Any good free Email software

bluedove

skiddy2k,

i have just downloaded the thunderbird, but i could not install the extensions for yahoo and hotmail. it always tell me the extensions are not compatible with firefox,

can you help please

melipona

How to Install

1. Right-Click the link above and choose "Save Link As..." to Download and save the file to your hard disk.
2. On Thunderbird Menu Bar Select Tools/Add Ons
3. A new window will appear, select install and locate file to add

Cheers

squeaky

Actually, if you open the Tools >> Add-ons window, then open the window with the link in (both reduced in size so that you can see some part of each) you can simply drag and drop the link across into the add-ons window and it all gets done for you.

IamBroke

ummmm as i am not an IT expert my answer is probably totally off the rocket but i use Windows Live Mail Desktop to get my mail from Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail in one space.

Stubert

I currently use my hotmail through Outlook as I signed it up through there before they changed the rules. If I change to windows live mail i assume that I'll no longer be able to use it through that?

skiddy2k

melipona wrote: »

How to Install

1. Right-Click the link above and choose "Save Link As..." to Download and save the file to your hard disk.
2. On Thunderbird Menu Bar Select Tools/Add Ons
3. A new window will appear, select install and locate file to add

Cheers

...+1......

alanrowell

I use OE and can download Yahoo emails using these settings

My GF uses OE and can't - however I installed Ypops and now she can download her yahoo emails

In the past with a previous ISP I have had problems with OE and Yahoo and the solution was to use the ISP's POP3 & STMP servers rather than the Yahoo ones

angel

thebyp wrote: »

yahoo yes, as per above. Hotmail can work, however is being phased out.

I'd suggest you go and get a gmail(.com) account, that will allow you to access it by pop3 and webmail.

Who said that Hotmail is being phased out? I haven't been notified of this.

monterey_2

angel wrote: »

Who said that Hotmail is being phased out? I haven't been notified of this.

I don't think that it's Hotmail itself being phased out, it's the downloading of your Hotmail to a PC using programs like Outlook Express. Microsoft seem to want to steer people into looking at their Hotmail on the webpage rather than downloading it and storing it on their PC.

M-

bluedove

alanrowell wrote: »

I use OE and can download Yahoo emails using these settings

My GF uses OE and can't - however I installed Ypops and now she can download her yahoo emails

In the past with a previous ISP I have had problems with OE and Yahoo and the solution was to use the ISP's POP3 & STMP servers rather than the Yahoo ones

the setting are for yahoo mail plus which is not a free yahoo mail account, while both my hotmail and yahoo is free