If you have a pop3 account like with MSN or whoever, then yes pop3. Host
name is the pop address like: pop3.email.msn.com, and port is almost always
110. To recieve, yes SMTP, again host: smtp.email.msn.com, and port is
almost always: 25. If you don't know it, you can sometimes find it at their
site, or call and ask them. AOL, you won't be able to use except thru their
software, bellsouth's is: mail.bna.bellsouth.net for both. Or on your
Window partition, look in Outlook Express (or whatever you have been using),
under Tools > accounts > mail > properties > servers. Yes, the name part is
whatever you want your name to be displayed on the email as sender. Like
mine is: s.
HTH,
-s
On Saturday 16 December 2000 07:17, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I wonder if anyone can help!
> I have logged on to the net but when I try and use kmail to check/retrieve
> my email nothing happens. There's definitely mail on the server waiting!
> I have added an incoming account. I presumed the correct type to add was
> "pop3" rather than "local mailbox". Then I configured the account with my
> name, login, password. However I don't know what to put in "host" or
> "port". Any ideas. I have presumed that "name" can be anything I want and
> that the crucial items are login and password.
>
> Also on the sending side (if I ever get there!!!). Should I use "sendmail"
> or SMTP?
> On windoze I used to use SMTP but don't want to assume?
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Angus
