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Server Error: 0x800CCC90/Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC92

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joelpeyton

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May 12, 2010, 4:30:01 AM5/12/10
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Hi all, welcome to the crazy world of Windows Live Mail.

Just recently got myself a touch phone and have set it up to receive emails
from my Windows Mail account. Also configured the windows mail account to
collect all my email from other accounts I have floating around, these
include hotmail, gmail and a business one.

Everything was working fine initially, but now I get prompted to give my
username and password everytime it attempts to receive emails. However, it
never accepts the username and password even though they are exactly the same
as the Account settings. Each time I click OK it just asks me for them
again, eventually I get hacked off with it and cancel and so get the
following error.

Unable to send or receive messages for the Windows Mail account. An
incorrect password was entered. The next time you send or receive messages,
you'll be asked to enter your user name and password for this account.

Server Error: 0x800CCC90
Server Response: -ERR [IN-USE] Unable to lock maildrop
Server: 'pop.orangehome.co.uk'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC92
Protocol: POP3
Port: 110
Secure(SSL): No

...winston

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May 12, 2010, 5:18:43 AM5/12/10
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Windows Mail account ?


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...winston
ms-mvp mail

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joelpeyton

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May 12, 2010, 5:58:01 AM5/12/10
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Yes Windows Live Mail Account, as I said in the initial thread I am receiving
that error message and the constant need to input my username and password
even though they are correct.

"...winston" wrote:

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Ron Sommer

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May 12, 2010, 7:57:32 AM5/12/10
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'Windows Mail' I am guessing is the name that you gave to an orangehome
email account in WLMail.
You are also accessing the orangehome email account with your touch phone.
How often is the phone and WLMail checking for new messages? Only one can
access the email account at a time.
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Ron Sommer
MS MVP- Windows Live Mail

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joelpeyton

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May 12, 2010, 9:48:01 AM5/12/10
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Hi Ron in Windows Live Mail I have it set to receive every minute. Do you
think this is too quick and causing the problem? Could it be anything else?
And yes the Windows Mail is the name of my orangehome email account. Gets
confusing having so many differen email addresses that I have tried to
consolidate them all into the Windows Live Mail with access to my phone as
well.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

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R. C. White

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May 12, 2010, 10:40:08 AM5/12/10
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Hi, Joel.

> And yes the Windows Mail is the name of my orangehome email account.

You can reduce SOME of the confusion by NOT using the name "Windows Mail",
since that is the valid name of a forerunner to "Windows Live Mail". As you
probably know, "Windows Mail" is the mail client that is included in Vista -
and only in Vista.

It's not your fault - or ours. Microsoft's program-naming teams seem quite
adept at creating confusingly similar names for very different applications.
Like Outlook and Outlook Express. :>( And the Windows Mail v. Windows Live
Mail confusion is a problem that we see every day in this newsgroup.

Maybe you could call your orangehome email account "Orange Mail"?

RC
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San Marcos, TX
r...@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64)

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Bob Lucas

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May 12, 2010, 12:35:20 PM5/12/10
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Some of the background processes of Windows Live Mail are rather
slow. Checking for new messages every minute is far too
frequent, and may cause problems.

You will also experience problems, if your touchphone is trying
to download emails at the same time as WLMail.

Try the following:

1. Try increasing the frequency to 10 minutes.

2. Turn off the touchphone.

3. The usual format for an Orangehome email address is
'som...@yourname.orangehome.co.uk. Check the account details in
WLMail. The name field should include your full User Name
(everything after the @ symbol), not just the 'yourname' part.

3. Check that you can use a web browser to sign into your
email account via the webmail interface. If you cannot access
via the webmail interface, there is a problem with your username
and/or password.

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Gary VanderMolen [MVP]

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May 12, 2010, 2:28:47 PM5/12/10
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The error " [IN-USE] Unable to lock maildrop" almost certainly means
you are checking mail at too short an interval. The checks should not be
more frequent than every 5 minutes.

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Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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Michael Santovec

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May 12, 2010, 4:21:41 PM5/12/10
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The significant part is

Server Response: -ERR [IN-USE] Unable to lock maildrop

It means that some other program or device is currently accessing the
mail account. A good guess would be your phone.

Only one program or device can access a mail account at a time.

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Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us

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