May
10

Gmail Does Not Display Images Using Internet Explorer

Symptom:  When reading an email using Gmail in Internet Explorer, no images are displayed.  This happens even if the “Display images below” or “Always display images from <sender>” settings are used. Problem:  Newer versions of Internet Explorer, by default, block HTTP content from being displayed on pages secured with SSL (HTTPS). Solution:  Adjust the security …

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Aug
20

Windows Small Business Server POP3 Connector Stops Working

Symptoms: A user suddenly stops receiving mail and the POP3 Connector drops an eventID: 203 with an error code of 0x800ccc67. Problem: The POP3 connector will not download messages that have a malformed header & it leaves them on the POP server. Once 5 emails with bad headers accumulate on the server, it stops trying …

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Mar
14

No POP3 Access With Google Apps

Problem: A user is able to access their Google Apps (hosted Gmail) account through webmail, but NOT through an email client using POP3 or IMAP. Cause: Their user account has an active CAPTCHA that needs to be unlocked. Solution: Unlock the user’s CAPTCHA by visiting: http://mail.google.com/a/your-domain-name.com/UnlockCaptcha (case sensitive) You will be prompted for the username …

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