No problem at all Alan, I've just replied saying much the same. As far as I'm aware Yahoo UK don't provide IMAP, I'd be surprised if the Canadians had this service and us Brits didn't.
alanrf wrote: > I hope Chris will not mind me responding. > > POP3 is the correct setting - these extensions are providing you with > a simulated POP3 connection to the Yahoo server. > > The way you keep the mail on the server is to use the setting of > Thunderbird. Select the Server Settings panel in Thunderbird for your > Yahoo account and then see the box "Leave messages on server" and the > sub-options of it. > > There may be IMAP support in Yahoo (though I do not believe there is - > is it not a user choice it must be deliberately provided by the > service with dedicated IMAP servers) but if there is you can bet it > has to be paid for. > > On Jul 18, 2:40 pm, William Klein <[email protected]> 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] >> >> I chose billy589klein as my Incoming user name. >> >> The Account Wizard said Congratulations! >> Account name Web mail - billy589klein >> Email address [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]> 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] >>> Email address: [email protected] >>> >>> Server settings >>> Server type: IMAP mail server >>> Server name: smtp.yahoo.ca >>> User name: [email protected] >>> User secure connection: TLS, if available >>> >>> Outgoing server (SMTP) settings >>> University of Toronto - smtp.utoronto.ca >>> my.name -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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
