mozzilla thunderbird doubt ???

what do i fill in the columns ( under account settings )

outgoing server
1) server name : __________________

incoming server
1) server name:____________________

for hotmail , yahoo , and gmail accounts ??

thanks in advance

P

The details are needed to set up mail The two details that are needed are the smtp outgoing server name and the incomming pop server name. It depends which mail provider you use for eg for bangalore bsnl the details are
smtp server : smma.sancharnet.in
smtp server : smra.sancharnet.in
The details can be got from the mail provider.

harmax said:
for hotmail , yahoo , and gmail accounts ??

You cannot access hotmail from anything other than Outlook Express...

i read about that issue( hotmail using special protocols and stuff after posting this thread )
then what about gmail and yahoo ? any such issues?

Hotmail needs outlook/outlook express for POP emulation :roll:

For yahoo, you cannot directly use thunderbird or any other mail clients. You need yahoopops (*yahoopops.sourceforge.net). After installation, read the steps given in help files. It will not take more than 5 minutes.

For gmail, refer to the gmail site. They have given detailed steps on how to do it. Not only servers, you even have to specify some different port numbers for gmail to work with mail clients.

@tuxfan : resolved gmail account thanku

is there really no way to configure any other client with hotmail?

harmax said:
is there really no way to configure any other client with hotmail?

www.fastmail.fm is a site which can retrieve your Hotmail account emails ... and since this site offers IMAP mail access, you can configure your email client to fetch mails from Fastmail

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tried it out but receiving an error statin that " hotmail has disabled this feature : webdev "

harmax said:
is there really no way to configure any other client with hotmail?

I fear there is no way to do so now. Except that there may be some third party softwares available which can do so. But using them is against the hotmail terms :evil:

So your account may be disabled if you use them. So better to stay away from it and use Outlook/Outlook Express for hotmail account

Anonymous said:
tried it out but receiving an error statin that " hotmail has disabled this feature : webdev "

Your account might be a recent one, like say created within last 4 months... All the older accounts, like say created before May 2004 work perfectly with it.

Same is the case with Outlook also. Hotmail has disabled mail relaying for all the new signups. ANd the older accounts are also going to be disabled from April 2005

annonymous was me sorry

Your account might be a recent one, like say created within last 4 months... All the older accounts, like say created before May 2004 work perfectly with it.

Same is the case with Outlook also. Hotmail has disabled mail relaying for all the new signups. ANd the older accounts are also going to be disabled from April 2005

but i created it way back in 2001

and one more query : why is that mozilla web browser and thunderbird r so slow to start whereas other programs like ie etc ... r very fast . [/quote]

harmax said:
and one more query : why is that mozilla web browser and thunderbird r so slow to start whereas other programs like ie etc ... r very fast .

Because more than half of the things (including all security vulnerabilities :roll

that all Micro$oft products required is already loaded and therefore only a few more things (read balance vulnerabilities) are loaded when you start an application like IE. That is why they seem to start faster.

As for Mozilla (Netscape) if you keep the quick launch icon active in system tray, it will start faster than IE. And Firefox starts quite fast.

ahhm sorry i use mozilla firefox not mozilla ... how do i :

1) make it quick launch?

2) how do i make the inbuilt search to use www.google.co.in instead of www.google.com?

harmax said:
1) make it quick launch?

Firefox is based on GTK (unlike Mozilla), and its quite fast in gnu/linux environments. In case of IE, everything that the browser requires is already loaded. Just a window needs to be drawn on the screen.

You can enable such a preloading behavior if you're using KDE with Konqueror as your browser.

harmax said:
2) how do i make the inbuilt search to use www.google.co.in instead of www.google.com?

CLick on the "Add new Search Engine" link on the search box drop down menu and pick up another search engine that you want to install from the web page that comes up (Internet Required)

Y

GNUrag said:
Anonymous said:

tried it out but receiving an error statin that " hotmail has disabled this feature : webdev "

Click to expand...

