email program

evosy1978 · 03-17-2006, 09:08 PM

hello folks. I currently have a yahoo email account. I like to check it every day. It really does my head in having to log into yahoo.co.uk every time I want a look at my email.
I tried setting up outlook ages ago, and it would not work. I now no that this is because you need to have a paid yahoo account.

I use mozilli firefox and wondered if they do a similiar free thing to outlook which i can download and setup.

Thanks for your help. (p.s not very computer iliterate) BUT IM GETTIN THERE,

elmarcorulz · 03-17-2006, 09:20 PM

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

evosy1978 · 03-17-2006, 10:41 PM

hey, thanks for the promt reply.

Im in the process of setting it up. Its asked me to enter the name of my incoming serrver??? Ive entered my yahoo email . Does any one know what it is or where to get it from. Thanks

elmarcorulz · 03-17-2006, 10:59 PM

# Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com (Port 110)
# Outgoing (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com (Port 25)
# Account Name/Login Name: your Yahoo! ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.com")
# Email Address: your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.com)

evosy1978 · 03-17-2006, 11:42 PM

hello again m8. Done as you said, everything was goin fine. I came to send a message to a friend and screen message appeared.
It read

"the message could not be sent because connecting to the SMTP server mail.smtp.yahoo.co.uk failed. The server may be unavailable or refusing smtp connections. Please verify that your smtp setting are correct and try again."

Can you help any more. Thanks in advance.

elmarcorulz · 03-18-2006, 12:29 AM

Tools > Options > Advanced > General. Change the connection timeout to about 5 minutes, so 300 seconds. It SHOULD work, but if it doesnt, post back and we'll have another crack at it.

EDIT: Also, make sure the smtp port is set to 25

evosy1978 · 03-18-2006, 05:02 PM

hello m8 me again. Ive set it to 300 seconds. Did not work.
How do i change the port to 25??? This might be the final trick.

p.s - i am able to "get mail". Upon pressing this button my mail appeared. Can I set it up so i automatically get mail when i turn the internet on, (i have dial up argg

).
Also upon pressing this button it only sent me my inbox and bulk emails from yahoo, and i have some sub folders on my yahoo account with emails that i keep in them. Do you know how to transfer these to thunderbird.

Thanks again in advance, speak to you later probably.

03-17-2006, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
evosy1978 New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	email program hello folks. I currently have a yahoo email account. I like to check it every day. It really does my head in having to log into yahoo.co.uk every time I want a look at my email. I tried setting up outlook ages ago, and it would not work. I now no that this is because you need to have a paid yahoo account. I use mozilli firefox and wondered if they do a similiar free thing to outlook which i can download and setup. Thanks for your help. (p.s not very computer iliterate) BUT IM GETTIN THERE,

03-17-2006, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

03-17-2006, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
evosy1978 New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	help with thunderbird hey, thanks for the promt reply. Im in the process of setting it up. Its asked me to enter the name of my incoming serrver??? Ive entered my yahoo email . Does any one know what it is or where to get it from. Thanks

03-17-2006, 10:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	# Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com (Port 110) # Outgoing (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com (Port 25) # Account Name/Login Name: your Yahoo! ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.com") # Email Address: your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.com) __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

03-17-2006, 11:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
evosy1978 New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	stuck hello again m8. Done as you said, everything was goin fine. I came to send a message to a friend and screen message appeared. It read "the message could not be sent because connecting to the SMTP server mail.smtp.yahoo.co.uk failed. The server may be unavailable or refusing smtp connections. Please verify that your smtp setting are correct and try again." Can you help any more. Thanks in advance.

03-18-2006, 12:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	Tools > Options > Advanced > General. Change the connection timeout to about 5 minutes, so 300 seconds. It SHOULD work, but if it doesnt, post back and we'll have another crack at it. EDIT: Also, make sure the smtp port is set to 25 __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die Last edited by elmarcorulz; 03-18-2006 at 12:31 AM.

03-18-2006, 05:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
evosy1978 New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	port 25 hello m8 me again. Ive set it to 300 seconds. Did not work. How do i change the port to 25??? This might be the final trick. p.s - i am able to "get mail". Upon pressing this button my mail appeared. Can I set it up so i automatically get mail when i turn the internet on, (i have dial up argg ). Also upon pressing this button it only sent me my inbox and bulk emails from yahoo, and i have some sub folders on my yahoo account with emails that i keep in them. Do you know how to transfer these to thunderbird. Thanks again in advance, speak to you later probably.

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