Thunderbird Getting Started

[Jeroen T. Bezemer]

Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
>> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of steve
>> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:47 PM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: Thunderbird Getting Started
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>> 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.
>> |
>> |
>> | Jeffrey Tooker
>> | Paynes Creek Ca.
>> |
>> |
>> |
>>
>> take a look at this....... ive never done it, but it looks fairly
>> straightforward.
>>
>> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=439333
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - --
>> Steve Reilly
>>
> 
> Steve and Jeroen:
> 
> I have followed the procedure, loaded the two required packages and
> restarted TB. I am now to the Setup, (quoted Below). I can not find "
> WebMail options, on the server panel".  I would belive this is in TB, but I
> can not find it.
>

Thunderbird-> Tools-> Add-ons, select webmail and click preferences
Then you get the three servers (not) running on the first tab.

> <<<
> I'll assume you have installed the WebMail extension and at least one of the
> optional components, if you haven't please do so. 
> first step is to check the WebMail extension is running. Go to the WebMail
> options, on the server panel the status of the three servers is displayed.
> The status for the enabled server(s) should be "Running". If the WebMail
> extension fails to start this could be due to the operating system blocking
> ports below 1024, try setting the port to value higher than 1024 and restart
> Thunderbird.>>>
> 
> Jeffrey Tooker 
> Paynes Ck Ca.
> 
> 


-- 
Regards, Groeten, etc...

Jeroen Bezemer
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