Mozilla Thunderbird

[Eredell]

Just got Thunderbird yesterday, but I'm having some troubles getting it going. I create a new account, and so on, but when I click "recieve mail" to test if I have any Inbox messages I get "Connection timed out".
I've heard there are alot of possible reasons for this.

If this helps any:

Im currenty trying with a Yahoo! account.
My connection to the internet is by cable.

[Calum]

Thunderbird is awesome.
Good choice.
As for your problem - how is Thunderbird currently set up?

[Eredell]

Thanks for the reply-


Sorry, but what are you referring to when you say "set up?"  :-/

[Calum]

Sorry.
How did you configure it?
When you opened T-Bird for the first time it should have given you a screen to set up your email account(s).
How did you set it up there?
I'll have a look and see if I can find the right info for servers etc.

[Eredell]

Ahh, alright.

Well I did follow what it said to at http://opensourcearticles.com/articles/thunderbird_15/english/part_01 , pretty much just followed what it asked.

[Calum]

Did you check part 10, about Gmail and Yahoo addresses?

[Eredell]

No I didn't   I guess I skipped over that. I'll go read it now, thanks man!  

[patio]

A gmail account will run directly thru TBird...however the last i heard yahooligans will not without an add on third party software...do a search for YPops.

patio.  8-)

p.s. Welcome to Thunderbird !

[Calum]

No problem, it was quite easy to miss.
Hope it helps you out.

[Calum]

A gmail account will run directly thru TBird...however the last i heard yahooligans will not without an add on third party software...do a search for YPops.

patio.  8-)

p.s. Welcome to Thunderbird !

YPops is mentioned in the article I linked to, with a link to d/l it.

[Eredell]

Alright got Ypops d/l, followed the guide, but when I click "Get Mail" at the end it comes up with "Could not connect to server localhost; the connection was refused."

[WillyW]

Sorry.
How did you configure it?
When you opened T-Bird for the first time it should have given you a screen to set up your email account(s).
How did you set it up there?
I'll have a look and see if I can find the right info for servers etc.

http://webmail.mozdev.org/


Specifically:
http://webmail.mozdev.org/serversettings.html


http://webmail.mozdev.org/setup.html
is very much step-by-step .    
Not knocking the page you are already using,  I found it too when looking around.    
But I just used this page, followed along,  and naturally goofed.      When I went back, and did exactly what it said to do,   it then worked fine.... with a Yahoo email account.

[Eredell]

Wait! Fixed the problem. The guide says to change the port to 111, but looking into YPops, I found it wants 110, not 111. Well that solved the Thunderbird problem! Thanks for the help guys!

[Calum]

Fair enough.
Have a look at those sites as well then, Eredell.
Nice catch WillyW.

[WillyW]

Alright got Ypops d/l, followed the guide, but when I click "Get Mail" at the end it comes up with "Could not connect to server localhost; the connection was refused."

Fwiw,  I have not tried ypops.

I used the webmail extensions from http://webmail.mozdev.org/