Just got my Thunderbird 3.1.9 set up with Yahoo. Manually set it up on Thunderbird, without any plugins.
To manually set up, go to set up a new Thunderbird account go to TOOLS - ACCOUNT SETTINGS - ACCOUNT ACTIONS - ADD MAIL ACCOUNT Then enter your name and then use the e-mail address [email protected]. ignore the password and press Continue When Thunderbird is trying to get the settings automatically press Stop a couple of time until it offers you the option of Manual Setup. You should then find that Thunderbird has set up a new account for which you can maually set the appropriate server setiings. The server settings that worked for me are :- Incoming Server Server type - POP User name - your user name on btinternet Server name - mail.btinternet.com Port - 110 Connection security - None - (both STARTTLS and SSL/TLS failed to connect) Authentication method - Password transmitted insecurely - (does not accept encryption) Outgoing Server Description - anything Server name - mail.btinternet.com Port - 465 Connection security - SSL/TLS Authentication method - normal password User name - your e-mail address Set up all of the other options appropriately. Don't forget to re- enter your correct e-mail address in the main account settings screen. Hope this helps.
