POP3 E-mail

[benzoboy]

Hi all, I was just wondering. How do I set up a POP3 e-mail?

I have the right program (Mozilla Thunderbird, for anyone who's curious). But I need a server name to access my inbox. Does anyone know how I can find one that works?

 

[Flerbizky]

What you need is the name of the server where your email address resides - "Any" POP server won't work..

Who uses POP anyway - it's 2009, come on..

 

[Jondot]

Hi all, I was just wondering. How do I set up a POP3 e-mail?

I have the right program (Mozilla Thunderbird, for anyone who's curious). But I need a server name to access my inbox. Does anyone know how I can find one that works?

...well, where's your email account based at? Hotmail? GMail? Yahoo? Tiscali/BT/Sky/whatever?

Hotmail won't let you do this, the last time I checked. GMail give you a load of instructions on how to set up your GMail account with Thunderbird (just google 'Gmail thunderbird' or something. Yahoo I'm not sure about, and most ISP based ones have details available on how to do this.

As Flerbizky said, it's all information that's relevant to your email account. You don't just put some random server info in.

 

[wfooshee]

If your email address is provided by your Internet provider, they would have the server names. I'd bet their website even has an instruction page.

 

[benzoboy]

Right, I think I haven't made the question clear enough or I knackered the whole thing up.

I should've mentioned, the whole reason I'm asking. Is because I want to sign up to a certain forum that automatically disallows all web-based e-mail addresses.

Apparently POP3 E-mail addresses are the way to go.

 

[Sureboss]

Just register one with your ISP if you don't already have one with them. That forum won't allow hotmail/gmail. Btinternet/ntlworld/virginmedia/sky/tiscali/lineone, etc would be acceptable.

Who is your ISP?

 

[Flerbizky]

Right, I think I haven't made the question clear enough or I knackered the whole thing up.

I should've mentioned, the whole reason I'm asking. Is because I want to sign up to a certain forum that automatically disallows all web-based e-mail addresses.

Apparently POP3 E-mail addresses are the way to go.

I can access my mail server through POP (if I enabled it), IMAP, Web and regular Exchange access..

It makes no difference how you access your mail account - If they won't allow eg. Gmail addresses, then they don't allow it, whether accessed by POP, Web, IMAP etc. etc.

 

[benzoboy]

Who is your ISP?

Virgin.

 

[wfooshee]

Click me!!! Click me!!!!

You have to have an email account with them, you can't just magically use a server and have it work.