Apologies to all that I failed to note the information that stood out to Chris Clifton.
On Mar 19, 2:36 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Ronzilla appears to be using the mail servers provided by his ISP, BT > Internet. As such, he isn't using any webmail extensions, and his > solution will only work for BT Internet customers. > > On 19/03/2011 09:27, alanrf wrote: > > > > > I think it most unlikely that your suggestion of the use of a secure > > port connection outbound will work when you actually try to send > > email. The Webmail add-ons do not work with secure connections and > > there is no need for them to do so since the connection from > > Thunderbird to the add-on (acting as the server) is entirely within > > your own computer and does not need a secure connection. > > > Users of the Webmail add-on are well advised (for Windows systems) to > > use the default settings outbound (port 25) and "None" as the security > > setting. The add-on uses the security settings provided to you in the > > direct Web interface. This is effectively the exact same settings you > > would be getting if you sent email via the Web interface ... which is > > what the add-on is doing on your behalf. > > > On Mar 18, 8:40 am, ronzilla<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just got my Thunderbird 3.1.9 set up with Yahoo. Manually set it up > >> on Thunderbird, without any plugins. > > >> To manually set up, go to set up a new Thunderbird account go to > >> TOOLS - ACCOUNT SETTINGS - ACCOUNT ACTIONS - ADD MAIL ACCOUNT > > >> Then enter your name and then use the e-mail address [email protected]. ignore > >> the password and press Continue > > >> When Thunderbird is trying to get the settings automatically press > >> Stop a couple of time until it offers you the option of Manual Setup. > >> You should then find that Thunderbird has set up a new account for > >> which you can maually set the appropriate server setiings. > > >> The server settings that worked for me are :- > > >> Incoming Server > >> Server type - POP > >> User name - your user name on btinternet > >> Server name - mail.btinternet.com > >> Port - 110 > >> Connection security - None - (both STARTTLS and SSL/TLS failed to > >> connect) > >> Authentication method - Password transmitted insecurely - (does not > >> accept encryption) > > >> Outgoing Server > >> Description - anything > >> Server name - mail.btinternet.com > >> Port - 465 > >> Connection security - SSL/TLS > >> Authentication method - normal password > >> User name - your e-mail address > > >> Set up all of the other options appropriately. Don't forget to re- > >> enter your correct e-mail address in the main account settings screen. > > >> Hope this helps. > > --
