alternative to thunderbird??

tankgirl1

Hiya

I have always used thunderbird to download emails, but it has decided to stop working- no idea why. Have cleaned up my pc, and reinstalled it, but it just wont download any emails.

Anyway, so I thought I'd try another mail client - can anyone recommend one? I have btinternet.com email addresses.

Thanks

tg1

espresso

Have you configured your account after re-installing? e.g. set up the POP3 and SMTP servers.

Donnie

Try the Opera browser. It has a built in email client. Very fast and convenient.

tankgirl1

espresso wrote: »

Have you configured your account after re-installing? e.g. set up the POP3 and SMTP servers.

Yes- I'm pretty sure I have. I put the settings the same as they were previously - when it was actually working!

It lost all my emails, and just won't download any more - keeps saying 'downloading message 1', and not getting past about 67% - very annoying!

tankgirl1

Donnie wrote: »

Try the Opera browser. It has a built in email client. Very fast and convenient.

Thanks - I don't want to change to another browser though. Unless you mean I could use Opera just as an email client?

Tbh, I'd rather get Thunderbird working again, but it doesn't seem to be happening :-(

spud17

Just double check all your settings, in cases like this I often find a comma instead of full stop somewhere.

tankgirl1

spud17 wrote: »

Just double check all your settings, in cases like this I often find a comma instead of full stop somewhere.

Thanks

have just double checked, and they all seem ok. I have the Pop mail server as mail.btinternet.com port 110

this is what they were set at before and they worked ok...? Should I try changing them? I'm hopeless at techie things which is why I'm thinking it might be easier to just find another client- lol

espresso

tankgirl1 wrote: »

Yes- I'm pretty sure I have. I put the settings the same as they were previously - when it was actually working!

It lost all my emails, and just won't download any more - keeps saying 'downloading message 1', and not getting past about 67% - very annoying!

Try logging into your account using the web based email and check what this message is. you could temporarily move it into another folder out of your inbox and then your Thunderbird may work as before.

wolfman

Evolution is a nice client that now has Windows XP support. It's typically a Linux client.
http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/