What you are explaining is the auto detect settings that TB have, and they use IMAP, what I pevious said!
On Apr 5, 6:14 am, tom <[email protected]> wrote: > I had problems with Yahoo as well, so I uninstalled the Webmail > extensions and started checking my Yahoo mail in my browser. Then I > decided to go get this add-on again and to try installing it again. > The new installation did not require setting up a new account in > Thunderbird. It's all done in the extension. Whether it uses POP3 or > not, it works. And now T-bird brings up my Yahoo mail right inside a > browser inside Thunderbird. That's cool. Then I decided to delete my > Gmail account from Thunderbird and use it that way as well. It works > the same way. I have 3 Yahoo mail accounts and a Gmail all in the new > Webmail 2.7.6 extension and all working fine. The only drawback with > this method of reading the webmails is that the messages are not > downloaded into the Thunderbird inbox as they were before. But the > webmail accounts are all available with 2 clicks of a mouse, since > envelope icon sit at the top and bottom of the Thunderbird screen > where you can acess them. > > On Apr 1, 3:20 pm, sanjay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have 2 yahoo mail accounts. One started in 1997 the other in 2003. > > Both are free yahoo mail accounts. On the 1997 account I am able to > > use pop3 with no problems. On the 2003 account I am not allowed to > > use pop3. So I have no idea what yahoo is doing, but it is clear that > > not all USA users are allowed to use pop3 yet.
