On 16 Nov 2000, 9:21, A.Holm wrote:
> Being a newcomer to the list, even after reading hundreds of postings
> from the archives, it's hard to know what is 'old hat ' to the other
> listers. The recent posting about Newmail having an smtp server was
> something I already knew, having signed up for it months before I joined
> the list. It was in beta back then and its service was less than
> stellar. It is still in beta but has been much more relaible in the past
> few months.
>
> This may be an oldie for many of the listers but just in case:
>
> //mail.lycos.co.uk
>
> The web page touts their 'new' service (late October 2000) as
>
> POP3: mx1.lycos.co.uk
>
> SMTP: mx1.lycos.co.uk
Grrrr...did you happen to leave out some important configuration aspect?
Huh? Huh? :-)
You cannot just configure your account with a standard username. Your
username must be in the format of [username]lycos
i.e. if your username is pcguy, then in your email client's
configuration, you would enter: pcguylycos
Alan
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