Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-11 Thread Avi Greenbury
On 10/05/11 15:18, Mike Paglia wrote: all Internet protocols are open. No they're not. The huge majority of the ones that people use day-to-day are, sure. But there's many closed Internet-traversing protocols. MS Exchange for example. -- Avi. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-11 Thread Jacob Mansfield
I can tell you for certain that the BT CD is just a mini-browser that connects to 192.168.1.1:8080 I know this as I tried to configure the router without using the CD, then had to follow some instructions on forwarding a port on it, and the screenshots were identical oh and some bloat-ware, they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Fri, 06 May 2011 22:27:21 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: snip they might not support Linux, but then again they don't support Windows or Mac either really! They just give you an IP address and connect you to the internet, and optionally you can use their mail servers over standard protocols that are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 10/05/2011 08:02, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Fri, 06 May 2011 22:27:21 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: snip they might not support Linux, but then again they don't support Windows or Mac either really! They just give you an IP address and connect you to the internet, and optionally you can use their

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 10 May 2011 08:06:27 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 10/05/2011 08:02, Jon Reynolds wrote: Eh? I am on BT Internet and neither have I used their CD, nor have they installed it anyway. How can they install it anyway if you don't let them? 'They' are the owners of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 10/05/2011 08:15, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 08:06:27 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 10/05/2011 08:02, Jon Reynolds wrote: Eh? I am on BT Internet and neither have I used their CD, nor have they installed it anyway. How can they install it anyway if you don't let

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jacob Mansfield
I throw them a virus from my `telnet mail.btinternet.com 25` Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions™ www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk - I do know the database is down Air conditioned environment - do not open windows! Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Mike Paglia
Just re-iterating Colin well picked up! :) On 10 May 2011 15:38, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 10 May 2011 15:18, Mike Paglia mike.pag...@gmail.com wrote: You do NOT need any CD to connect to a mail server or any Internet service all Internet protocols are open. The CD just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jon Farmer
On May 10, 2011 3:18 PM, Mike Paglia mike.pag...@gmail.com wrote: You do NOT need any CD to connect to a mail server or any Internet service all Internet protocols are open. Tell that to Skype. You can use nslookup to find a valid entry for your provider or just ask them. Does anyone

[ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-06 Thread J FRANCIS
--- On Fri, 6/5/11, J FRANCIS j.francis...@btinternet.com wrote: From: J FRANCIS j.francis...@btinternet.com Subject: To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Friday, 6 May, 2011, 22:02 I have recently downloaded Ubuntu on to a computer.  I am unable to connect to my e-mail server who is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-06 Thread Alan Bell
can you connect to the internet in general, so see websites in firefox? generally getting email to work is just like windows, you need to put the right account settings in. For BT the mail server is mail.btinternet.com they might not support Linux, but then again they don't support Windows or