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theconrodkid - 15/9/13 at 04:52 PM

My e mail is broken yet again,oh how i miss the spam .
i am using outlook 2003 and if i try to send/receive i get a message that my settings are wrong,according to Bt my settings are right,i do get a few stray messages getting through.
this has been a problem for a year or more so i decided to change to thunderbird...i get the same wrong settings message.
what to do now oh clever people ?

mookaloid - 15/9/13 at 05:05 PM

Change to gmail - it's on line and you only need a web browser.

You can also check your old email address with gmail so you don't miss anything.

Also when your computer dies you don't lose all your emails.

I did this some years ago and have never looked back

Wheels244 - 15/9/13 at 05:11 PM

Think I might have spotted your problem - BT - I wouldn't go with them again if they gave broadband and email away for free ! In terms of being garbage they are only usurped by TalkTalk.

theconrodkid - 15/9/13 at 05:25 PM

yea BT are pretty rubbish but thats where all my mail is,i tried to sign up with g mail but it wont allow me to use my @bt.com addy

YQUSTA - 15/9/13 at 05:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Change to gmail - it's on line and you only need a web browser.

You can also check your old email address with gmail so you don't miss anything.

Also when your computer dies you don't lose all your emails.

I did this some years ago and have never looked back



BT email is also on the web via yahoo so no point in changing to gmail for that reason

britishtrident - 15/9/13 at 05:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YQUSTA
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Change to gmail - it's on line and you only need a web browser.

You can also check your old email address with gmail so you don't miss anything.

Also when your computer dies you don't lose all your emails.

I did this some years ago and have never looked back



BT email is also on the web via yahoo so no point in changing to gmail for that reason



BT is Yahoo mail which is awful, a Gmail account actually works and particular well at sharing access with Android devices. However a proper email account with a decent ISP for grown ups (amazingly Plusnet part of BT is particuly good) is the way to go. At the PC end Mozilla Thunderbird and K9 Mail on Android devices.
Plusnet have good web mail.

[Edited on 15/9/13 by britishtrident]

YQUSTA - 15/9/13 at 05:55 PM

Try these settings and see what happens

incoming = pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
outgoing = smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk

user names need to be complete with username@btinternet.com

mookaloid - 15/9/13 at 06:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YQUSTA
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Change to gmail - it's on line and you only need a web browser.

You can also check your old email address with gmail so you don't miss anything.

Also when your computer dies you don't lose all your emails.

I did this some years ago and have never looked back



BT email is also on the web via yahoo so no point in changing to gmail for that reason


Except as B T says above, Gmail is better

theconrodkid - 15/9/13 at 07:23 PM

yqusta,tried that,different excuse for why it dont work
ill get someone round,no point in me breaking it any more than it is already

gremlin1234 - 15/9/13 at 07:40 PM

bt are moving email from yahoo to cpcloud - may be something to do with that.

gmail does allow you to send as a different address, though you have to verify that you receive emails to said address. - and it can collect email from bts servers if required too.

YQUSTA - 15/9/13 at 07:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
yqusta,tried that,different excuse for why it dont work
ill get someone round,no point in me breaking it any more than it is already


This is how mine is setup
user info
your name myname
email address myname@btinternet.com

server info
account type POP3
incoming mail server mail.btinternet.com
outgoing mail server(smtp) mail.btinternet.com

logon info
user name myname
password xxxxxxxx


Secure password Authentication is off
incoming server(POP3) is 110
outgoing server (SMTP) 25

I have no issues with these settings though I do use office 2013 but works fine on my Ipad also.

theconrodkid - 16/9/13 at 06:44 AM

those are the settings i am using,a few mails do get through,i cant see why changing to another e mail provider would get the same results ?.
as above,a man has to know his limitations and when to give up

YQUSTA - 16/9/13 at 06:58 AM


There are many people who have the same problem as you with Yahoo mail, it seams to me that it is the Yahoo servers that cause the problem.

One fix if you can call it that is to log into you BT mail through the Yahoo web page which then kicks it all off again.

Changing to another email provider that is more stable would probably fix the issue.