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Hi list,<br>
<br>
Firstly sorry for sending something that's basically a test through the
list, but I seem to have had no end of problems (probably my fault)
with email today.<br>
<br>
I'd not been able to get stuff via my ISP (eclipse) using evolution,
and I'd been using Opera. For reasons that I don't follow I could only
get stuff that was directed through my old ISP, and a direct connection
dialup that I keep for emergencies.<br>
<br>
When I rang the current ISP to check settings, the only thing the bloke
could help with was suggestions of what might need to go into the
various boxes (I'm sure you can all imagine words like Evolution and
Opera going down like a pork chop in a synagogue <span
class="moz-smiley-s13"><span> :-! </span></span>).<br>
<br>
The only thing I really understood was when "mateybollocks" said the
words "thunderbird". Ha ha thinks me, that's gotta be the way round
this, so that "he" can tell me exactly what I need to put in the
various boxes.<br>
<br>
It seems to have worked. So all I really need to do now is work out how
I import the stuff that I've had saved for future reference from
evolution and opera.<br>
<br>
Though it still amazes me why the hell "they" can't standardise the
input fields in <u>all</u> email clients - it'd be so much easier
seeing as how you only need the email address, server name and
password. All the other crap just seems a little extraneous.<br>
<br>
Ha, I also expect that most of you <u>know</u> better ways of "doing"
email, so perhaps it's just pointless whingeing on my part (and no, you
don't need to answer that <span class="moz-smiley-s5"><span> :-D </span></span>)<br>
<br>
regards<br>
<br>
John D.<br>
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