MSN - Display Hotmail Inbox does not work

[mmmitch]

I raised this as a bug around 6 months ago in the bug tracker but there doesn't seem to be anyone actively picking up MSN bugs. So I will raise it here (now that forum is open to everyone) to see if maybe another user has got it to work.

When I select "Display Hotmail Inbox" for any of my 4x MSN accounts the browser opens and I get an error message

"We're unable to complete your request
Microsoft account is experiencing technical problems. Please try again later."

Chat works fine with all the accounts (using Miranda NG); it is only opening the Inbox that does not work.

If I do exactly the same on "Miranda IM" with the same 4x accounts then I can open the Inbox for all of them... so there is nothing wrong with any of the accounts and/or the setup of my PC and/or firewalls.

This used to work in older versions of "Miranda NG" but got broken at a certain point in time (see bug report for the details).

Does anyone have this working or maybe have the same problem?

[Wishmaster]

Hi,
I replied to your issue in the bug tracker, as I don't have that problem.
Try to login to https://mail.live.com at least once manually and see if it works afterwards

[White-Tiger]

[...] or maybe have the same problem?

confirmed

[mmmitch]

@Wishmaster, Thanks for replying and for the suggestion.

I have logged on manually via the url and then restarted Miranda NG to check ..... unfortunately this did not fix things 

Does anyone else have this problem? (We have it here on multiple installations. Also if I install from scratch on another machine with a new clean profile then I still have exactly the same problem).


@White-Tiger, Thanks for responding and confirming that I am not the only person with this problem.

[White-Tiger]

I did not just confirm your problem I've also found the cause... but as you can see.. 25 minutes later... I have still not found the cause of the cause^^

The problem is the "ru" parameter (redirect url) is "(null)" and that kills M$ Normally it should have been "http://mail.live.com?rru=inbox" but somehow our string is not set...
Weird part is, that the string that prints as "(null)" is actually a static string (array)... no pointer... so it can't be "(null)"...
Or I'm just looking at the wrong file (I'm looking at msn_misc.cpp, function MsnInvokeMyURL)

edit: so feel free to replace

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%28null%29with

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http%253a%252f%252fmail.live.com%253frru%253dinbox inside within your URL and it should be fine

edit² (4:07 am) : found and will be fixed soon

edit³: @ another dev (ghazan )
is it safe to use "%ld" when time_t is 64 bit? Otherwise following has to be changed as well. (and in case it's safe, update patch)

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Gadu-Gadu : oauth.cpp : oauth_generate_nonce(), oauth_auth_header()
Yahoo libyahoo2 : libyahoo2.c : yahoo_ft7dc_send()
these also definitely need some update:

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IRCG : commandmonitor.cpp : KeepAliveTimerProc()
Yahoo : chat.cpp : CreateConference()

[mmmitch]

White-Tiger,

Many many thanks for your work on this!

6 months after posting in Bug Tracker and nothing had happened - a couple of hours after posting on the forum and the problem is reproduced and a patch submitted. Definitely shows the value of having a forum where everyone can register and post.

Hopefully it gets incorporated soon in the nightly builds.

[White-Tiger]

well... doesn't really proof the value of the forums
I'm just using my Firefox to check the forum for changes automatically and try to look at any of them
Thus your post was the only new one here... while the bug tracker requires me to look at each of them manually and since they are some, I'm not motivated (I'm new into NG)

Anyway... I kind of like forums though

[White-Tiger]

fixed in trunk r6976 & r6978 (by ghazan)

[mmmitch]

Yeah .... now fixed in nightly builds. Thank you 

[skitungen]

Why not just use "action manager" plugin and add a button to toolbar, or a new menu item. That's what I've done, and then it opens up my mail inbox. Made it work for both hotmail och gmail :-)