Also, does "Manage Identities" have anything to do with this, and how should I have that set in each of these accounts?
On Dec 11, 6:06 am, Dooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That makes complete sense logically. However, when it comes to doing > it, I'm lost. > > I went to Hotmail>Accounts>View settings for this account>Account > Settings, and found (at the bottom) SMTP is set for "Webmail - > localhost" and that my only choices are Webmail - localhost (2 > iterations) and Webmail - localhost (Default). I found that Yahoo is > set the same way, apparently. > > BTW, I don't think I set the Hotmail settings; I think they set > themselves when I installed the Hotmail extension (but that didn't > happen with Yahoo). > > So the questions are, 1. Do I need to get rid of one or more of the > Webmail - localhost iterations, and if so, how? and 2. What do I set > the Yahoo to and how? > > On Dec 10, 9:46 pm, alanrf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sounds to me that you have your Hotmail account SMTP entry set as your > > default in Thunderbird. That is fine for your Hotmail account. > > > If you want your Yahoo account to have its own SMTP entry then you > > need to set up an SMTP entry in Thunderbird for your Yahoo account > > (just as you did for your Hotmail account). Then you need to make > > sure that in the "Account Settings" panel of your Yahoo account you > > have selected the Yahoo SMTP server as one to be used for your Yahoo > > account. > > > I have assumed that this will make sense to you. I apologize if I > > have been unclear. If you prefer that I expand further to assist then > > please advise. > > > On Dec 10, 9:37 pm, Dooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've managed (with help from this group) to get both Hotmail and Yahoo > > > (free US) working in Tbird (both accounts in one profile at the > > > moment). > > > > Problem: When I try to send from the Yahoo account, the mail is > > > labeled (during composition) as from my Yahoo account, but when it's > > > received (e.g. test message to my Hotmail account), the sender and > > > return address are my Hotmail account. > > > > 1. How can I get Tbird to send truly from Yahoo? (How do I choose > > > which account I'm shown as / actually sending from?) > > > > --or-- > > > > 2. How can I clone this profile (so I can make one profile Hotmail and > > > one Yahoo)? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
