Notice for Macosx.com Email Account Holders - Page 3

yaniv · #17 March 18th, 2009, 10:21 AM

so if my email service goes down and i'm upset about it, that makes me a troll?

**ScottW** · #18 March 18th, 2009, 11:14 AM

It never went down. Your username just changed.

**Cheryl** · #19 March 19th, 2009, 06:28 AM

Nixgeek - you can't classify all people a spammer just because they haven't posted before. Yaniv has been a member since 2005.

Yaniv - Ora is right. This site and the email services are run with volunteer time and donations. The cost of your email service is low. Next time you experience trouble, come to the forums to see if others are having the same trouble and if not, post or go to the Contact Us link.

nixgeek · #20 March 19th, 2009, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheryl

Nixgeek - you can't classify all people a spammer just because they haven't posted before. Yaniv has been a member since 2005.

Fair enough. It just seemed that way because it's been the first post since this person signed up, and not a very friendly one at that. Plus, with all the convincing spambots signing up lately, it's no surprise that it seemed very much like that.

Most of us are pretty good-natured and understanding when hiccups occur on the site. Unfortunately, it seems that is not always the case.

kp8 · #21 March 19th, 2009, 06:41 PM

I am using Thunderbird and can't get this to work. Can anyone point out exactly what i need to change to get back getting my mail exactly as i was?

kp8 · #22 March 19th, 2009, 06:59 PM

I got it...

but i am still not sure how to jigger the outgoing server. What does that look like on Thunderbird anyone know?

-kp--

**Cheryl** · #23 March 20th, 2009, 06:43 AM

I don't have Thunderbird, but SMTP is what to look for in Outgoing.

Keep in mind that some ISPs are requiring that all outgoing mail go through their servers.

kp8 · #24 March 20th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheryl

I don't have Thunderbird, but SMTP is what to look for in Outgoing.

Keep in mind that some ISPs are requiring that all outgoing mail go through their servers.

So I should set that too what? I guess my problem is not so much that i don't know what to change (it is pretty clear that SMTP needs to be changed) it that i don't know what to put in there.

The server is: smtp.macosx.com correct?
And i just need to put: username@macosx.com in there right instead of just username?
Anyway, i did that and it doesn't work.

I get:

Send message error
sending of message failed.
The message could not be sent because connecting to the SMTP server smtp.macosx.com failed.

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