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Old 11-02-2009, 11:18 AM   #1
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How to configure incomming/outgoing Servers for Email/Thunderbird

Basically i have no idea to provide proper information in the setup wizerd. pl help
 
Old 11-02-2009, 12:48 PM   #2
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Incoming Server: pop.<name of provider here>.com

Outgoing Server: smtp.<name of provider here>.com

i.e. in my case it's:

pop.ntlworld.com

smtp.ntlworld.com
 
Old 11-02-2009, 12:56 PM   #3
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What is the email provider you are using?
is it hotmail, gmail, yahoo, ....?

the configuration differs from one to another
 
Old 11-03-2009, 11:42 AM   #4
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The email provider is yahoo
 
Old 11-03-2009, 01:57 PM   #5
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Yahoo does not provide free pop3 or imap services but there is a work around for thunderbird

http://webmail.mozdev.org/webmail.html

on this link you will find an add-on for thunderbird and instructions on how to use it
 
  


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