Can't log into hotmail with the new aMSN

[martian789]

Do you know what the Pidgin team did to fix this? If not can you find out? It would help, and since it is open source we could use their solution as a guide to solve it.

I found a ticket about that bug but it is still opened:

http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6537

The only thing that could be related in the changelog for 2.5.0 is: Upgrade to MSN protocol 15.

[niepo74]

Hello,

I just add a few words to my previous post. The fact is that the code modification I proposed depends on the version one is
actually using so that the modification may not work or be directly applicable in all versions on all platforms.
I made a modification that works fine on my system with my version of amsn and dave_p_b gave another solution that more
or less fixes the problem the same way I did on my system but at another point in the code.

Anyway, code modification was not the crux of my previous post.
It is really easy to check whether my fix or dave_p_b's fix works for you even before you actually try messing up with amsn's code
and it was the key point of my previous post so I put it once again :

Just check whether you can directly log into hotmail without problem by clicking in the balloon box (tooltip) that pops up right after you
get connected to amsn (when you have unread mail, of course, if you haven't send yourself an email with another (web)mailer).

To go more into details, if you can flawlessly log into hotmail that way, then, the login problem is really just what I stated before :
each time amsn tries to log into hotmail, it generates an html form in a file called "hotlog.htm" located in the user's account directory
(e.g., "/home/johndoe/.amsn/johndoe_hotmail_fr/hotlog.htm).
Now, just try to open this file with your favorite text editor and check whether it contains the string "&svc=mail" (just AFTER a string that
reads "&sru=%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2FHoTMaiL"). If this "&svc=mail" is missing then you cannot log into hotmail simply because the server
which receives the data posted by the "hotlog.htm" form does not know that the form wanted to connect to the email service.

Precisely, on my system, the "&svc=mail" string was present in the "hotlog.htm" generated by the balloon box but not in the "hotlog.htm"
generated by the menu item "go to inbox" or by clicking the mail icon.

Another simple way to check if your hotmail connection problem is "&svc=mail" related is to:
1) connect to amsn
2) click on the mail icon to force amsn into an unsuccessful hotmail connection
3) locate the "hotlog.htm" generated by the failed attempt made in step 2)
4) edit this "hotlog.htm" manually with a text editor to insert the "&svc=mail" right after a string of the form "&sru=%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2FHoTMaiL"
5) save your manually edited "hotlog.htm" as "myhotlog.htm"
6) open the file "myhotlog.htm" with the "open file" function of your favorite browser

If your problem is "&svc=mail" related, then step 6 should result in a successful connection to hotmail from inside you browser
while opening the original "hotlog.htm" file should result in the same failed connection webpage you obtain when you try to log from amsn.

And finally, for those who would like to make the modifications in hotmail.tcl  that I suggested in my previous post, make sure you have closed
all running instances of amsn before testing the patch as it will only take effect after amsn is restarted.
 
Hope this makes things a little clearer.

[billiob]

In fact, it's already fixed in the svn version (that's the reason why pidgin 2.5 doesn't have that issue).

[Kormath]

Niepo74's fix works fine for me, thanks.

[setesat]

It doesn't work for me because my hotlog.htm look like this :

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="sl" value="3207">
<input type="hidden" name="rru" value="/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL">
<input type="hidden" name="ru" value="/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL">
<input type="hidden" name="sru" value="/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL">

(I have cut it)
S I don't know how to add the "&svc=mail" I have tried many solutions but anything work.

I have tried this :

Code:

<input name="svc" value="mail">

or

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="sru" value="/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL">&svc=mail

or

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="sru" value="/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL&svc=mail">

If anybody can help me it would be cool. Thank you.

[kakaroto]

setesat, it would need that you add :
<input type="hidden" name="svc" value="mail">

But instead, did you try the latest SVN version? there was a fix for that a few days ago...
if the latest SVN version does not work for you, you would need to paste the content of the protocol log (make sure you *clear* it before clicking on your 'inbox').

[setesat]

Thank you for your reply.
If I add this line it doesn't work I've tried it before so I will install the SVN version.
What do you mean about the protocol log ? I don't understand.

[setesat]

OK It works with the SVN version   I don't have to retype my password.
There is just the page which tell me to update my web browser, I think this is because I'm running Linux.

[kakaroto]

ok cool..
make sure you always try the SVN version before reporting any problem.

[auchi]

I have the same problem when i click on the mail image the url opens correctly but again ask me the password of my hotmail acount. Any solution? Any news about this?
I am using 0.97.2 on Ubuntu 8.04

Thanks in advance

[kakaroto]

@auchi : read the last two posts!!!

[auchi]

Thanks!

[pc77]

I have the last svn (11870) and the problem is still pesent. The weird thing is that if I use the same account and the samen amsn version in other computer, it works fine, Even with the same brwosers, itried them all.

[kakaroto]

not really, mine was created probably before 2000 and it still works. It just depends maybe on the server that hosts your account, each account will get assigned a different server, and maybe that's the issue. some servers are not working correctly or something.

[pc77]

In that case, I don´t understand why the same account log in ok in one computer and not in others.