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Help setting up Thunderbird
On 10/15/2012 3:46 AM, AlDrake wrote:
On 10/14/2012 11:50 PM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 7:12 PM, AlDrake wrote: On 10/14/2012 9:02 AM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 5:32 AM, Allen Drake wrote: I have installed TB and am trying to configure for newsgroups but I can't seem to get it right. I am at Server Settings and seem to have everything right but I see no place to enter my password. In the server name window I have entered news60.forteinc.com with port 119. Security settings connection security is set to None but something is obviously wrong. Can anyone offer some assistance please. Thanks. Al TB won't ask you for a user-id and psw until you try to access the NNTP server successfully and request the list of NG(s) to subscribe to and make selections. It will ask you at that time, and it will also ask at that time if you would like to save the user-id and psw permanently. This is if you have the settings set correctly to access the NNTP server. It also does the same thing for POP3 and SMPT that is ask for the user-id and psw when you have successfully accessed the email server the first on those protocols. I found that out. Thanks. Now if TB only had Rules like Outlook. I know it can be done but not as easily. Well, you should be prepared for TB to lose that user-id and psw on NNTP from time to time, and it will ask for them when you try to access a NG. The rules I don't bother with as they are weak for sure. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. I have been getting returned messages now and I can't figure out why. I think I will stick with Outlook for the email. I do prefer TB over Agent 7 for Newsgroups. I use TB for Earthlink and Google email accounts with no problems, along with NNTP and the MS Bridge program that allows me to access MSDN Web site forums with a NG reader. Did you let TB auto configure email account access? I did that with Earthlink and Gmail accounts with no problems accessing and using either of my email accounts. TB did everything on its own, except for me having to give the user-id and psw during this auto configuration. I was getting returned emails at one time, as I recall after an update of TB or something. I think it had to do with TB not being able to logon to the email server with user-id and psw given and emails were returned, because they were never sent. Below is where I went to delete the entries for user-id and psw that forced TB to ask for user-id and psw at the time of sending email, which also gave the option of saving credentials permanently. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. |
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Help setting up Thunderbird
Hi, Al,
On 10/14/12 5:12 PM, AlDrake wrote: Now if TB only had Rules like Outlook. I know it can be done but not as easily. Obviously, I'm a TB user. :-) Rules = Message Filters in TB, and I have quite a few of them, sorting into different folders, in different accounts. Just in general... I used to use rules in Outlook 2003, but memory fades fast on how it was different than in TB. In TB, once you start creating a filter is when you get to pick the various options of what you want to do with the emails, such as copy here, move here, forward here, etc. One huge shortcoming of TB, IMO, is it still does not have a filter for sending mail built-in, unless it's broken. I'm on the current release version. But, there is an add-on call Send Filter, which I've installed and use. For more TB help, Mozilla supports their own NNTP newsgroup server, news.mozilla.org and I'd recommend you get logged in there, and sign up for the Thunderbird and general newsgroups. If you want help with something specific, drop a line in email, I'll see if I can give you a hand. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.6.8 Firefox 16.0.1 Thunderbird 16.0.1 LibreOffice 3.5.6.2 |
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Ken Springer wrote:
Hi, Al, On 10/14/12 5:12 PM, AlDrake wrote: Now if TB only had Rules like Outlook. I know it can be done but not as easily. Obviously, I'm a TB user. :-) Rules = Message Filters in TB, and I have quite a few of them, sorting into different folders, in different accounts. Just in general... I used to use rules in Outlook 2003, but memory fades fast on how it was different than in TB. In TB, once you start creating a filter is when you get to pick the various options of what you want to do with the emails, such as copy here, move here, forward here, etc. One huge shortcoming of TB, IMO, is it still does not have a filter for sending mail built-in, unless it's broken. I'm on the current release version. But, there is an add-on call Send Filter, which I've installed and use. For more TB help, Mozilla supports their own NNTP newsgroup server, news.mozilla.org and I'd recommend you get logged in there, and sign up for the Thunderbird and general newsgroups. If you want help with something specific, drop a line in email, I'll see if I can give you a hand. Ken, I'm on SeaMonkey (which you would be aware is related to TB!!, sort of TB + FF), and I was going to suggest Al check out the mozilla.support.thunderbird news group on the mozilla news server, too, but then I realised he was having troubles with getting a news server set up, so probably wouldn't work. However, Al, not all is lost, as I think the mozilla.support.thunderbird news group is carried by Google-Groups!! Might help. Daniel |
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Help setting up Thunderbird
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:14:21 -0400, Big Steel
wrote: On 10/15/2012 3:46 AM, AlDrake wrote: On 10/14/2012 11:50 PM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 7:12 PM, AlDrake wrote: On 10/14/2012 9:02 AM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 5:32 AM, Allen Drake wrote: I have installed TB and am trying to configure for newsgroups but I can't seem to get it right. I am at Server Settings and seem to have everything right but I see no place to enter my password. In the server name window I have entered news60.forteinc.com with port 119. Security settings connection security is set to None but something is obviously wrong. Can anyone offer some assistance please. Thanks. Al TB won't ask you for a user-id and psw until you try to access the NNTP server successfully and request the list of NG(s) to subscribe to and make selections. It will ask you at that time, and it will also ask at that time if you would like to save the user-id and psw permanently. This is if you have the settings set correctly to access the NNTP server. It also does the same thing for POP3 and SMPT that is ask for the user-id and psw when you have successfully accessed the email server the first on those protocols. I found that out. Thanks. Now if TB only had Rules like Outlook. I know it can be done but not as easily. Well, you should be prepared for TB to lose that user-id and psw on NNTP from time to time, and it will ask for them when you try to access a NG. The rules I don't bother with as they are weak for sure. