New BT email system

[sillgen]

That link looked quite straightforward until it got to the POP server name bit.  I wouldn't have a clue what to put there.   Why are computers so complicated?

[Gadget]

As soon as I saw POP, I shuddered - it took me back to my very early days of e-mail on dial up - 1995 or thereabouts 

Yukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk


When it happens, I'll use my non-BT ones  and keep BT in mothballs!

[confusion]

Gadget:
As soon as I saw POP, I shuddered - it took me back to my very early days of e-mail on dial up - 1995 or thereabouts

POP is still the original primitive incoming email protocol (post office protocol)

sillgen:
That link looked quite straightforward until it got to the POP server name bit.  I wouldn't have a clue what to put there.

If you google email settings for your particular isp/email provider there should be a
help/faq page explaining all the required settings.

POP = post office protocol (incoming email)
SMTP = simple mail transfer protocol (outgoing email)

Your pop setting may look like:
pop.mail.yourisp.com or mail.yourisp.com

Your smtp setting may look like:
smtp.mail.yourisp.com or mail.yourisp.com

Hope this helps

Jim

 

[jim1]

I found it easy to set up. If you can set up Yahoo you can do this as there's no difference in that respect.

jim

[sillgen]

Many thanks.  Seems to have worked and Thunderbird is now trying to download nearly 20,000 emails.  I knew I should have deleted some!

[jim1]

How to export/import address book:
http://its.isber.ucsb.edu/guides/how-import-and-export-your-address-book-thunderbird
You'll need to convert it to an .ldf file after export.

jim

[sillgen]

That's really good Jim.  Thanks.   I had just realised that had not happened.

[Gadget]

Just another query ..

Jim and Andrea - do you access your e-mai via this :

If not, it seems a bit long winded

[jim1]

To access mine I'm directed to the BT homepage where I have to log in. I'm then directed to that page & then I have to log in again & then I can access my emails....that's if it doesn't time out, then I have to start again & if BT lose the connection I have to start again again.
With the old Yahoo when I clicked on emails it went to my emails which BT doesn't want us to do anymore.