49024 - unable to log in hotmail.com

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: Security, defect, P3)

Description

[redtomato]

After having entered login/pass, I get an error message :

ALERT: The connection was refused when attempting to connect
lc5.law5.hotmail.passport.com

Comment 1

[Jeffrey Baker]

That doesn't sound much like a Mozilla problem.  That's a hotmail problem.  Also
I can log into hotmail with Linux build 2000-08-14-12.  Marking INVALID

Comment 2

[Stephen Walker]

[e-mail] you are getting that error because you haven't 
downloaded the psm module that lets you go to https:// sites. the hotmail login 
is a https:// site so you must first go to 
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html & click 
the "Install Netscaep PSM for Linux" button. That should solve the problem with 
the error message & you should be able to login in to hotmail successfully.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

is moz giving the wrong error message, then?

Comment 4

[John Unruh]

Verified invalid. Jesse, open a new bug if you would like to change the wording 
of "The connection was refused when attempting to connect...".

Comment 5

[Jesse Ruderman]

No, it's not the wording of the error message, because that error message makes 
sense when you try to connect to a nonexistant server.  The problem is that it 
seems like the user is getting the wrong error message.  Why would a PSM 
problem result in mozilla trying to connect to a nonexistant server?

Comment 6

[Jesse Ruderman]

[comment to 11 bugs] See bug 45952 about the confusing/wrong error message.