If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
#46
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 4/4/2020 12:38 AM, T wrote:
On 2020-04-03 20:17, actodesco wrote: On 4/3/2020 6:17 PM, T wrote: On 2020-04-02 20:19, actodesco wrote: On 3/25/2020 6:27 PM, Art Todesco wrote: I'm still locked out of gmail from TBird.Â* I really don't get it. So today, I uninstalled TBird, downloaded a fresh TBird and, even though I erased all of my passwords in TBird, it never askes for a password. Weird!Â* I was going to enable OAuth2 but, as I said, it never askes for a password or key.Â* Any ideas? An update on my problem.Â* As I said previously, I have 4 PCs at home that are having the same problems.Â* I can't use client based email programs, namely Thunderbird, but I also tried the W10 Email client program, with similar results.Â* I called Frontier, my provider and of course, it was not their problem.Â* Yesterday I took my laptop to my church, where they have a different provider with a fiber directly to the building.Â* I turned on the laptop, opened Thunderbird and it immediately started accessing all of my gmails from 2 different accounts.Â* I was also able to send emails.Â* Talking to the Frontier techs, they continued to blame Thunderbird.Â* I told them they were not listening to me as it worked on another ISP's service and I also had the same problem on W10 email client.Â* After many dropped calls and false starts, they were going to bump it to the next tier, but it could take up to 72 hours.Â* I don't believe it will happen without me squawking again.Â* But, today I took my laptop to a friend's house that is close by, which also uses Frontier, but on a different remote. Thunderbird again worked perfectly.Â* So, it looks to me like the problem is in my remote, DSLM.Â* I'm going to try going to a neighbor's house, who is on the same remote as me, and see what happens.Â* No wonder Frontier has filed for some type of bankruptsy protection! More later, as it happens. Hi Art, I feel your pain. I have a customer that needed a business account for a fixed IP and no blocked ports.Â* Frontier had no business circuits in the area, so they put him on a home circuit which blocks all kind of incoming syn packets.Â* I showed them traces and where exactly in the system they were having the issue.Â* The techs threw their hands up in the air. Seems that the guy in charge of the firewall was told by company policy not to speak with customers and the techs could only leave him sticky notes on his desk, which he ignored.Â* No amount of complaining by me or the techs got anywhere. The solution was to get another ISP. I have another customer that whenever Frontier discovers he is running his fax live off his DSL, they disconnect his fax line.Â* They apologize all over the place and fix it for about two weeks, then back to the fax going down again.Â* Ah ya, it was the same guy with the sticky notes again.Â*Â* And again, no amount of complaining by me or the techs got anywhere.Â* "Oh this is wrong" and down the fax went again. The solution was also to get another ISP. If you open a trouble ticket on the 800 line, they CAN NOT speak to the yellow sticky not guy. Only the techs.Â* They call me, I give them the information, they leave a sticky note and "ah shucks". I can not explain Frontier.Â* They are a bunch of, well, I'd better stop here before I have to wash my mouth out with soap. And some folks think Charter/spectrum is bad.Â* (They are.) I work very closely with a small microwave ISP in the area. They all know me by name and I am allowed to talk to ANYONE at their company.Â* It makes a YUGE difference when the right hand knows what the left hand is doing.Â* We refer each other a lot.Â* And since it is my company policy NOT to take kick backs for referrals -- it is a conflict of interest -- it works out nicely.Â* I only refer when it is in my customer's best interest. I don't care for the service from big companies. Get another ISP.Â* This linkÂ* will give you a (mostly accurate) list: https://broadbandnow.com/ -T Unfortunately they are the only game in town.Â* The cable company refuses to bring cable up the mountain where I live.Â* There are potentially about 100 customers here, but I'm sure running the cable would be big bucks.Â* I could go satelite but they pretty much don't allow streaming of say, movies or MLB content.Â* Also, another thing I've noticed in the last week or 2 was sometimes when you click on a link, it just sits there forever.Â* If you reload the link, it pops up almost instantly. They obviously have some bad paths through their network. Are there no microwave services out there? There is one, but very expensive for very slow service. |