Your account might be a recent one, like say created within last 4 months... All the older accounts, like say created before May 2004 work perfectly with it.

Same is the case with Outlook also. Hotmail has disabled mail relaying for all the new signups. ANd the older accounts are also going to be disabled from April 2005

Sorry For Butting in But i Too face the Same Problem.
With OE that is.....
I had posted it Here
I was deciding to go for Thunderbird when I readthis Thread.
My Hotmail a/c were working fine with OE until I upgraded to 25MB.
As GNUrag says,Will Outlook be of No use after April 2005??
How come M$ are causing thedownfall of their own Client??

ycr007 said:
As GNUrag says,Will Outlook be of No use after April 2005??
How come M$ are causing thedownfall of their own Client??

You can use OE with your existing POP3/IMAP email accounts, but the HTTPMail facility that Hotmail was providing is going to be withdrawn in stages... This is primarily being done to prevent users with broadband connecting from spamming by using Hotmail's servers... (this is what MS says...)

how do i instal plugins?

i already have macro... flash plugin which works fine with IE but firefox asks me to download them . is there any way to instal without downloading em?

I think flash plugins for all browsers is different. You will have to download one for firefox and cannot use the same one that is for IE. But once you download it, save it somewher so that you can use it again later when you install next version of firefox

Of course it depends on the compatibility in the future. But it is very likely to remain compatible.

P

No the flash plug in for all the browsers is the same only the location of placing the plugin is diffrent.

pradeep_chauhan said:
No the flash plug in for all the browsers is the same only the location of placing the plugin is diffrent.

so where do i place it and from where

Y

harmax said:
pradeep_chauhan said:

No the flash plug in for all the browsers is the same only the location of placing the plugin is diffrent.

Click to expand...

so where do i place it and from where

In Firefox,there's a Plugin Folder and i think the Flash Plugin is called
NTSWF32.dll

IE also has a Plugins Folder but I ould'nt find the said Plugin there
altough Flash Files are visible in IE

downloaded and installed plugin

workin properly

from what ive understood plugin same for all browsers......

((( am i wrong ???? )))))))

MOZILLA HATES MOZILLA ????????

i use both mozilla firefox1.0 and thunderbird
when opening a link in thunderbird ,it opens the link in IE instead of firefox
why is this? how can i make thunderbird to use firefox instead of IE?

( firefox is already my default browser )

harmax said:
MOZILLA HATES MOZILLA ????????

i use both mozilla firefox1.0 and thunderbird
when opening a link in thunderbird ,it opens the link in IE instead of firefox
why is this? how can i make thunderbird to use firefox instead of IE?

(firefox is already my default browser)

Just make IE your default browser, restart machine. Then once again make Firefox your default browser and restart. Additionally, make Firefox check everytime it starts whether its the default browser. Keep this on for some time.

tuxfan said:
harmax said:

MOZILLA HATES MOZILLA ????????

i use both mozilla firefox1.0 and thunderbird
when opening a link in thunderbird ,it opens the link in IE instead of firefox
why is this? how can i make thunderbird to use firefox instead of IE?

(firefox is already my default browser)

Click to expand...

Just make IE your default browser, restart machine. Then once again make Firefox your default browser and restart. Additionally, make Firefox check everytime it starts whether its the default browser. Keep this on for some time.

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tuxfan said:
harmax said:

MOZILLA HATES MOZILLA ????????

i use both mozilla firefox1.0 and thunderbird
when opening a link in thunderbird ,it opens the link in IE instead of firefox
why is this? how can i make thunderbird to use firefox instead of IE?

(firefox is already my default browser)

Click to expand...

Just make IE your default browser, restart machine. Then once again make Firefox your default browser and restart. Additionally, make Firefox check everytime it starts whether its the default browser. Keep this on for some time.

i tried it out and it workz !!!!!!!!!!! tanku