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From: Wheel on 9 May 2010 15:22 David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "POKO" <pokokat(a)gmail.com> > > | My new internet provider only allows gmail and I've been unsuccessful > | getting Thunderbird to import it so I'm looking for a client that can > | accept gmail. As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it > | allowed importing more than one acount. Any suggestions would be > | appreciated. (Windows XP Home) > > I would complain bitterly if "internet provider only allows gmail"! Same thing happening here: Virgin Media, UK (A big one).
From: Wheel on 9 May 2010 15:27 Wheel wrote: > David H. Lipman wrote: >> From: "POKO" <pokokat(a)gmail.com> >> >> | My new internet provider only allows gmail and I've been unsuccessful >> | getting Thunderbird to import it so I'm looking for a client that can >> | accept gmail. As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it >> | allowed importing more than one acount. Any suggestions would be >> | appreciated. (Windows XP Home) >> >> I would complain bitterly if "internet provider only allows gmail"! > > Same thing happening here: Virgin Media, UK (A big one). Misread OP: You can still POP.
From: VanguardLH on 9 May 2010 15:36 POKO wrote: > My new internet provider only allows gmail I don't believe you. To block the web interface to Gmail would mean your ISP was censoring to where you can browse the Net. Does your service contract with them permit them to do that? To block POP, IMAP, and SMTP access to Gmail's mail hosts also would require they censor your Net traffic as to which hosts you can connect. That your ISP doesn't provide e-mail services is NOT the same as what choice YOU make for an e-mail provider. > and I've been unsuccessful > getting Thunderbird to import it Import what? To import means there are files from Tbird or other e-mail clients for which Tbird will import old messages. So what is "it"? You don't "import" e-mails from or to an e-mail server. > so I'm looking for a client that can > accept gmail. E-mail clients use established protocols for communicating with e-mail servers. They don't care if you are using Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, your ISP, or some other POP, IMAP, or SMTP mail server. Since Gmail supports both POP and IMAP for retrieving e-mails and SMTP for sending them, you can use any e-mail client that supports those communication protocols, and that includes Tbird, OE, Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, and a plethora of other e-mail clients. The problem is not with the e-mail client. The problem is with how YOU are trying to use it. You are not defining a proper account definition within your e-mail client. You never divulged whether you want to use POP or IMAP to retrieve e-mails. After you decide then you define an account in your e-mail client that matches on the chosen protocol. You also have to enable the server-side configuration of your Gmail account to enable access via the chosen protocol. Did you do that? Did you read Gmail's web help pages on how to setup your e-mail client AND how to configure the server-side settings in your Gmail account to enable that access method? By default, you only get access using their webmail client. You have to enable POP or IMAP access, or both, to use those protocols to access your Gmail account. Start at http://mail.google.com/support/. Then click on the protocol (POP or IMAP) that you want to use to access your account by your local e-mail client. Then read. > As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it > allowed importing more than one acount. Work on the problem with your first account before trying to add multiple accounts. E-mail clients support multiple accounts but you first have to figure out how to define the first account so it works.
From: Rod on 9 May 2010 15:39 On Sun, 9 May 2010 14:35:49 -0400, POKO wrote: > My new internet provider only allows gmail and I've been unsuccessful > getting Thunderbird to import it so I'm looking for a client that can > accept gmail. As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it > allowed importing more than one acount. Any suggestions would be > appreciated. (Windows XP Home) TB 3.04 works fine for Gmail-either pop or IMAP.
From: POKO on 9 May 2010 15:49
In article <hs71at$dph$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, northshore- beachbum(a)hawaii.rr.com says... > POKO wrote: > > My new internet provider only allows gmail and I've been unsuccessful > > getting Thunderbird to import it so I'm looking for a client that can > > accept gmail. As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it > > allowed importing more than one acount. Any suggestions would be > > appreciated. (Windows XP Home) > > I've been using TBird for years for my Gmail, Yahoo, and a variety of > other accounts. What problem are you having? What settings are you using? > > They do not show Thunderbird in this 'how to' - http://www.omniglobebroadband.com/news/faq/Email_instructions.pdf I just created an account in Outlook7 but would prefer TBird as I have saved all my mail/contacts there, -- Best - POKO Manitoulin Island, Canada |