Ads |
#47
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 4/3/2020 11:37 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 23:12:30 -0400, actodesco wrote: On 4/3/2020 5:15 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 14:24:19 -0400, actodesco wrote: With my ISP I usually HAVE to re-boot my modem/router every few days. When you can't connect on the internet, you look at the modem, ah, red light, power down, count to 5 and then repower. How long have you been putting up with that? Do you have any plans to address that issue? For some time now. I'm thinking that when they doubled my speed, even thought I am a bit over the loop lenth limit, that might be causing it. But, I'd rather put up with is than have even slower speed. That would drive me nuts, but your situation puts you in a weak negotiating position. If the only other choice is satellite, then you're sort of stuck with what you have. Still, maybe the ISP can fix it versus making it worse. Good luck to you. But, their tech droids, who are based in different parts of the country, don't know that they are the only game in town. So I CAN make threats of service cancellation, etc. Their 2nd level tech group is supposed to call me within 72 hours, business hours, that is. I don't know if they include Saturday. This afternoon it will be 72 hours. I won't hold my breath. But Monday they will certainly get a call from me. |
#48
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 2020-04-04 06:20, actodesco wrote:
On 4/4/2020 12:38 AM, T wrote: On 2020-04-03 20:17, actodesco wrote: On 4/3/2020 6:17 PM, T wrote: On 2020-04-02 20:19, actodesco wrote: On 3/25/2020 6:27 PM, Art Todesco wrote: I'm still locked out of gmail from TBird.Â* I really don't get it. So today, I uninstalled TBird, downloaded a fresh TBird and, even though I erased all of my passwords in TBird, it never askes for a password. Weird!Â* I was going to enable OAuth2 but, as I said, it never askes for a password or key.Â* Any ideas? An update on my problem.Â* As I said previously, I have 4 PCs at home that are having the same problems.Â* I can't use client based email programs, namely Thunderbird, but I also tried the W10 Email client program, with similar results.Â* I called Frontier, my provider and of course, it was not their problem.Â* Yesterday I took my laptop to my church, where they have a different provider with a fiber directly to the building.Â* I turned on the laptop, opened Thunderbird and it immediately started accessing all of my gmails from 2 different accounts.Â* I was also able to send emails. Talking to the Frontier techs, they continued to blame Thunderbird.Â* I told them they were not listening to me as it worked on another ISP's service and I also had the same problem on W10 email client.Â* After many dropped calls and false starts, they were going to bump it to the next tier, but it could take up to 72 hours.Â* I don't believe it will happen without me squawking again. But, today I took my laptop to a friend's house that is close by, which also uses Frontier, but on a different remote. Thunderbird again worked perfectly.Â* So, it looks to me like the problem is in my remote, DSLM.Â* I'm going to try going to a neighbor's house, who is on the same remote as me, and see what happens.Â* No wonder Frontier has filed for some type of bankruptsy protection! More later, as it happens. Hi Art, I feel your pain. I have a customer that needed a business account for a fixed IP and no blocked ports.Â* Frontier had no business circuits in the area, so they put him on a home circuit which blocks all kind of incoming syn packets.Â* I showed them traces and where exactly in the system they were having the issue.Â* The techs threw their hands up in the air. Seems that the guy in charge of the firewall was told by company policy not to speak with customers and the techs could only leave him sticky notes on his desk, which he ignored.Â* No amount of complaining by me or the techs got anywhere. The solution was to get another ISP. I have another customer that whenever Frontier discovers he is running his fax live off his DSL, they disconnect his fax line.Â* They apologize all over the place and fix it for about two weeks, then back to the fax going down again.Â* Ah ya, it was the same guy with the sticky notes again.Â*Â* And again, no amount of complaining by me or the techs got anywhere.Â* "Oh this is wrong" and down the fax went again. The solution was also to get another ISP. If you open a trouble ticket on the 800 line, they CAN NOT speak to the yellow sticky not guy. Only the techs.