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Supatramp
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Loc: Scotland
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My ISP is AOL, and personally I have 2 usernames. I also have e-mail accounts with Yahoo and Googlemail, but have always accessed mail by going direct to the various mail systems.
Having used Firefox successfully for a while now, and having read how supposedly wonderful Thunderbird is, I decided to give it a go and access my various mail accounts in the one place. However................ it has been a complete disaster, including losing the contents of my Yahoo inbox!
Initially, Googlemail and Yahoo Mail seemed to be working ok, I think using smtp.uk.aol.com as the outgoing server, but then I setup my 2 AOL accounts and my problems started. Although all the accounts got their "inbox" and "sent" folders populated, sending mail is impossible. I continually get an error message saying that connection with the smtp server failed, etc etc.
So.................. what on earth is going wrong. According to Thunderbird, setting separate smtp servers is only for experienced users, and yet the settings for Google, Yahoo and AOL all quote different smtp servers. So what should the server be, and should it be the same for all mail systems?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
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David.
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greysts
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You can set up several SMTP servers in Thunderbird and then when you come to send an email you choose from the drop down list in the From box which SMTP server you wish to use to send your mail.
Having said that you don't normally need more than one SMTP server because irrespective of the particular email account you can send everything from the main (default) SMTP server.
Do your new AOL accounts use the same password as all your other email accounts? If they don't did you put in the new password for each account? To check go to Tools, Options, Privacy, Passwords then click on Edit Saved Passwords.
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.
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Supatramp
new user
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Loc: Scotland
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I've followed your instructions, and the various passwords for the different accounts are as they should be.
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David.
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greysts
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Loc: Colchester
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And does AOL still fail to send?
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.
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