Nigel L wrote: > Nigel L says ***sigh*** and responds: > Robert Lasirona wrote: > >> Thanks Zac! >> >> I'm going to see if this mail server supports other protocols. I've been >> trying to use IMAP simply because it was working with KMail. After >> having a chance to work with Mozilla for just a week, I prefer Mozilla. >> With the addition of Enigmail, it has all of the features I need. The >> IMAP I can work around. >> >> >> Thanks again, >> -rob >> >> >> Zac spitzer wrote in reply to Robert Lasirona's query: >> Q:"Has anybody gotten the mail client to connect to a mail server >> using IMAP4?" > > > A:" imap does work, but it is buggy" > www.myrealbox.com which is from novell doesn't work 100% with mozilla > coz of bugs in mozilla, which is a shame as it one of the few free > imap > service providers on the web ." > > Well, I'm glad it isn't just my setup that has the MyRealBox > problems. I find I have to close and reopen to make new incoming mail > show. I already replied in the general board that the FastMail bulletin > board has plenty of discussion about making Mozilla work with that > service. Clearly, lots of people have it working. You can see my > e-mail address above, and this free service works perfectly in MozMail > IMAP. Problem is that all connections are slow. Quite fast, though > there's the need to use an alternative outgoing SMTP server, is > www.arabia.com . You get a 10mb box with that domain and a second 10mb > with another domain name from a list. > One nice thing about MozMail is that the mail preferences setting > is readily reached. If you're told the SMTP server ignored you, just go > into it and change it. I've noticed free SMTP servers periodically try > to require log-in and passwords, but don't persist for long. > I don't think one should keep using POP. I wonder why Mozilla > cannot get a bit of help from MyRealBox/Novell. For those occasions > when one needs WebMail, the interface there is by far the most appealing > I've seen. > Regards, Nigel L >
MyRealBox/Novell -> novonyx.com are involved, they isolated the bug vote for this bug in bugzilla http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57102 z
