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New Hotmail Messages (Checker)! *THE ORIGINAL*
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7/19/2000 1:02:57 AM |
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Bill Katz
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By 22 Users |
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VB 3.0, VB 4.0 (16-bit), VB 4.0 (32-bit), VB 5.0, VB 6.0, VB Script, ASP (Active Server Pages) |
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This code logs you in to the Hotmail server using standard http commands (the same thing your browser uses). After retrieving your mailbox source from Hotmail, it will tell you how many new messages you have. With this code however, you may do whatever you wish with your account (through programming), once you understand how it works. commented heavily to ensure understanding. if you have any questions or comments, my email address is: nmjblue@hotmail.com...
Enjoy!
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 7/19/2000 2:14:39 AM: Chris Trahan
This is the best i have seen.. Its perfect.. A Hotmail checker.. I mean.. I hate loading my browser and all.. Now we just have to get it to sit in the task tray and play a wav file when u get a new message.. try using Winsock though... not the other CWS sockets.. Laterz
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7/19/2000 7:26:50 AM: Andrew Armstrong
Yeah mate, use Winsock ;) This is cool though man! Not like that phoney other one which actually stole ya p/w's! Thanx for this man!!! If you are having trouble registering winsock, or dont even have the silly thing lol, search PSC for "Register winsock.ocx and inet.ocx" or "Andrew Armstrong". Its my post, I have made a proggie to install winsock and the inet controls easy! W/o that licensing error :( - Once again, great!!!
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7/19/2000 10:12:20 PM: devilDemon66
NICE!!!!!!
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7/20/2000 4:52:30 AM: Rik
Any way of getting it to work through a proxy server type idea?
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7/20/2000 11:20:18 AM: Afshaad Patel
This is nice code. But can you this from the code when it says new message can you click on a command button and open your mail box.
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7/20/2000 4:53:46 PM: Ace315
Thanx! that was all I needed!
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7/21/2000 2:14:11 AM: Andrew Ling
Great program. I never knew that you could do programs like that in Visual Basic.
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7/21/2000 12:29:29 PM: Laudeci Oliveira
Man... I was seeking for this kind of information, and you maked it before me...:) but here's the question.. where did you find this kind of information?
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7/21/2000 12:31:17 PM: Laudeci Oliveira
You're the man... i'm trying to find information about HTTP protocol about months... can you share where do you find informations like that?
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7/21/2000 3:16:05 PM: Polar J.
yeah actually, i was stumped like you
guys, but theres a way that i easily
found all these commands out on my own.
and i'm currently expanding this
program to actually check your
messages, and alert you when u have new
ones, etc... now im not going to write
any tutorials here or anything, but if
u want me to explain these commands to
you or how i got them, i'd be happy to
help you out. just email me, i'll get back to you as soon as i can.
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7/28/2000 8:58:45 AM: Matt
Can you click on a command button and
open your mail box. If you can't write this just admit it, we won't laugh at you :)
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8/5/2000 9:37:04 PM: mostafa
Hi polar j,
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8/5/2000 9:40:31 PM: Mostafa Mohamed
i think that microsft changed the way of loging in hotmail,because when i tried to login only what they do they cloed the connection between me and the isp (the dial up networking,it is not a neutral disconiction or no errors) so if it works in your computer then tell me because i'm affraid to test it again since they can destroy my computer (they will think i'm a hacker !!!microsoft!!!),thanks for your nice code
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8/6/2000 7:14:31 AM: Alfred Xu
Nice! Great! That is just I need.
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8/6/2000 7:16:45 AM: Shaofei
Can you add a EXE in the zip so that I can just try it
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8/6/2000 10:02:50 PM: Polar J.
Thank you to everyone who tried my program...
if anyone can help out someone who is having trouble here, PLEASE do so...
Because I received a great number of emails telling me to create a way to read your new messages, I have just started expanding the program to do so. I expect it to be up before too long, so keep checking back.
Also, if you have any suggestions as to
other features that should be added, please let me know. I'm still open to suggestions...
Thanks,
-Polar J-
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8/8/2000 9:18:35 AM: HenYa
wew, according to your screen shot you don't have Smooth Fonts turned on... turn em on in Control Panel > Display > Appearance..
Nice code - i'm going adapt your Form Post source to do other jobs on my webserver...
hehe :P
I'm HenYa
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8/9/2000 3:15:20 PM: Digitally_Unknown
This thing is awsome! I do have one problem though, one some hotmail addresses it takes forever for it to read the new messages. If it reads them at all. And one others it reads them fine and lists if you have new mail or not. Do you have that problem or is it just me? And how can you or I fix it?
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8/10/2000 1:24:33 PM: TotoBest
Great! I had already outlook express for reading my e-mail from Hotmail, but now, i have a quickly mail-check that start ms oe when i got new mail! great!
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8/12/2000 11:08:05 AM: Dan Messenger
It opened fine, I ran it, no errors, I entered my user information and clicked the button.
Step 1, no errors
Step 2, seemed fine
Step 3, Its working !
Step 4, I've been looking for a program like this
Step 5, Its taking its time, a long time, its stopped.
