Thunderbird Getting Started

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> 
> Steve wrote: 
>> click on the offending account on the left, and down toward the bottom
>> left there is a "remove account" button.
>>
>> Steve Reilly
> 
> Steve:
> 
> Done. I have gotten my Thunderbird email account set up with my ISP
> Frontier. I can get mail in TB with my Frontier email address. I maintain an
> MSN email address which I use as default.  I have tried to set up an
> additional TB account for my MSN email address.  The problem seems to be
> that TB cannot contact the MSN server.  I have talked to MSN TS and they
> want me to recieve my MSN email online, and do not seem to be cooperative
> about server name and server type.  In looking into my existing Outlook
> account under service info it says "HTTP mail service provider MSN"  The TB
> account Under Server Settings says Server Type: POP mail server.  For server
> name I put in MSN.  When I "get mail" TB fails to connect with MSN server.
> I would like to keep the MSN email address as I have used it for many years.
> Help.
In order to fetch mail from Hotmail into Thunderbird, you need to 
install the webmail extension. See this FAQ from the Mozilla site:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#webmail

The extension's website is at:
http://webmail.mozdev.org/
Regards,
-Corey