The original "raison d'etre" for the webmail extensions was to allow
people using the free webmail services from Hotmail and Yahoo! etc. to
get all their email accounts into one client, Thunderbird. POP access to
webmail accounts was only available if you paid the service provider for
the privilege.
On 29/06/2011 19:56, Bill wrote:
thanks......
I thought that webmail was to get around TB issues. At least that is
what it did for me in TB1 and TB2.
I have to admit I haven't tried any custom folders. I simply use the
TB message filters to create the folders in TB rather than on the web
page.
I didn't see any specifics about where people were trying to access
there accts, so I thought maybe the problems they were having is
because they are trying to use the extension when none is needed.
Sometimes one needs to look outside the box to come up with a solution.
Be interested to know if that idea fixes anything for anyone.
On 6/29/2011 2:44 PM, Chris Clifton wrote:
If you can use all your email accounts in Thunderbird without
extensions, then good for you. Many people will not be able to access
accounts in this way, e.g. on the office computer, your employer's IT
department may have blocked access to any POP, SMTP, and IMAP servers
other than the corporate servers. The extensions enable these people
to view their emails in Thunderbird rather than using web based email
viewed in a browser. Also some people like to be able to download
emails from custom folders other than the inbox in Hotmail and
Yahoo!. A normal POP connection as provided free by Hotmail and
Yahoo! does not permit this, the extensions do.
The extensions provide a useful service to those who cannot use POP
or who like the extra features. Admittedly though, they are less
needed now that Hotmail and Yahoo! both provide free POP access.
On 29/06/2011 19:15, Bill wrote:
I am trying to understand this problem, but I guess I didn't catch
it from the beginning.
I have ISP, gmail (imap), hotmail and yahoo (upgraded now) email
accounts configured in TB.
Since TB3, I don't even think I have had webmail installed. If it
is, it is invisible to me. I have 10 Plug Ins and one extension,
none of which are webmail. I have not had an issue with sending or
rcvg email on any of the accounts.
I just upgraded to TB5 and it took everything from TB3 and
everything appears to be functioning normally.
Has anyone with problems tried to install TB and configure their
accounts without installing webmail????
Just an idea.....seems to work for me.
bill
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