Hi Chris, I set the time out option to 600 seconds (10 minutes) but my connection to Yahoo timed out. You say
You may want to consider moving the bulk of mail to a temporary folder on the Yahoo Mail web site, leaving just a few small mails for the extension to work on until it's up and running. I can log on to my yahoo account directly. Please tell me how to move my files to a temporary folder. One of my folders contains 744 items but they are small, and I cannot see any measure of my space allocation nor how much of it that I am occupying. Thanks, Bill Chris Clifton wrote: > The security setting should be "Never", works for me anyway. If you have > a lot of mail in your Yahoo inbox you may need to increase the time out > in Thunderbird. You'll find this setting under, "Tools", "Options", > "Advanced", "Network and disc space", I currently have a setting of 600 > seconds. > A large number of mails, or mails with large attachments will increase > the time that the extension takes to process the mails, basically after > the time out period has elapsed Thunderbird gives up waiting, shows you > an error message and moves on to the next task. You may want to consider > moving the bulk of mail to a temporary folder on the Yahoo Mail web > site, leaving just a few small mails for the extension to work on until > it's up and running. > One other point to note, Thunderbird, by default, deletes mails on the > server once they're downloaded, this is standard for the POP protocol. > If you want mails to stay on the Yahoo and Hotmail websites select > "Leave a copy on the server" (or whatever I can't remember the exact > wording) in the Account Settings, Server Settings page. Judging by posts > to this group, this catches a lot of people out who start using the web > mail extensions, then find all their mails have been deleted from the > web sites when they wanted to keep copies. > > William Klein wrote: > >> Hi Chris, Yes, I uninstalled the Webmail and Yahoo extensions and >> rebooted. Then I installed the Webmail, rebooted, and installed the Yahoo. >> >> With Localhost as the server name, I receive the error message, >> "Connection to server Localhost timed out". This message occurred with >> both "Never" and "TLS if available" as security settings. >> >> When server name is 127.0.0.1, I receive the message, "Failed to >> connect to server 127.0.0.1" >> >> Your staying with me is much appreciated. >> >> Here are my settings: >> >> Webmail 1.3.2 >> Servers show POP, SMTP and IMAP all running >> Ports are 110, 25 and 143 respectively >> All ports are enabled at startup >> Domains include yahoo.ca and yahoo.com >> >> Webmail Yahoo 1.4.4 >> Mode shows Production website >> POP shows Mark emails as read on server >> SMTP shows save copy in sent items, checked >> Advanced shows Use Short ID, checked >> Domains include yahoo.ca and yahoo.com >> >> The settings for [email protected] >> Account name [email protected] >> Your name William Klein >> E-mail address [email protected] >> >> Server settings >> Outgoing server (SMTP): Webmail - localhost >> Server type POP mail server >> Server name "Localhost" and "127.0.0.1" both failed >> User secure session "Never", "TLS if available" both failed >> Leave messages on server until I delete them >> Wen downloading POP3 mail from this server, use the following server >> for new mail: Inbox for this server's account >> >> Thanks, Bill >> >> >> >> >> Chris Clifton wrote: >> >>> You have both the generic webmail and the Yahoo webmail extensions >>> installed? You installed them in the right order, webmail first Yahoo >>> second? Yahoo.com is certainly in the default list of supported domains >>> for my Yahoo webmail extension. >>> >>> William Klein wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Chris and Alan (and others who have taken the time to help me), >>>> >>>> Some welcome progress. I removed my yahoo account in Mozilla and >>>> created a new account using the New Account Setup dialogue with a >>>> Webmail option. >>>> >>>> For the first time, I am now receiving a password prompt when I >>>> attempt to log on to my account on yahoo using Thunderbird. However, I >>>> receive the following error message: >>>> >>>> "Sending the username did not succeed. Mail server 127.0.0.1 >>>> responded: yahoo.com is an unsupported domain." >>>> >>>> but when I change the name of the server to Localhost, I receive the >>>> following error message: >>>> >>>> "Sending the username did not succeed. Mail server Localhost >>>> responded: yahoo.com is an unsupported domain." >>>> >>>> I appreciate your continuing assistance. >>>> >>>> Here are my settings: >>>> Account name [email protected] >>>> Email address [email protected] >>>> >>>> Server settings >>>> Server name Localhost >>>> User name [email protected] >>>> Leave messages on server Until I delete them >>>> >>>> Outgoing server settings Webmail - Localhost >>>> >>>> Please tell me what I am doing wrong. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Chris Clifton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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. 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