https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:51:38 +0000 Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:35:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13207 https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73111.html#73111 Author: pmflyboy
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 3:35pm

Interesting way to handle it. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

It's strange that some Hotmail users seem to be fine and have no problems signing up for an account while others get stuck in cookie hell (I'm guessing it's a cookie issue).

Regardless, thanks for the links. When will MS learn?! ]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:35:04 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73111.html#73111 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73100.html#73100 Author: xeerex
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 2:12pm

Hotmail accounts are indeed a pain in the arse due to the framing crapthat MS pulled a couple of years ago. I dug around the internet whileworking on a separate project for a "frame buster" script. Also, thishas been documented a few times here on the board.

Frame buster script
http://www.rexpage.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=272&KW= hotmail

Thread on Hotmail and WWG with another script
http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=12 329&KW=hotmail
]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:12:14 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73100.html#73100 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73098.html#73098 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 2:01pm

A frameset shouldn't prevent the activation link from working.

Although Hotemail accounts are always a pain.

On this site I have setup the forum not to allow Hotmail emailaddresses, the main reason for this is that Hotmail anti-spam settingsvery often bounce back emails that are sent by applications/scripts onsites.

Blocking Hotmail email addresses doesn't seem to be a big problem, outof 7,000 people who have signed up to this board I only have had around1 or 2 emails per year from people about not being able to use,Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL, email addresses.
]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:01:30 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73098.html#73098 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73092.html#73092 Author: pmflyboy
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 12:35pm

Hotmail does something funky with the link though. It does opens it in a new window (which, as you said, isn't a problem...lots of e-mail programs do this). However, that new window consists of 2 frames (a small top frame with text that says "you are visiting a site outside of hotmail", and the bottom frame that has the actual page...in this case, the WWF page). It simply doesn't seem to work. I've had a few Hotmail people complain about this already.

So, I guess the question is...

If that special activation link is opened in a frameset, would it break it?

Thanks boRg...and keep it up. Your stuff is great.]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:35:31 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73092.html#73092 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73089.html#73089 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 12:30pm

Having the link open in a new window shouldn't effect the link.

As long as the code is still attached to the end of the link it should work.
]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:30:14 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73089.html#73089 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73084.html#73084 Author: pmflyboy
Subject: 13207
Posted: 04 January 2005 at 11:59am

Hey all. I did some searching on the forums and couldn't find an answer to this. So, here's my problem:

It seems that anyone that uses a hotmail.com e-mail account to register cannot successfully activate his/her account. They get the typical "there is a problem with your activataion...please e-mail the administrator...etc.".

I'm guessing this happens since links in a Hotmail e-mail open in a new window in a frame (the top frame says something about "you are visiting a site outside of Hotmail"...and the bottom frame is WWF page).

Has anyone else seen this happen? Any ideas on how to fix it?

As always, thanks for the great help!!!]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:59:07 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/hotmail-com-activation-problem_topic13207_post73084.html#73084