I still can't see why it asks for the password for william.klein when this isn't the account name. I can't get my Yahoo mail in Thunderbird to ask for a password at any time, maybe I need to restart Thunderbird after deleting the stored password.
William Klein wrote: > Hi Chris, I have changed my Outgoing Server (SMTP) settings as shown > below, but I continue to receive the following message, > > "Enter your password for william.klein on localhost" > > > > when I send a message from [email protected] from within > Thunderbird. The table below shows Description in column 1 and server > name in Column 2. > > The table shows that I do not have william.klein assigned to > localhost. Please tell me how to send messages from yahoo within > Thunderbird. Thanks, Bill > > Description Server name > [email protected] localhost > University of Toronto smtp.utoronto.ca > [email protected] Localhost > [blank] smtp1.sympatico.ca > [blank] smtp.gmail.com > plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com localhost > > Chris Clifton wrote: >> In Thunderbird, open the "Tools", "Account Settings..." Window. Scroll >> down to "Outgoing Server (SMTP)". Click on one of the server names to >> highlight it, then click "Edit...". In the dialogue box that opens, you >> can put anything you want in the description field. This will then >> appear in the list of servers in front of the server name, i.e. Yahoo1 - >> localhost, Yahoo2 - localhost, etc. Instead of Yahoo1, use something >> meaningful to you. >> >> William Klein wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, I think I see what you mean, but I don't know how to attach >>> a unique identifier to each localhost entry. Please elaborate. Thanks, >>> Bill >>> Chris Clifton wrote: >>> >>>> If it's asking for the password for william.klein, but the address is >>>> billy589kl...@... it may be that you're using the wrong localhost >>>> server. I see that you have two localhost entries, it would be helpful >>>> to rename them to something meaningful so that you know which one >>>> relates to which web mail account. >>>> >>>> William Klein wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Chris, I now have four addresses on Thunderbird, including two with >>>>> Yahoo. >>>>> >>>>> I can send from hoyleboy39 fine but when I send a message out from >>>>> [email protected], I encounter an endless loop with this message: >>>>> >>>>> "Enter your password for william.klein on localhost:" >>>>> >>>>> After I cancel out of this loop I receive the following message: >>>>> >>>>> "Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because >>>>> connecting to SMTP server Localhost failed. The server may be >>>>> unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. Please verify that your >>>>> SMTP server setting is correct and try again, or else contact your >>>>> network supervisor." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here are the entries for Outgoing Server (SMTP) >>>>> University of Toronto - smtp.utoronto.ca >>>>> Webmail - Localhost >>>>> Webmail - localhost >>>>> william.klein - smtp1.sympatico.ca (Default) >>>>> [email protected] - smtp.gmail.com >>>>> plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com - localhost >>>>> >>>>> Could you please tell me how to fix this? Thanks, Bill >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chris Clifton wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> You need to set up message filters in Thunderbird. By default >>>>>> Thunderbird will put all downloaded messages in the Inbox, this is a >>>>>> requirement of the POP protocol which Thunderbird and the extension >>>>>> follow. The extension does add a header, something along the lines of >>>>>> "X-folder= {name of folder}" where name of folder is the folder name in >>>>>> Yahoo. Use the "View" menu in Thunderbird and select "Message source" to >>>>>> see all the headers. You can set up a message filter rule something >>>>>> along the lines of, "If X-folder is", "{name of folder", then move >>>>>> message to "Folder". The folder that you move the message to can be >>>>>> named anything you like, most probably you will want folders named the >>>>>> same as your folders in Yahoo, but this is entirely your choice. >>>>>> >>>>>> William Klein wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Chris, I have now connected Thunderbird to my two Yahoo accounts. >>>>>>> My inbox should be almost empty but in Thunderbird all folders in my >>>>>>> main Yahoo account have been downloaded into my inbox, which now >>>>>>> contains almost 400 items. In Webmail - Yahoo>Options>POP I checked >>>>>>> Mark emails as read on server and Download junkmail and specified the >>>>>>> folders to download. Instead of maintaining the separate folders, >>>>>>> their contents are displayed in the inbox. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I view the account in Yahoo the folders and their contents remain >>>>>>> correctly separate. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please tell me how to keep the folders separate on Thunderbird. >>>>>>> Thanks, Bill >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris Clifton wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
