Solve the Safari HotMail login loop problem
Dec 21, '07 07:30:05AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
For quite a few months, many Mac Safari users have been having problems with HotMail. The problem is that when they try to log in to HotMail, Microsoft's redirect commands wind up in an unending loop. This only happens when users did not manually click the link to "sign out" on their last session.
I've had to help many people solve this problem, so I thought it might be useful information for macosxhints.com. The way to solve the problem is to delete related cookies:
- In Safari, go to Preferences » Security » Show Cookies.
- Type in live.com
- Click the Remove All button.
Now you can login to HotMail again. In the future, manually sign out each time to avoid doing these steps again. The only real disadvantage is that you'll have to retype your username and password the next time you log in after clearing the cookies.
[robg adds: A comment on the queue site notes that this should also help fix looping issues with Yahoo's websites. I'm not a user of either HotMail or Yahoo (and Safari isn't my main browser), so I can't say I've experienced any of these issues. If you have, and this hint helps, please note it in the comments.]
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