook.

so paid , stil useless so now getting refund and going to drop the email address.

Spent almost 2 hours going through pages of accounts changing it and sometimes getting validation email so click and then it takes.

Write to people in contact list.
hours of fun.

Bye bye @btinternet.com

Pointless and even when pay it still plays up.
Got better things to spent my time on. Had yestrday and today.
that is it now.
will check for a month and then gone forever, let any spam sit there, I won't see!.

Edited by deleted (Fri 13-Jan-12 16:20:19)

Renewed thanks to all you guys. Can I just whisper that I've amended the POP setting (on that a/c only) as noted by pcologist. So far (shhh!) it seems to be doing the biz, but watch this space ...

No it won't, did not for me but might be lucky.

Done the private message thing.

Mine has gone and spent ages changing email on everything and contacts. Hard work, bye bye BT email. hello gmail I had anyway so 1 email. Does me!.