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. I have been getting returned messages now and I can't figure out why. I think I will stick with Outlook for the email. I do prefer TB over Agent 7 for Newsgroups. I use TB for Earthlink and Google email accounts with no problems, along with NNTP and the MS Bridge program that allows me to access MSDN Web site forums with a NG reader. Did you let TB auto configure email account access? I did that with Earthlink and Gmail accounts with no problems accessing and using either of my email accounts. TB did everything on its own, except for me having to give the user-id and psw during this auto configuration. I was getting returned emails at one time, as I recall after an update of TB or something. I think it had to do with TB not being able to logon to the email server with user-id and psw given and emails were returned, because they were never sent. Below is where I went to delete the entries for user-id and psw that forced TB to ask for user-id and psw at the time of sending email, which also gave the option of saving credentials permanently. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. Thanks. I think I have it all set now. |
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On 10/19/2012 3:30 AM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:14:21 -0400, Big Steel wrote: On 10/15/2012 3:46 AM, AlDrake wrote: On 10/14/2012 11:50 PM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 7:12 PM, AlDrake wrote: On 10/14/2012 9:02 AM, Big Steel wrote: On 10/14/2012 5:32 AM, Allen Drake wrote: I have installed TB and am trying to configure for newsgroups but I can't seem to get it right. I am at Server Settings and seem to have everything right but I see no place to enter my password. In the server name window I have entered news60.forteinc.com with port 119. Security settings connection security is set to None but something is obviously wrong. Can anyone offer some assistance please. Thanks. Al TB won't ask you for a user-id and psw until you try to access the NNTP server successfully and request the list of NG(s) to subscribe to and make selections. It will ask you at that time, and it will also ask at that time if you would like to save the user-id and psw permanently. This is if you have the settings set correctly to access the NNTP server. It also does the same thing for POP3 and SMPT that is ask for the user-id and psw when you have successfully accessed the email server the first on those protocols. I found that out. Thanks. Now if TB only had Rules like Outlook. I know it can be done but not as easily. Well, you should be prepared for TB to lose that user-id and psw on NNTP from time to time, and it will ask for them when you try to access a NG. The rules I don't bother with as they are weak for sure. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. I have been getting returned messages now and I can't figure out why. I think I will stick with Outlook for the email. I do prefer TB over Agent 7 for Newsgroups. I use TB for Earthlink and Google email accounts with no problems, along with NNTP and the MS Bridge program that allows me to access MSDN Web site forums with a NG reader. Did you let TB auto configure email account access? I did that with Earthlink and Gmail accounts with no problems accessing and using either of my email accounts. TB did everything on its own, except for me having to give the user-id and psw during this auto configuration. I was getting returned emails at one time, as I recall after an update of TB or something. I think it had to do with TB not being able to logon to the email server with user-id and psw given and emails were returned, because they were never sent. Below is where I went to delete the entries for user-id and psw that forced TB to ask for user-id and psw at the time of sending email, which also gave the option of saving credentials permanently. There is a Saved Password button off of Tools/Security/Password where you can delete user-id and psw for Pop23, SMTP and NNTP and reset for new entries. Thanks. I think I have it all set now. Odd - I didn't have a problem with newsgroups. The only problem I encountered with TB was a direct result of port blocking by my IP. The IP blocks the standard send port, except for it's own Email server. My options were to receive directly from any Email accounts and send only from or thru the IP Email server, use non standard send ports (if available), or setup a strange double login type of access that uses the IP send mail server, but logs in to it using it's login, then send using the non IP email server login and email address. Somewhere on the TB website, notes, etc. were instructions on how to setup manually to do this. |
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Help setting up Thunderbird
On 10/14/2012 5:32 AM, Allen Drake wrote:
I have installed TB and am trying to configure for newsgroups but I can't seem to get it right. I am at Server Settings and seem to have everything right but I see no place to enter my password. In the server name window I have entered news60.forteinc.com with port 119. Security settings connection security is set to None but something is obviously wrong. Can anyone offer some assistance please. Thanks. Al How to set up a new news account to access the Mozilla groups: http://ilias.ca/moznewsgroups-tb John |
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In message , John
writes: On 10/14/2012 5:32 AM, Allen Drake wrote: That's a little while ago ... I have installed TB and am trying to configure for newsgroups but I can't seem to get it right. I am at Server Settings and seem to have everything right but I see no place to enter my password. In the server name window I have entered news60.forteinc.com with port 119. Security settings connection security is set to None but something is obviously wrong. Can anyone offer some assistance please. Thanks. Al How to set up a new news account to access the Mozilla groups: http://ilias.ca/moznewsgroups-tb John For other than the Mozilla groups: try connecting (e. g. to collect a list of 'groups) to the server you've chosen (assuming it's a valid one) anyway; a box should pop up asking you for a password (with a "remember" tickbox). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Jurassic-period viewers like me for whom /The Flintstones/ was actually a fly-on-the-wall documentary series. - Alison Graham in Radio Times 3-9 March 2012 |
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