As I recall, the webmail extension only downloads from the Yahoo inbox unless you have specified named subfolders to download from. I'm not sure how you create a new folder in Yahoo, I've never done it myself, but it looks as though you may have to temporarily change your account back to the "Classic" mode to do this. Yahoo say they are still tweaking some of the settings pages and mail filters and folders can only be set up in Classic mode. It's been like this for months! I wonder when they'll get around to completing the new web pages? Mails with attachments take up most processing time, mails without attachments shouldn't take long to download as long as the number of mails is small, say 10~20 mails, more probably would be OK, but once the number is 100s then it can take a long time.
William Klein wrote: > 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. 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