Thunderbird on W-7

Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
servers?

On 22 Apr 2011, "D. Arlington" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or
> NSP servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to
> connect to the servers?

What's a "NSP"?

I don't use Thunderbird regularly, but it works just fine when I do. I
don't do anything special, just set up my account like I do with any
other email client.

On 22/04/2011 07:54, D. Arlington wrote:
> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
> servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
> servers?
The only thing is, that if your mail provider uses non-standard ports
you will have to edit those manually in the mail server settings dialog.
Otherwise TBird works just fine with all POP mail servers...

Nil wrote:

> What's a "NSP"?

ISP = Internet Service Provider

NSP = News[groups] Service Provider

D. Arlington wrote:

> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
> servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
> servers?

"can't connect". Uh huh. It gave you that exact error message? I
don't think so.

The newsgroups for Tbird are under the mozilla.* hierarchy. If your NSP
doesn't carry the mozilla.* groups then connect to their NNTP server at:

news.mozilla.org

On 22/04/2011 17:16, VanguardLH wrote:

>
> NSP = News[groups] Service Provider

Well, been on Usenet since the mid 90's - never heard it called that
before...

On 04/21/2011 11:54 PM, D. Arlington wrote:
> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
> servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
> servers?

I have TH running on tons of W7 computers. Works well.

The obvious is that you do not have it configured correctly.
Check with your ISP as to proper configuration.

More subtle, you may have blocked the program with your
Antivirus/firewall. I simple test is to temporarily
disable your AV/firewall and try out Thunderbird.

HTH,
-T

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> On 22/04/2011 17:16, VanguardLH wrote:
>
>>
>> NSP = News[groups] Service Provider
>
> Well, been on Usenet since the mid 90's - never heard it called that
> before...

You would if you went to any of the groups concerning NSPs. That's where I
got it from.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> On 22/04/2011 07:54, D. Arlington wrote:
>> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
>> servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
>> servers?
> The only thing is, that if your mail provider uses non-standard ports you
> will have to edit those manually in the mail server settings dialog.
> Otherwise TBird works just fine with all POP mail servers...

Yes, I got to download and send email but there's a problen with subscribing
to newsgroups. I finally connected to my NSP's server and the list comes
down.... but I can't subscribe to anything. As soon as I start to type in
say, alt.windows7.general, the list in the window below vanishes. It doesn't
matter what NG I type it, the wondow goes blank. IOW's it's showing that
datemas.de carries *NO* NGs at all despite the list, and of course on Vista
I use datemas.de all the time.

"VanguardLH" <> wrote in message
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> D. Arlington wrote:
>
>> Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to the email or NSP
>> servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
>> servers?
>
> "can't connect". Uh huh. It gave you that exact error message? I
> don't think so.

THIS is what I posted: Once again I tried TB on W-7 and it can't connect to
the email or NSP
servers. How are you people using TB on W-7 getting it to connect to the
servers?

> The newsgroups for Tbird are under the mozilla.* hierarchy. If your NSP
> doesn't carry the mozilla.* groups then connect to their NNTP server at:
>
> news.mozilla.org