Thunderbird IMAP setup help requested

[Wade Smart]

Crap! Yes I did but I put mail. at the beginning. Stupid me.
Ok. Now it asks for athentication of password but says it cant authenticate.
Odd.
You dont authenticate against your own local imap server?
I really need to write this down.
Where would I have stored those details?


On 3/2/07, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> as in the name of my local machine?
> yes
>
>
> On 3/2/07, Clive Menzies <clive at clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On (02/03/07 16:18), Wade Smart wrote:
> > > Im resubitting this because after 2 hours I still havent seen it on
> > the
> > > list.
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Wade Smart < wadesmart at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Mar 2, 2007 1:41 PM
> > > Subject: Thunderbird IMAP setup help requested
> > > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >
> > > 03022007 1336 GMT-6
> > >
> > > I was reading the thread about Evolution, I had not yet updated, (the
> > update
> > > is still at the top of my screen), and Evolution crashed anyway. It
> > wont
> > > restart or anything. So, I thought this would be a good time to switch
> > back
> > > to Thunderbird - but I need some help.
> > >
> > > This is my mail setup:
> > > fetch mail gets mail from two servers and deposits it on my computer
> > > dovecot is installed.
> > > maildir = /home/wadesmart/Maildir
> > >
> > > I installed Thunderbird. Under the Advanced tap I input the maildir
> > > location.
> > > I cannot see the mail present on my system.
> >
> > I would assume you have to put your machine details (IMAP) in the server
> > settings under Edit > Account Settings.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Clive
> >
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