[kde-linux] kmail - receiving mail with sbcglobal yahoo

[Bill Wells]

As I recall, on my sbcglobal.net account, sending mail does not require 
authentication (entering your correct password), only receiving mail requires 
the correct password.  

My pop and smtp settings are pop.sbcglobal.net and smtp.sbcglobal.net.  I do 
not know how old your account is;  or, if you converted to yahoo when they 
bugged everyone to convert to prodigy/yahoo.

However, I did not see any sbcglobal.yahoo.com sign in in the drop down menu 
for the SBC site.  All the options were the various perturbations 
representing buyouts, mergers, and whims of management that scar the history 
of the company;  eg.  pacbell.net, prodigy.net, sbcglobal.net, etc.  

Hope this helps.

Bill
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 07:50 am, rf wrote:
> I wonder if the password is the problem.  I know mine is definitely NOT the
> same as my random yahoo.com email passwords.
>
> Also, it might be that without doing the setup in windows (there was a
> cdrom I got with my original DSL package, which included the modem, that
> had a lot of yahoo crap on it), where, I think the email password is set,
> then the account is not fully ready to be used.  But not sure why sending
> would work then...
>
> Maybe setting up in windows is the only option at this point.
>
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan [mailto:dmisc at charter.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:54 PM
> To: For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] kmail - receiving mail with sbcglobal yahoo
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>      Here are my settings:
> Receiving:
> Account name: user
> Login:  user at sbcglobal.net
> Password: xxxxx
> Host: pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
> Port: 110
> Extras:
> Encryption: None
> Authentication Method: Clear text
>
> Sending:
> Name: sbcglobal
> Host: smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
> Port: 25
> Server requires authentication: Yes
> user at sbcglobal.net
> Password:  xxxxx
> Security:
> Encryption: None
> Authentication Method: Plain
>
> The send side work great.  But the receive doesn't work.
>
> Regards,
> Dan
>
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 13:06, Robert wrote:
> > Dan wrote:
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > >     I did specify user at sbcglobal.net.  At least I know somebody has got
>
> it work.
>
> > > I called tech support, but if your not using Outlook they will not help
>
> you.  Looks
>
> > > like I'll have to try this on a windows system.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:04, Robert wrote:
> > >> Dan wrote:
> > >>> Greetings,
> > >>>
> > >>>      I setup a new installation for a friend today using DSL
>
> sbcglobal.yahoo.com
>
> > >>> I have no trouble sending email through the SMTP server at
>
> sbcglobal.yahoo.com
>
> > >>> however I can not receive email.  It keeps saying the
>
> username/password is
>
> > >>> invalid which seems strange because I send email.  Is there anybody
>
> that has
>
> > >>> configured DSL pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com and got it to work?  BTW:
> > >>> There
>
> are
>
> > >>> two email accounts which give different errors, the main account says
>
> "Server
>
> > >>> is busy try again later", the other account says username/password is
>
> invalid.
>
> > >>> Regards,
> > >>> Dan
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> > >>
> > >> user name is the full email address for both the pop and smtp servers:
> > >>
> > >> user at sbcglobal.net.  I've used kmail, evolution and (currently)
> > >> Thunderbird with no problem...
> > >>
> > >> Robert
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> >
> > how do you have the servers configured?  Here's mine (Thunderbird):
> > pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com  port 110 use secure connection: 'no' checked
> > smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com port 25 use secure connection: 'no' checked
> >
> > I just set up kmail with the above settings (no choice on ports though),
> > and after a little while at the "checking security capabilities of
> > sbcglobal.net" window, I was able to just start downloading my mail.
> >
> > I tried to send a test message to myself, and had to modify the account
> > settings and add my user name and password, then all went well.
>
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