Windows Mail

poppa bear said:

silat said:

Thanks Poppa.
The reason for my wanting to get rid of it is:
My mail backup program keeps finding WinMail and backing up the folder.
I am assuming that doing what you have suggested will fix that issue.
:)

It should do, but let us know how it goes either way for the benefit of others who may have the same problem.

Cheers PB

I uninstalled Microsoft update KB978542 . As that is the fast and easy way to put the original msoe.dll back in the Winmail folder.
Everything is fine now. I am not sure why the backup program was picking up the unused folder but it was. Now it isnt. So mission accomplished.

Thanks for the help.

poppa bear said:

To Greg S re Malware Defender Logs.

This is an image of the MD logs for switching WinMail to Work Offline/Online.

This is an image of the MD Permissions prompt to Work Offline.

This is an image of the MD Permissions prompt to Work Online.

Also attached are the Application logs from Windows Event Viewer for the same event.

Log for switching to Work Offline

Log for switching to Work Online

Hope this is the info you wanted re glitch in WinMail switch for Work Offline/Online.

Cheers PB

Interesting, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the same api call for win 7? If it is then the question remains, why the crash in Win 7? Have you noticed the esent events in event viewer when offline crashed in Win 7? I have noticed esent events but only for sent email but to be honest, I didn't look in event viewer after an offline crash.

First, I want to say thanks for this wonderful guide. I like the look and feel of Windows Mail allot more than Windows Live Mail.

I just got Windows 7 64bit. I did all the instructions and all my folders and e-mails and everything is there. I can receive mail fine. But for some reason it's not sending mail. It doesn't give any errors and does its usual thing and looks fine. Tried sending multiple times to hotmail and gmail and nothing shows up.

Yajiro said:

First, I want to say thanks for this wonderful guide. I like the look and feel of Windows Mail allot more than Windows Live Mail.

I just got Windows 7 64bit. I did all the instructions and all my folders and e-mails and everything is there. I can receive mail fine. But for some reason it's not sending mail. It doesn't give any errors and does its usual thing and looks fine. Tried sending multiple times to hotmail and gmail and nothing shows up.

Unfortunately I can't readily answer that question. I have both hotmail and gmail recipients in my contacts list and it sends emails to both without any problem. Does it send mail OK to other email addresses with different mail server?

I don't really have any other e-mail addresses to try sending to. It was a hotmail and gmail address of mine I tried. But all the account settings look correct and it gives no sending errors. So I don't get what the issue is. Some mistake I made I'm sure.

Edit:
I also tried sending an e-mail to myself. That didn't work either.

Yajiro said:

I don't really have any other e-mail addresses to try sending to. It was a hotmail and gmail address of mine I tried. But all the account settings look correct and it gives no sending errors. So I don't get what the issue is. Some mistake I made I'm sure.

You could maybe create an email address at Yahoo and try that? I know at one point WinMail was not supporting Hotmail as an account. Or maybe it has something to do with the outgoing SMTP protocol. In my Yahoo account for example, the incoming POP3 is: pop.mail.yahoo.com.au. However, the outgoing SMTP is: mail.bigpond.com. It won't send unless I use my ISP protocol for SMTP.

poppa bear said:

Greg S said:

Interesting, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the same api call for win 7? If it is then the question remains, why the crash in Win 7? Have you noticed the esent events in event viewer when offline crashed in Win 7? I have noticed esent events but only for sent email but to be honest, I didn't look in event viewer after an offline crash.

The following pics show the Error message for clicking the switch Work Offline; found at: Right click: My Computer > Manage > Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Application >

The 1st image shows the General tab, and the 2nd image the Details tab.

I notice the faulting module path is unknown.

I can't do a log or permission prompt for Malware Defender because MD is incompatible with my 64bit Windows 7 OS. However, it will work in 32bit Windows 7 OS, if you have access to that.

Cheers PB

I'm getting the same thing. I thought that it may have something to do with WinMail sharing the connection with the supposedly more secure IE8 and it's not able to break the connection but that's not the case although it still may be. I've changed all connection settings possible in WinMail and still get the crash. I think I tried Working offline from IE8 which did cause WinMail to be offline but when going to the Receive Mail button, the option to Go back online caused a crash.

Greg S said:

I'm getting the same thing. I thought that it may have something to do with WinMail sharing the connection with the supposedly more secure IE8 and it's not able to break the connection but that's not the case although it still may be. I've changed all connection settings possible in WinMail and still get the crash. I think I tried Working offline from IE8 which did cause WinMail to be offline but when going to the Receive Mail button, the option to Go back online caused a crash.

Unfortunately I think it's a lost cause. Whatever the direct cause the general problem is WinMail is a hybrid so it could be any one of a number of things.