THUNDERBIRD not working with Embarq mail HELP!

[Norbert Koza]

I have been working all night to set up my email in Thunderbird,would
anyone know the proper setup for Thunderbird to recieve my embarqmail?
I have tried everything I can think of and still wont work. You can
email me at bks...@hotmail.com if you like.

any help is appreciated

Bert

[Mike Easter]

Norbert Koza wrote:
> I have been working all night to set up my email in Thunderbird,would
> anyone know the proper setup for Thunderbird to recieve my embarqmail?
> I have tried everything I can think of and still wont work.

CenturyTel which absorbed Embarq is very uncooperative about providing
any support information to a nonclient.

3rd party information including Tbird tell me that the popserver's name
is pop.embarqmail.com and the smtp similarly smtp.embarqmail.com and
that the account's name is the email address (not just the user part)
and that the secure authentication should be turned off.

Another place tells me that the smtp server requires authentication
which is the same as the popserver -- outgoing authentication does *not*
mean secure authentication.

'Won't work' is not a proper troubleshooting report and asking people to
email you is not a good strategy.

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html Why you
shouldn't ask for E-mail responses on Usenet

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_accounts_in_Thunderbird_for_popular_email_providers
Creating accounts in Thunderbird for popular email providers - Embarq

--
Mike Easter

[CaptainKirke]

On Jul 5, 5:39 am, Mike Easter <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote:
> Norbert Koza wrote:
> > I have been working all night to set up my email in Thunderbird,would
> > anyone know the proper setup for Thunderbird to recieve my embarqmail?
> > I have tried everything I can think of and still wont work.
>

> CenturyTel which absorbedEmbarqis very uncooperative about providing

> any support information to a nonclient.
>
> 3rd party information including Tbird tell me that the popserver's name
> is pop.embarqmail.com and the smtp similarly smtp.embarqmail.com and
> that the account's name is the email address (not just the user part)
> and that the secure authentication should be turned off.
>
> Another place tells me that the smtp server requires authentication
> which is the same as the popserver -- outgoing authentication does *not*
> mean secure authentication.
>
> 'Won't work' is not a proper troubleshooting report and asking people to
> email you is not a good strategy.
>
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html Why you
> shouldn't ask for E-mail responses on Usenet
>

> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_accounts_in_Thunderbird_for_popula...

>   Creating accounts in Thunderbird for popular email providers -Embarq
>
> --
> Mike Easter

I also had trouble setting up a my Embarqmail account in Thunderbird
and discovered the following solution:
Set up your Embarqmail account in Outlook Express. Centurylink/Embarq
has a Windows Email Configuration tool in its online help to make this
easy. Then, in Thunderbird, simply Import your account from Outlook
Express. This worked for me and hopefully will help others dealing
with Embarqmail.