Would like to return to using Thunderbird

[Carlfoot]

Although I am receiving my email with the att.yahoo setup, I would love to return to Thunderbird as it has a better system for constructing messages to send, address book and the safety of having your emails on your computer. I haven't been able to connect to att.yahoo using the settings given by ATT personnel with Thunderbird - only getting "Connection to pop.att.yahoo.com server has timed out." Has anyone else been able to continue connecting with Thunderbird or Outlook Express? It would appear that the trend is to push all email onto web mail.

[akee]

verify that you can send and receive emails thru the AT&T webmail first. if everything works there, you may try checking the Thunderbird email settings.

open Mozilla Thunderbird program --> Click on 'Tools' --> 'Account Settings'.

On the left side, select 'Server Settings' and make sure that you have the following filled out:
Server Name: pop.att.yahoo.com
Port: 995
User Name: memberid@bellsouth.net, memberid@sbcglobal.net, memberid@att.net etc.
Check the 'Use secure connection (SSL)' box.
Uncheck the 'Use secure connection' box.

Then select 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' on the left panel and make sure that you have the following filled out:
Server Name: smtp.att.yahoo.com
Port: 465
Check the box next to 'Use name and password'.
User Name: memberid@bellsouth.net, memberid@sbcglobal.net, memberid@att.net etc.
Use secure connection: select 'SSL'.
Click 'OK'.

send yourself a test email and see what happens. Click on the 'Get Mail' button.

just post the error message in case you receive any. hope this helps!

[alphaa10]

DO NOT USE SECURE AUTHENTICATION

For the latest FireFox 3.6.3 (as of April 29, 2010)

Use Connection Security SSL/TLS

But DO NOT use secure authentication. Leave

UNchecked the "Use secure authentication" box

for both POP and SMTP

And remember, if you have multiple FireFox email

accounts, you need to create a separate SMTP

server for each one.  That is, every account will

have both a POP3 and an SMTP server for the

account name.

To set up an SMTP server for each of several

accounts, go to the bottom of the account settings

box, to the "Outgoing Server" SMTP. Click on the

SMTP item, and Add and Edit boxes will appear on

the right-hand panel.

[alphaa10]

Correction-- my reference to "Firefox" was intended to be Thunderbird.