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POP3? soda pop? what?

post #1 of 20
3/14/06 at 7:28am
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This is a confusing thing for me ok so I want to use either Microsoft Outlook Express Or Mozilla Thunderbird, I think Id rather go with thunderbird and setups confusing me and I dont understand what POP3 or IMAP (or whatever it was) so Im confused beyond reason as to setting up, help? thanks!
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post #2 of 20
3/14/06 at 7:54am
or NOTW?
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post #3 of 20
3/14/06 at 9:35am
What mail system are you wanting to connect to?

John
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post #4 of 20
3/14/06 at 9:50am
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I have Adelphia as my broadband so I guess them?
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post #5 of 20
3/14/06 at 10:11am
Well, if it's ISP specific mail you're trying to reach you'll need to go to their website - they will give you all the settings there which you need to connect with.

John
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post #6 of 20
3/14/06 at 10:33am
it's soda... pop is a musical term
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post #7 of 20
3/14/06 at 4:27pm
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
it's soda... pop is a musical term
depends on where you live, soda in california, pop in nc, probably soda pop somewhere in the middle
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post #8 of 20
3/14/06 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by dg5032
This is a confusing thing for me ok so I want to use either Microsoft Outlook Express Or Mozilla Thunderbird, I think Id rather go with thunderbird and setups confusing me and I dont understand what POP3 or IMAP (or whatever it was) so Im confused beyond reason as to setting up, help? thanks!

POP3 is most likely what your ISP is using.

Setup will also ask:

incoming mail server - POP3
outgoing mail server - SMTP
e-mail address
username and password

More info:
In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. Nearly all subscribers to individual Internet service provider e-mail accounts access their e-mail with client software that uses POP3.

MORE

If you really want to do the reading. But not necessary to get the setup going.
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post #9 of 20
3/14/06 at 6:57pm
free email providers like yahoo and hotmail DO NOT ALLOW pop3 connections anymore unless you are a PAYING subscriber to their email service.

OLDER hotmail/yahoo members from about, oh i dont know... 5+ years ago, are able to use POP3.


if you have an email provided by your ISP (internet service provider), you can call them and theyll easily walk you through setting up outlook or.. whatever.
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post #10 of 20
3/14/06 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by P A U L
free email providers like yahoo and hotmail DO NOT ALLOW pop3 connections anymore unless you are a PAYING subscriber to their email service.

OLDER hotmail/yahoo members from about, oh i dont know... 5+ years ago, are able to use POP3.


if you have an email provided by your ISP (internet service provider), you can call them and theyll easily walk you through setting up outlook or.. whatever.
get gmail, if you want i will add you, gmail also has a program that auto configures your pop and smtp settings, easy peasy
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post #11 of 20
3/14/06 at 8:52pm
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Originally Posted by woodstock
depends on where you live, soda in california, pop in nc, probably soda pop somewhere in the middle
ive got a chart somewhere...
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post #12 of 20
3/14/06 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda
ive got a chart somewhere...
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post #13 of 20
3/14/06 at 9:47pm
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gmail you say Paul? gonna have to check that out!
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post #14 of 20
3/14/06 at 10:02pm
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OK i signed up for gmail, how do I, you know, put it on Thunderbird?
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post #15 of 20
3/14/06 at 10:39pm
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Originally Posted by dg5032
OK i signed up for gmail, how do I, you know, put it on Thunderbird?
look for the instructions
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post #16 of 20
3/14/06 at 11:21pm
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mmk I found them, thanks for helping everyone!
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post #17 of 20
3/14/06 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by dg5032
mmk I found them, thanks for helping everyone!
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post #18 of 20
3/15/06 at 12:00am
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ok Im at another roadblock, everything was going good till I hit this snag, at the account information, I put my incoming derver thing, but I dont know what to put on the output, I guess the instructions Gmail are giving me are old because in the screenshots they have there is no area where i can input my outgoing server, any thoughts?
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post #19 of 20
3/15/06 at 12:41am
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ok nvm I got it! lol
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post #20 of 20
3/15/06 at 12:44am
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Originally Posted by dg5032
ok nvm I got it! lol
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