Help Please

I am new to this private server, i installed the game and opened from Wow.exe and try to login with my email instead of account name and i get "downloading Update" message . When i try to login with my account name, i get stuck trying to connect and then it gives me an error. has anyone else had this problem before? if so please help thank you

Always use account name.
Did you downlod the client from warmane or elsewhere?

If you are stuck at connecting read this thread and try solutions inside of it: http://forum.warmane.com/showthread.php?t=385195&page=2