Â* They call me, I give them the information, they leave a sticky note and "ah shucks". I can not explain Frontier.Â* They are a bunch of, well, I'd better stop here before I have to wash my mouth out with soap. And some folks think Charter/spectrum is bad.Â* (They are.) I work very closely with a small microwave ISP in the area. They all know me by name and I am allowed to talk to ANYONE at their company.Â* It makes a YUGE difference when the right hand knows what the left hand is doing.Â* We refer each other a lot.Â* And since it is my company policy NOT to take kick backs for referrals -- it is a conflict of interest -- it works out nicely.Â* I only refer when it is in my customer's best interest. I don't care for the service from big companies. Get another ISP.Â* This linkÂ* will give you a (mostly accurate) list: https://broadbandnow.com/ -T Unfortunately they are the only game in town.Â* The cable company refuses to bring cable up the mountain where I live.Â* There are potentially about 100 customers here, but I'm sure running the cable would be big bucks.Â* I could go satelite but they pretty much don't allow streaming of say, movies or MLB content.Â* Also, another thing I've noticed in the last week or 2 was sometimes when you click on a link, it just sits there forever.Â* If you reload the link, it pops up almost instantly. They obviously have some bad paths through their network. Are there no microwave services out there? There is one, but very expensive for very slow service. Anything else show up on broadbandnow.com? |
#49
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 2020-04-04 06:20, actodesco wrote:
GetÂ*anotherÂ*ISP.Â*Â*ThisÂ*linkÂ*Â*willÂ*giveÂ*yo uÂ*aÂ*(mostly accurate)Â*list: https://broadbandnow.com/ -T Unfortunately they are the only game in town.Â* The cable company refuses to bring cable up the mountain where I live.Â* There are potentially about 100 customers here, but I'm sure running the cable would be big bucks.Â* I could go satelite but they pretty much don't allow streaming of say, movies or MLB content.Â* Also, another thing I've noticed in the last week or 2 was sometimes when you click on a link, it just sits there forever.Â* If you reload the link, it pops up almost instantly. They obviously have some bad paths through their network. AreÂ*thereÂ*noÂ*microwaveÂ*servicesÂ*outÂ*there? ThereÂ*isÂ*one,Â*butÂ*veryÂ*expensiveÂ*forÂ*veryÂ* slowÂ*service. I wonder if there are any of the VPN services out there will handle eMail ports? |
#50
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 3/25/2020 6:27 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
I'm still locked out of gmail from TBird.Â* I really don't get it.Â* So today, I uninstalled TBird, downloaded a fresh TBird and, even though I erased all of my passwords in TBird, it never askes for a password. Weird!Â* I was going to enable OAuth2 but, as I said, it never askes for a password or key.Â* Any ideas? Today is when the super techs of Frontier are supposed to call me back, to figure out what is wrong. As I said before, I'm not going to hold my breath. But the good news is that I fixed it. I went into the DSL modem and shut off the firewall! Thunderbird immediately stopped the timeout errors. This begs the question, why did it work before? I didn't change the setting. Was it somehow, backdoor hacked? I don't think I'll ever find out. But, I thought I'd close the loop here and let those following, especially T, what's what. |
#51
|
|||
|
|||
Still locked out of gmail from client app
On 2020-04-06 11:44, actodesco wrote:
On 3/25/2020 6:27 PM, Art Todesco wrote: I'm still locked out of gmail from TBird.Â* I really don't get it.Â* So today, I uninstalled TBird, downloaded a fresh TBird and, even though I erased all of my passwords in TBird, it never askes for a password. Weird!Â* I was going to enable OAuth2 but, as I said, it never askes for a password or key.Â* Any ideas? Today is when the super techs of Frontier are supposed to call me back, to figure out what is wrong. As I said before, I'm not going to hold my breath.Â* But the good news is that I fixed it.Â* I went into the DSL modem and shut off the firewall! Thunderbird immediately stopped the timeout errors.Â* This begs the question, why did it work before?Â* I didn't change the setting.Â* Was it somehow, backdoor hacked?Â* I don't think I'll ever find out.Â* But, I thought I'd close the loop here and let those following, especially T, what's what. Thank you for the feedback! Hit frontier up for a new, free DSL modem |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|