It's been some time since I set up a webmail account, so I can't remember all the dialogue boxes. I would have thought that if you started by adding an account and choosing Webmail as the type all should have been set up correctly, certainly the localhost for outgoing looks right. By default, a POP connection removes emails from the server once the client has downloaded, the extension acts in a way which makes the webmail service look like a POP server to Thunderbird, thus the standard settings don't leave copies of mails on the server (your Yahoo webmail pages). All email accounts set up in Thunderbird will do this, whether traditional POP or webmail. There is an option under Account settings in Thunderbird to leave a copy of mails on the server, you need to select this, by default it isn't selected. Below this setting there are a number of options to choose when a mail will be deleted if not deleted when downloaded. Choose the one that best suits your needs. One other point that I notice, by default Thunderbird uses just that part of the email address before the @ as the user name when setting up a new account. Yahoo needs the user name to be the full email address.
William Klein wrote: > Hi Chris, Thanks for staying with me on this. > > The dialogue you mention concludes with a POP configuration. I want > the received messages to stay on the yahoo server. > > Here is what I did: > > I removed the old account from the Account Settings.I chose Add > Account, Web mail. > > I entered my name, William Klein and my email address, > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > I chose billy589klein as my Incoming user name. > > The Account Wizard said Congratulations! > Account name Web mail - billy589klein > Email address [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Incoming user name billy589klein > Incoming server type POP3 > Outgoing User name william.klein > Outgoing server name (SMTP) localhost > > Because POP3 is not acceptable, I chose cancel. > > Please tell me how to change POP to IMAP or some other parameter that > will force the yahoo server to retain my received message. Thanks, Bill > > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:17 PM, spruce18b <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I am using Thunderbrid 2.0.0.22. > I have installed WebMail 1.3.2. Servers for POP, IMAP and SMTP are > running. > I have installed Webmail Yahoo 1.4.4. Its options say "No Yahoo > accounts found" > > Here are my Mozilla settings: > > Account settings > Account name: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Email address: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Server settings > Server type: IMAP mail server > Server name: smtp.yahoo.ca <http://smtp.yahoo.ca> > User name: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > User secure connection: TLS, if available > > Outgoing server (SMTP) settings > University of Toronto - smtp.utoronto.ca <http://smtp.utoronto.ca> > my.name <http://my.name> -smtp1.sympatico.ca > <http://smtp1.sympatico.ca> (Default) > > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
