Freepops doesn't download mail and prompt a message box "UNKNOWN ERROR: PLEASE FIX"

[Nicola Rosati]

I installed freepops 0.2.7 from intrepid's repository, but when i open my mail client (thunderbird 2.0.0.14) it prompt an error from server localhost: "UNKNOWN ERROR: PLEASE FIX".
Then I tried installing the packages provided at freepops.org and maintened by "blackmoon", and all went ok, i could receive my mail as always.
Now I will try to compile by myself the sources (with openssl, then with gnutls) and I shall see if is that the problem.

EDIT/UPDATE:

I compiled by myself sources taken from freepops.org, and everything went ok, with both the openssl and the gnutls version.

[pauls (paulatgm)]

Same error message here, but after rebuilding the intrepid version on hardy, it still fails. I also tried the freepops.org ubuntu package, and get the same error message. I had to install the thunderbird webmail and webmail-yahoo extensions to get yahoo working again. What happened? Could it be related to yahoo changing their accounts again??

It would be nice to get a freepops backported to hardy (since it's a 3 year release).

[Nicola Rosati (supernaicol)]

@ pauls:

remember that after upgrading, downgrading or reinstalling freepops, you have also to update the *.lua database by running "sudo freepops-updater-dialog".
That command shoul also used on a regular basis when some webmail stop functioning.
Try it with the freepops.org ubuntu package, and tell if it works.
Best regards

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm closing this bug because there was no answer a long time. Please feel free to reopen the bug if you give us more information. Thank you very much!