Need help with Eudora Pro 3.01
Lil' Abner
upgrade to a fancier version. BUT, I've come up against a problem. I have a
new pop mail account that requires "Ab...@myisp.com" for a login instead of
just "Abner".
Eudora 3.01 does not have a seperate entry for username. It parses it from
the "abner@.mail.myisp.com" line. If I go into eudora.ini, it shows
PopServer=mail.myisp.com and LoginName=abner
So in the ini file I changed it to LoginName=ab...@myisp.com
I restarted Eudora and tried it... it still doesn't work.
In Outlook Express (which I refuse to use except for testing like this)
there is a seperate entry for pop3 server, username and password.
This is what it likes:
pop3server: mail.myisp.com
Username: ab...@myisp.com
Password:
And it WORKS in Outlook Express.
Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this to work in Eudora Pro 3.01?
As they say... thanks in advance!
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-- Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it! --
Michael Balarama
"Lil' Abner" <blv...@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
news:Xns961BEFA9...@daisymae.com...
I have tires all thes p[op acctrs and euroa cannot find it:
mbalar.pop.sbcglobal.net
mbalar.pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com-
pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com-
pop.sbcglobal.com
pop.sbcglobal.net.com-
mbalar@sbcglobalnet-
I gave up and am using outlook
Michael
Katrina Knight
> I've been using Eudora Pro 3.01 for years and love it. I have no desire to
> upgrade to a fancier version.
Even if you don't want a fancier version, I'd suggest updating to the last
version of 3.x, which would be 3.0.5 for the Pro version.
> BUT, I've come up against a problem. I have a
> new pop mail account that requires "Ab...@myisp.com" for a login instead of
> just "Abner".
> Eudora 3.01 does not have a seperate entry for username. It parses it from
> the "abner@.mail.myisp.com" line. If I go into eudora.ini, it shows
> PopServer=mail.myisp.com and LoginName=abner
> So in the ini file I changed it to LoginName=ab...@myisp.com
> I restarted Eudora and tried it... it still doesn't work.
Try replacing that "@" with "%".
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Katrina
Lil' Abner
news:Ioj_d.1853$dj.3...@news1.epix.net:
OK, it didn't work, but you may be onto something. That's obviously the
line that it isn't reading right. I installed a demo 4.2 version which
lets you fill those fields out seperately and it worked. So then I went
into eudora.ini and looked to see what it looked like there.
It's exactly the same as my doctored one (ab...@myisp.com). But it works
in the 4.2 demo version and still won't in 3.1
Go figure... :-\
Thanks for the suggestion... it's keeping me trying anyway!
Daniel Jacobson
Try:
The one I have works with the Percent Sign (%), using your example,
what I would have in the POP account is...
abner%myis...@mail.myisp.com
If this still does not work, then the ISP *may* also be
requiring authenication. Authentication is not supported
in the 3.x versions. See below for details.
You will need a minimum of Eudora 4.2.
You can always download the latest 5.x / 6.x version and test
it out in Light mode.
Eudora SMTP Authentication
http://users.myexcel.com/djacobson/internet/faq004.htm
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Over and Out
Daniel Jacobson
Lil' Abner
news:423a485b$0$11160$168...@news.airnews.net:
> In article <Xns961BEFA9...@daisymae.com>, blv...@dogpatch.com
> says...
>
>> I've been using Eudora Pro 3.01 for years and love it. I have no
>> desire to upgrade to a fancier version. BUT, I've come up against a
>> problem. I have a new pop mail account that requires
>> "Ab...@myisp.com" for a login instead of just "Abner".
>> Eudora 3.01 does not have a seperate entry for username. It parses it
>> from the "abner@.mail.myisp.com" line. If I go into eudora.ini, it
>> shows PopServer=mail.myisp.com and LoginName=abner
>> So in the ini file I changed it to LoginName=ab...@myisp.com
>> I restarted Eudora and tried it... it still doesn't work.
>> In Outlook Express (which I refuse to use except for testing like
>> this) there is a seperate entry for pop3 server, username and
>> password. This is what it likes:
>> pop3server: mail.myisp.com
>> Username: ab...@myisp.com
>> Password:
>> And it WORKS in Outlook Express.
>> Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this to work in Eudora Pro
>> 3.01? As they say... thanks in advance!
>
> Try:
> The one I have works with the Percent Sign (%), using your example,
> what I would have in the POP account is...
> abner%myis...@mail.myisp.com
OK, I tried that percent sign in all different places, in the Pop
Account and in the Login Name. But I must never have gotten it just like
you have it there, because when I did it *your* way, it worked!
Thank you very much!
Katrina had the right idea too... she just wasn't quite as specific as
you were.
Michael Balarama
been able to get 3.01 to work with my new DSL...
mbalar%sbcglobal.yahoo.com-for my pop does not work it demands an @
thanks
Michael
Lil' Abner
news:NbB_d.14036$WK2....@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com:
What IS your pop3 server? Is it "mail.sbcglobal.yahoo.com"?
If so, then your pop3server line should be...
Popserver = mbalar%sbcglobal...@mail.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
Username = mba...@sbcglobal.yahoo.com
Note... their pop3 server might be called something else like
pop3.sbcglobal.yahoo.com, in which case you'd have to substitute "pop3" for
"mail" (above).
Hey, wait. Can you even DO pop3 with Yahoo?
Michael Balarama
thanks- still does not work-it says
i can't tell where the maichne name is is in the pop
thanks
Michael
Roger Grady
>
>What IS your pop3 server? Is it "mail.sbcglobal.yahoo.com"?
>If so, then your pop3server line should be...
>Popserver = mbalar%sbcglobal...@mail.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
>Username = mba...@sbcglobal.yahoo.com
>
>Note... their pop3 server might be called something else like
>pop3.sbcglobal.yahoo.com, in which case you'd have to substitute "pop3" for
>"mail" (above).
>Hey, wait. Can you even DO pop3 with Yahoo?
Yes, you can do pop3 with SBC/Yahoo. My settings in 4.3.2 are:
mail server - pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
login name - userid%sbcglobal.net
SMTP server - smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
The SMTP server requires authentication, which someone noted earlier
in the thread. Eudora versions prior to 4.2 do not support
authentication, so you would be unable to send mail with them. I
presume you could read mail, however.
There is an sbcglobal SMTP server which does not require
authentication. I don't know if it's an oversight, used for testing,
or what. I wouldn't be surprised if it disappears suddenly one of
these days, but it might allow use of a 3.0.x lite version for a while
longer. If anyone wants it email me direct, although the name is
pretty obvious and wouldn't take much experimentation to figure out.
Roger Grady k9...@sbcglobal.qlfit.net
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