Re: [OxLUG] Thunderbird setup

On Friday 11 July 2008 14:27:25 Colin Lloyd wrote:

> Graham wrote:
> >Try changing the password to something you know is wrong and then back to
> > see
>
> if you get a different message.
>
> I have tried as suggested using knowingly erroneous passwords but I got
> exactly the same Thunderbird reply as for the "correct" password i.e.
...
> I also did:
> fetchmail environmetrics.co.uk -p pop3
> which then requested a password - upon entering the "supposedly" correct
> one - get reply:
>
> fetchmail: connection to environmetrics.co.uk:pop3 [213.171.218.150/110]
> failed: Connection refused. POP3 connection to environmetrics.co.uk failed:
> Connection refused fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
>
...
> If the above does not provide any clues, are there any suggestions other
> than Outlook to try e.g. Gmail, Kmail etc. although I am unfamiliar with
> these and don't want to expand my problems by getting bogged down in
> getting these to work.

KMail has a button in its POP account configuration
Settings:Configure KMail:Accounts:Receiving->
    Modify:Extras->
        Check what the server supports
for determining any security protocol needed.