Re: TB and Comcast
Leonidas Jones
> I am considering going from dialup to Comcast cable. I don't know jack
> about cable internet and am wondering if I shall be able to retain TB
> and all my mail and settings with that new setup. Would it be difficult
> to configure TB to work with Comcast? (I'm hoping someone here uses
> cable and TB and can reassure me).
>
> Thanks,
> richard
I'm on Cox cable, and TB works just fine. Comcast may not "support"
Thunderbird, meaning their low level techs are not trained in its use,
but it will work.
Keep in mind, we, here in the newsgroups, do support Thunderbird, and we
can help with any problems, you might encounter.
If you are moving from dialup, go for it, its a whole new world of the
internet.
Lee
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Jeff Barnett
> I am considering going from dialup to Comcast cable. I don't know jack
> about cable internet and am wondering if I shall be able to retain TB
> and all my mail and settings with that new setup. Would it be difficult
> to configure TB to work with Comcast? (I'm hoping someone here uses
> cable and TB and can reassure me).
>
> Thanks,
> richard
I use TB and Comcast is my ISP. No problems with mail or news groups.
I'd advise that you go for it. If you have any difficulties, Comcast
wont be of much help. However, this news group will be an excellent
source of information and includes many Comcast clients.
-- Jeff Barnett
Ron Hunter
> I am considering going from dialup to Comcast cable. I don't know jack
> about cable internet and am wondering if I shall be able to retain TB
> and all my mail and settings with that new setup. Would it be difficult
> to configure TB to work with Comcast? (I'm hoping someone here uses
> cable and TB and can reassure me).
>
> Thanks,
> richard
you will LOVE cable's speed. Go for it!
burris
> I am considering going from dialup to Comcast cable. I don't know
> jack about cable internet and am wondering if I shall be able to
> retain TB and all my mail and settings with that new setup. Would it
> be difficult to configure TB to work with Comcast? (I'm hoping
> someone here uses cable and TB and can reassure me).
>
> Thanks, richard
Go for it. I have Comcast and have always used the Mozilla products with
no connectivity problems.
burris
gwtc
{SNIP}
>
> Thanks to all of you for the positive feedback.
> One final question at this point: will it be possible to continue to use
> both dialup and Comcast for a while--so that I can continue to receive
> email at my dialup address while I contact people and companies about my
> new email address?
Yes
Leonidas Jones
> burris wrote:
>> richard wrote:
/snip/
Check with your dialup provider, and see if they have some kind of bring
your own access plan. ATT has one for $5.95 per month, maybe you can
keep your old email for a reasonable cost, and have backup access in the
process.
Chuck Anderson
>Thanks to all of you for the positive feedback.
>One final question at this point: will it be possible to continue to use
>both dialup and Comcast for a while--so that I can continue to receive
>email at my dialup address while I contact people and companies about my
>new email address?
>
>
If you're going to keep your dial up account, why not forward mail from
it to your new Comcast account (that is, unless it was AOHELL, which
doesn't have a forwarding feature).
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Chuck Anderson
>richard wrote:
>>Thanks to all of you for the positive feedback.
>>One final question at this point: will it be possible to continue to use
>>both dialup and Comcast for a while--so that I can continue to receive
>>email at my dialup address while I contact people and companies about my
>>new email address?
>>
>>
>
>Just be sure you don't let your computer get confused about which way
>you want to go out.
>
>Since Comcast is always on, you might want to go to internet
>options\connections and select never dial a connection. You can do this
>manually so you always know where you are....No sense tying up your
>phone line if you don't need to.
>
>Good Luck....
>
>burris
>
>
This reminds me. When a friend of mine migrated from AOL to Comcast, he
was able to access his AOL account via the Comcast broadband connection.
Christopher Jahn
news:av6dnWBvzKDmKFLe...@mozilla.org:
> Thanks to all of you for the positive feedback.
> One final question at this point: will it be possible to
> continue to use both dialup and Comcast for a while--so that I
> can continue to receive email at my dialup address while I
> contact people and companies about my new email address?
>
You don't need to dial into your old ISP to recieve email to that
account, as long as the account is paid for. But you may need to
send through your Comcast SMTP server while logged into Comcast.
You should also consider getting an email address that's
independent of an ISP to avoid this kind of thing in the future.
--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( http://home.comcast.net/~xjahn/Main.html
My moral standing is lying down.
Jim
> Also, Comcast still will not allow mail to go to hotmail.com or msn.com. For
> those addresses, I have to send via webmail.
I'm not sure what you are seeing. I just sent a message from TB to a
hotmail.com address using a Comcast SMTP server. It arrived at the
hotmail inbox very quickly.