Keeps stoping on step 5, not freezing or crashing, just stopping.
Anybody know why ?
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8/13/2000 2:14:41 PM: Marc-André
Great! But why not use MSN messenger (from microsoft) instead, it check your hotmail account and it is an Instant Messenger, just like ICQ !
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8/14/2000 8:32:43 PM: Digital Vampire
looks like nice code :)
but it didn't work for me ..
marc - you missed the point lol ..
and i hate msn messenger , it sux.
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8/15/2000 10:36:19 AM: hmmm
i have the same problem with it stopping on step 5.
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8/15/2000 8:58:49 PM: Dan Messenger
Hmmm - I have VB5 Prof SP2, what about you?
I am working on a version of this which uses Winsock. I am having a problem with the cookies at the moment as Winsock is being stvpid (it wouldn't let me spell it with a u) and receiving them all as one message !
Will keep you posted of my progress.
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8/17/2000 12:57:55 AM: Shavantha
It's grate thankx
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8/17/2000 8:22:07 AM: hmm
i am using vb6.
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8/23/2000 8:17:34 AM: Terminally Insane Sikotic Therapist (TiST)
I see everyone on here asking for the code to be better - make it read and reply e-mail .. use basic SMTP and do it yourself think..use brains..or are you people here to leech off other codes? Some of you I looked up and found nothing, same with me you won't find nothing based on the fact that my buddy made a personal webserver. if you check it out now and match the source codes almost 8/10 webservers on this website are ripped from his and he didn't want to hand out the source. I'm just saying this for original authors out there..watch your stuff. If it's good enough someone can very easily take it, remodel it and sell!
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8/28/2000 10:04:50 PM: Warmaster199
This is cool. Try putting a remember passwrod and username checkbox and get the button to save the username / password in the registry. Then, in Form_Load, get it to load the registry variables for the checkbox. That way we won't have to enter our username and password everytime :)
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9/1/2000 2:03:38 AM: James
I've managed to get the Hotmail checker to display your inbox messages as well as messages in any other folder you have. Plus, it can read the message bodies, handle multiple pages of message headers, and delete messages. I plan on getting it to send messages and move messages to other folders next. The code I downloaded didn't work though. After step five, once you come across a tag, it should disconnect and then send the next command. That made it work. Sometimes though, MS changes the cookies a bit.
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9/2/2000 11:26:50 AM: Johnathon
James, could you post up the fixed version? Thanks a lot.
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11/23/2000 5:54:18 PM: NateDog
This is sweet man, I think I had the same problem as a couple of the previous people. I was stepping through your program and it just stopped. It ran fine when I used the .exe file but I couldn't step through it.
btw could someone explain to me how winsock works??
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5/2/2001 10:46:17 PM: Phillip Tricoli
confused... I have a cable modem, I have modified none of the source code and it just says connecting to hotmail. I look at the socket.connected and it is false help.. philtric@hotmail.com.
Thanks in Advance.
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1/16/2002 11:55:16 PM: Ravi Kumar
Authorative host not found error!!!!!!!!!!
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3/23/2002 5:22:53 PM: Gustavo
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3/23/2002 5:23:17 PM: Gustavo
"lc5.law5.hotmail.passport.com" is right?
I'm receiving
Authorative host not found
error!!!!!!!!!!
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5/4/2002 3:13:35 PM: Breixo
Me to!!.
I'm receiving Authorative host not found error in line with:
"lc5.law5.hotmail.passport.com"
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6/13/2002 8:20:54 PM: Zebosworld
Guys, before i begin i wanna tell the two guys above me that you have to use lc3.law13.hotmail.passport.com instead of lc5.law5.hotmail.passport.com . that will make that part work. But what i don't understand is why the maildata variable isn't containing the source html. this is at step 5. can you please help me anyone?
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6/24/2002 7:27:48 AM: Sudharshan
Thanks for the lovely site that gives you how to access the Hotmail account through socket programming..This will realy help people like me who are searching for IT projects..
Bill I'm doing this IT degree & I have to submit a project proposal for my final year.
Well I will be basing my project in VB since its the easiest tool to use. Therefore I will be most grateful if you can give me a helping hand in finding a project.
Also when I tried the code regarding the Hotmail account it stopped at step 5. Can you tell me how I can get it to work & also how I can access the email data through socket programming cos I'm not fermiliar with socket programming.
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7/23/2002 3:50:57 PM: RICK
Do you have a VB.Net Version?
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11/27/2002 2:33:23 PM:
Ops! i don't have CSWSCK.ocx where can i find it?
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1/10/2003 6:55:50 PM:
It stops at step 5 and doesn't do anything
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3/29/2003 12:28:26 AM:
i get an error when i click sign-in, it opens my view code screen and it seems to have a problem with the "socket.action = 2" in the connecttohotmail section. can any one help
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9/7/2003 5:15:14 PM: Shawn K
Yeah, the error...first of all, hotmail changed the address and added security! I was hoping this had what I wanted, but nope...btw, there is no real way to get it to work!!! crazy (that's putting it nicely) microsoft, they don't want us to make anything, they want us to always have to buy their crap!
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