inbox.com down since yesterday

speed · 20 Sep 2006, 03:01 PM

Hi,
Inbox.com is down for me since yesterday. Anyone else experiencing this? I get the following message whenever I try to login:

Quote:

Sorry, this service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

regards
speed

Helen39uk · 20 Sep 2006, 04:40 PM

Hiya

Yeah mine is down too, i keep getting sorry mailbox out of of service, and its the same today too.

I have never had a problem with inbox until now.

Hopefully it will get sorted soon

Helen

Javier · 20 Sep 2006, 04:46 PM

Same for me. Trying to access the webmail, I get this error message

Quote:

Sorry, this service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

Helen39uk · 20 Sep 2006, 05:06 PM

[font=courier new] Hiya

Well i am in some Yahoo groups, and i have 3 or 4 inbox accounts, but i seem to be getting mail from one of my inbox accounts strange eh.

Helen

chrisretusn · 20 Sep 2006, 05:40 PM

I can login via Fx to Inbox.com. I sent a test message from Inbox.com to another account, that worked.

Test messages sent to Inbox.com from other accounts are showing up, same goes for test messages sent using SMTP to another account.

Only part not working is the POP3, I have never had any real luck with the POP3 on Inbox.com anyway. I do have friends who have. The POP3/SMTP is still technically beta so.....

pyedka · 20 Sep 2006, 06:31 PM

I use the webmail everyday, and keep it open for a few hours a day. No problem at all.

bramhall · 20 Sep 2006, 06:47 PM

No problems with web access yesterday (Tue, around 20:00 GMT), and no problems now (Wed, 9:45 GMT)

**CyberSmurf** · 20 Sep 2006, 09:23 PM

It's been working for me.

speed · 20 Sep 2006, 09:27 PM

Its fixed now.

**CyberSmurf** · 20 Sep 2006, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisretusn
...
Only part not working is the POP3, I have never had any real luck with the POP3 on Inbox.com anyway. I do have friends who have. The POP3/SMTP is still technically beta so.....

When I log into webmail all my messages are still there even though the server status in Eudora shows them as deleted off the server.

Have you gone into "Settings" and enabled POP?

Olfrygt · 21 Sep 2006, 05:13 AM

CyberSmurf said "When I log into webmail all my messages are still there even though the server status in Eudora shows them as deleted off the server."
The same problem has always existed for me also, whichever email client I use. I think that I said once before, that this looks like a half-baked beta service.
I keep my inbox account going, in the slim hope that it improves.

jdtaylor · 21 Sep 2006, 07:51 PM

Hi,

If you look under the pop3 access options under the options menu, I think you can actually choose whether to have access to all emails from a certain date or all the emails in your account, like Gmail, if you choose all emails then this problem might well go away.

chrisretusn · 21 Sep 2006, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CyberSmurf
When I log into webmail all my messages are still there even though the server status in Eudora shows them as deleted off the server.

Have you gone into "Settings" and enabled POP?

Yes. My client tells me I have messages but fails to download them. No errors if no messages in the inbox. This is true on several clients I have tried. Sometimes it does work, but more often it does not.

POP3 for me has not been reliable. The web interface work great, but I prefer POP3. Sending (SMTP), however works, it just POP3 that gives me problems.

**CyberSmurf** · 21 Sep 2006, 09:51 PM

I think they must be doing a GMail we-keep-your-mail.

... did some testing ...

The difference here seems to be that if my e-mail client "leaves mail on server" then it is still available to be downloaded by another client or computer.
If you "delete off the server" it is no longer available, except in webmail.
Or maybe our messages are downloaded by the webmail applicatation on the server side even when we are not logged in.

If you move a message to a custom web folder it is still available to the e-mail client. So you can set up filters to keep the bulk of your e-mail out of your webmail inbox and still access them via POP.

chrisretusn · 21 Sep 2006, 09:55 PM

CyberSmurf, you could be on to something. I think I will also test this out. Somehow though I still think something is not right in their POP3. At least Gmail gives you the option to delete on POP3 access.

20 Sep 2006, 04:40 PM	#2
Helen39uk Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 2	Inbox Hiya Yeah mine is down too, i keep getting sorry mailbox out of of service, and its the same today too. I have never had a problem with inbox until now. Hopefully it will get sorted soon Helen

20 Sep 2006, 05:06 PM	#4
Helen39uk Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 2	Inbox [font=courier new] Hiya Well i am in some Yahoo groups, and i have 3 or 4 inbox accounts, but i seem to be getting mail from one of my inbox accounts strange eh. Helen

20 Sep 2006, 05:40 PM	#5
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 846	I can login via Fx to Inbox.com. I sent a test message from Inbox.com to another account, that worked. Test messages sent to Inbox.com from other accounts are showing up, same goes for test messages sent using SMTP to another account. Only part not working is the POP3, I have never had any real luck with the POP3 on Inbox.com anyway. I do have friends who have. The POP3/SMTP is still technically beta so..... Last edited by chrisretusn : 20 Sep 2006 at 05:49 PM.

20 Sep 2006, 06:31 PM	#6
pyedka Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 737	I use the webmail everyday, and keep it open for a few hours a day. No problem at all.

20 Sep 2006, 06:47 PM	#7
bramhall Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 369	No problems with web access yesterday (Tue, around 20:00 GMT), and no problems now (Wed, 9:45 GMT)

20 Sep 2006, 09:23 PM	#8
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	It's been working for me.

20 Sep 2006, 09:27 PM	#9
speed Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Its fixed now.

21 Sep 2006, 05:13 AM	#11
Olfrygt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 157	CyberSmurf said "When I log into webmail all my messages are still there even though the server status in Eudora shows them as deleted off the server." The same problem has always existed for me also, whichever email client I use. I think that I said once before, that this looks like a half-baked beta service. I keep my inbox account going, in the slim hope that it improves.

21 Sep 2006, 07:51 PM	#12
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	Hi, If you look under the pop3 access options under the options menu, I think you can actually choose whether to have access to all emails from a certain date or all the emails in your account, like Gmail, if you choose all emails then this problem might well go away.

21 Sep 2006, 09:51 PM	#14
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	I think they must be doing a GMail we-keep-your-mail. ... did some testing ... The difference here seems to be that if my e-mail client "leaves mail on server" then it is still available to be downloaded by another client or computer. If you "delete off the server" it is no longer available, except in webmail. Or maybe our messages are downloaded by the webmail applicatation on the server side even when we are not logged in. If you move a message to a custom web folder it is still available to the e-mail client. So you can set up filters to keep the bulk of your e-mail out of your webmail inbox and still access them via POP.

21 Sep 2006, 09:55 PM	#15
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 846	CyberSmurf, you could be on to something. I think I will also test this out. Somehow though I still think something is not right in their POP3. At least Gmail gives you the option to delete on POP3 access.