New Windows Live Mail doesn't work with Adblock Plus

Sohil · Post by **Sohil** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:39 pm

The new M6 (Milestone 6) doesn't work with Adblock Plus. I read this over the internet and seen it for myself and wondering what could be done. Also can anyone else confirm this for me.

mcm · Post by **mcm** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:37 am

Guest's post here has some relevant information on that:
http://p2.forumforfree.com/ad-hiding-vt ... kplus.html

jibblypop · Post by **jibblypop** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:04 pm

hmm this is very strange.

if i try to sign into windows live mail with ablock enabled it gives me this message:

"Windows Live Mail was not able to complete this request. Microsoft may contact you about any issues you report."

and doesn't let me into my inbox.

but if i disable adblock plus and then sign in then it works normally (but shows huge ads)

so with adblock enabled the whole site just won't work? did microsoft just set the mail page to look for adblock or what is going on here?

mcm · Post by **mcm** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:34 pm

As stated in the thread I linked it's because you are blocking:
http://rad.msn.com/ADSAdClient31.dll

The solution is to whitelist that and use element hiding to collapse it instead:

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msn.com#iframe(src*=ADSAdClient)
@@msn.com/ADSAdClient

It is quite likely that Microsoft tried to set it up so that the ads could not be removed.

Edit: changed filters

Sohil · Post by **Sohil** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:56 am

Works, Thanks.
But it still looks and acts crappy compared to Gmail. I guess I won't switch

jibblypop · Post by **jibblypop** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:04 am

thanks you! works perfectly now!

PWguy · Post by **PWguy** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:56 pm

its working ad-free for me. Although the spinner is spinning continuously. On the upside it's not generating much traffic.

Sohil wrote:acts crappy compared to Gmail.

Will you be less vague? I like the hotmail/yahoo drag email to folders power.

Sohil · Post by **Sohil** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:32 am

I meant that the interface was cluttered while Gmail offers more space. Live Mail isn't 100% Ajax, while Gmail is pretty AJAX. The preview pane is too small.

I too like the drag email to folders, I suggested this to Google several times via that contact form, sofar we haven't seen any implementation.

Sohil · Post by **Sohil** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:37 am

It just hit me, Gmail doesn't have Folders.

Sorry Google for suggesting it all those times.

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:43 pm

@mcm:
I think being more specific is better here, just to make sure there are no false positives. Like:

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msn.com#iframe(src*=ADSAdClient)
@@msn.com/ADSAdClient

mcm · Post by **mcm** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:42 am

Agreed, this issue and the filters are specific to hotmail so making the filters more specific is probably a good idea.

VF · Post by VF » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:58 pm

I just helped Rick implement blocking for Windows Live Mail in Easylist without whitelisting anything.

All shameless advertising aside, you guys doing it this way will want to make sure you're also blocking global.msads.net/ads/ or you'll have ads downloading in the background, wasting your bandwidth.