FAQ: Sponsored mode unable to get ads?
Sponsored mode unable to get ads?
1. If you have a version of Eudora prior to Eudora 6.2.3.4, update to Eudora 6.2.3.4 or newer
http://www.eudora.com/cgi-bin/export...EUDORA_win_623
This version has solved a problem where users would be warned that they were unable to get ads, when Eudora was getting some ads, but not enough. The 6.2.3.4 version has increased the amount of time Eudora allows the user to go without getting ads before warning so that the program has a better chance to get the ads it needs to download.
2. Try these suggestions:
http://eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1922hq.html
http://eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2196hq.html
3. I have been told:
We've worked with dozens and dozens of people and have come to the conclusion that Eudora is doing the right thing. Users simply need to stop preventing ad download and stop deleting the local ad cache..... this is because it is more and more common for users to have firewalls that block ad download all together, or users have an application like Ad-aware that actually goes and deletes the Eudora ad folder.
If Eudora is blocked from getting ads by a firewall, or ads are deleted by a misguided anti-spyware program, it is understandable that Eudora warns these users that it cannot get ads.
Regarding the Ad-aware issue see:
http://eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2220hq.html
Simply add the Eudora ad cache at (default location on XP etc.) C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Qualcomm\Eudora\EudPriv\Ads to the Ad-aware ignore list.
Regarding Agnitum Outpost: if HTML Adblocking is enabled "/ADS.Eudora." will be among the URLs getting blocked. By deleting "/ADS." in the Adblocking list Eudora is able to receive ads.
4. A subscriber discovered (
http://eudorabb.qualcomm.com/showpos...ostcount=152): It turns out that the graphic content is rendered by Internet Explorer. As I don't use Internet Explorer normally (I use Firefox as my main browser), I hadn't noticed that IE had a connection set to run through a proxy - something I'd needed when working overseas recently.
That proxy is no longer running - so my IE wasn't working, and my pictures didn't get rendered. Neither Eudora nor Firefox pick up those proxy settings, so they were working fine.
So the check that Eudora does going to the Picture Server sites needs to be qualified so that it's noted that the check _must_ be done using IE, not your favourite browser.
5. Many firewalls and other applications to protect your system protect your hosts file these days from being hijacked. This protection may have made it impossible for Eudora to add this to your hosts (location in XP: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc) file
127.0.0.1 jump.eudora.com
127.0.0.1 jump1.eudora.com
6. For the "Something Seems to be Covering the Ad" issue:
http://eudorabb.qualcomm.com/showpos...58&postcount=4
7. And now a few words about what I think of Sponsored mode Eudora.....my honest opinion about this is : if Eudora Light isn't enough for you and you need/want what the full version of Eudora has to offer than you should Buy Paid Mode Eudora!
If you buy Paid Mode Eudora you get the real program without intruding ads and all upgrades for the next year for 16 US cents pr. day. The next year costs only 11 cents pr. day.
And you get 6 free technical support calls with real people on the line within 12 months from your registration.
If you opt not to upgrade you have the program to keep - without ads - forever for much less than any other major software program I know.
Personally, I find my own time too valuable to waste with ad problems and being annoyed by intrusive advertising compared with the modest price of Eudora.
I also think they should drop sponsored mode Eudora and only keep Eudora Light (for "historical" reasons) as an alternative. Perhaps a 30 day trial edition of the Paid mode would be a good idea.
Pls. recall that I am not an employee of Qualcomm and I have not received so much as a T-shirt from them.
