Mozila thunderbird

[mrbumblebee]

How do i set up my thunderbird email. I'm a bit one step forward two back when it comes to computers. Thanks.

[vehelpfulguy]

>I'm a bit one step forward two back when it comes to computers.

Almost everything you want to do on a computer is explained somewhere on the internet.

I did a search in Google for Thunderbird (thats all, just the one word) and after looking at a couple of sites found this.

Hope it helps:

http://opensourcearticles.com/articles/thunder bird_15/english/part_01

[vehelpfulguy]

More here:

http://products.secureserver.net/email/email_t hunderbird.htm

http://mozilla.gunnars.net/thunderbird_mail_se tup.html#sect-setup


You may need to get some of the information off your Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you have not already got it (or it may be on their web page).

On the account setup page you have a choice between POP and IMAP.

If you are using a standard ISP I think you need POP selected, not IMAP. Check with your ISP.

[vehelpfulguy]

Just to clarify something (trying not to confuse you).

These 3 examples I have given you all differ slightly. This is because setting up your mail will differ depending on which ISP or organization you are with.

In the FIRST example I pointed you to the person select IMAP.

In the second and third examples the person select POP.

Probably the third example is the nearest to what you want.

My guess is that you need to select POP.

If you do then you need the name of your incoming mail server and your outgoing mail server as shown in the third example.

Get them off your ISP.

For example I am with blueyonder and in those fields I put:

pop3.blueyonder.co.uk

smtp.blueyonder.co.uk

Yours of course will be different.

[mrbumblebee]

Thanks VHG, but cant seem to get my head round this. Will leave for a while. But thanks for your help.