Orange With Thunderbird?

rickon · 12-08-2009, 04:18 AM

I have an Orange email account, rickon@fsmail.net and am trying to set it up in Thunderbird without success. I have tried all the variations of Pop/SMTP servers etc but no luck. Does anyone use this combination and what settings are use?

All the best

AlucardZero · 12-08-2009, 06:37 AM

Does Orange even off POP/IMAP or SMTP? If they do, their site will have directions.

kellemes · 12-08-2009, 07:14 AM

You have to check the Organge helppages to find your pop email settings..
Also you better remove the emailaddress from your post, to protect you from spambots.

rickon · 12-08-2009, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

Does Orange even off POP/IMAP or SMTP? If they do, their site will have directions.

Thanks for the reply. I have tried their web site but cannot find the correct instructions, I have tried to ring them but they are constantly engaged. One problem seems that Orange went from Freeserve to Wanadoo then Orange, so the confusion seems to be in pop/smtp servers, i.e. some people say it should be orangehome, others orange.net, or you should keep to the old Freeserve/Wanadoo ones.

repo · 12-08-2009, 07:33 AM

Did you looked at
http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/su...vice/index.jsp

kellemes · 12-08-2009, 08:43 AM

Copied from there help pages.

Code:

Your Orange dial-up and broadband email settings are:

username

Your email username takes one of the following formats:

yourname.orangehome.co.uk
yourname.wanadoo.co.uk
yourname.freeserve.co.uk
yourname.fsnet.co.uk
yourname.fsbusiness.co.uk
yourname.fslife.co.uk
yourname.fsworld.co.uk

Broadband customers please note: @fs should not be used in email, or webspace settings

email address

Your email address is your choice of name, followed by the '@' sign and your email username, eg mail@yourname.orangehome.co.uk

You can use as many email addresses before the '@' sign as you like, eg bob@yourname.orangehome.co.uk, elisabeth@yourname.orangehome.co.uk

server settings
email server: POP3 
pop server (incoming): pop.orangehome.co.uk 
smtp server (outgoing): smtp.orangehome.co.uk 
secure password authentication: no

rickon · 12-08-2009, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellemes

Copied from there help pages.

Code:

Your Orange dial-up and broadband email settings are:

username

Your email username takes one of the following formats:

yourname.orangehome.co.uk
yourname.wanadoo.co.uk
yourname.freeserve.co.uk
yourname.fsnet.co.uk
yourname.fsbusiness.co.uk
yourname.fslife.co.uk
yourname.fsworld.co.uk

Broadband customers please note: @fs should not be used in email, or webspace settings

email address

Your email address is your choice of name, followed by the '@' sign and your email username, eg mail@yourname.orangehome.co.uk

You can use as many email addresses before the '@' sign as you like, eg bob@yourname.orangehome.co.uk, elisabeth@yourname.orangehome.co.uk

server settings
email server: POP3 
pop server (incoming): pop.orangehome.co.uk 
smtp server (outgoing): smtp.orangehome.co.uk 
secure password authentication: no

Thanks for all your help etc, yes I have tried every possible combination, but no luck. I will have to use a different email system. Google and everything else works fine, not sure why Orange is so difficult.