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? <div>On 3/2/07, Wade Smart <<a href="mailto:wadesmart@gmail.com">wadesmart@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> as in the name of my local machine? yes<div> <div>On 3/2/07, Clive Menzies <<a href="mailto:clive@clivemenzies.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> clive@clivemenzies.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> 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 < <a href="mailto:wadesmart@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">wadesmart@gmail.com</a>> > Date: Mar 2, 2007 1:41 PM > Subject: Thunderbird IMAP setup help requested > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" < > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a>> > > 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 -- <a href="http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.clivemenzies.co.uk</a> ... ...strategies for business -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div>