[nflug] TBird & DSL (Windoze question)

[Joe]

Thanks.  I'll study that.

I am subscribed to this list as josephj AT main.nc.us and I believe 
that's what I've been using for my posts.  What's up with the 
nflug-bounces thing?  Did I do something wrong?   Once in awhile I send 
a post when I'm in another email account and don't notice the wrong 
From: line before I send it, but I don't think I've done that lately.

Joe

Sam Stern wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org]
>> On Behalf Of Joe
>> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 01:02 AM
>> To: NFLUG
>> Subject: [nflug] TBird & DSL (Windoze question)
>>
>> My friend just got DSL and I'm setting up everything (in Windoze).
>> Everything works, but the notebook is set up for dial up (and I don't
>> want to delete it).  In Tbird (1.5.1), everything works except TBird
>> insists on using smtp.buffnet.net (the dial up) and doesn't give any
>> option to select outgoing.Verizon.net.  In prefs.js, etc. all I found
>> was a reference to "smtp1".
>>
>> Just to get things to work (with tech support ...), I
>> configured LookOut
>> Express.  It was a piece of cake - just let me fill in
>> whatever I wanted
>> for smtp.  How the heck do I do that for TBird?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> P.S. If this works out as well as I hope, I'm going to switch
>> my isp too
>> - and that'll be Linux.  I know I'll be asking questions then.
>>
>>     
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> It's best if you use the gui for this. That said, here is a sample from my
> Windows Thunderbidrd setup that shows the entries needed for the smtp
> server:
>
>
> user_pref("mail.smtp.defaultserver", "smtp1");
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.auth_method", 1);
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.description",
> "mail.internal.samstern.net");
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.hostname", "mail.internal.samstern.net");
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.port", 25);
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.try_ssl", 1);
> user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.username", "samstern");
> user_pref("mail.smtpservers", "smtp1");
>
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Sam S.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nflug mailing list
> nflug at nflug.org
> http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug
>
>   
_______________________________________________
nflug mailing list
nflug at nflug.org
http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug