Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response for
*servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account Wizard keeps asking
to "Please enter a servername." What can I enter to satisfy that querry?
Thanks...

On 05-07-2008 11:08 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response
> for *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account Wizard
> keeps asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I enter to
> satisfy that querry?
> Thanks...

Assuming you need the POP server for your inbound mail, try:

mail.rr.com, or
pop.rr.com, or
pop3.rr.com

Not sure if 'rr' is a valid abbreviation, may be you need to replace it
with the full name.

--
Kind regards,
Melchert

(MacOS 10.3.9 / Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0)

On 05/07/08 11:08, Don Nickell wrote:
> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response for
> *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account Wizard keeps
> asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I enter to satisfy that
> querry?
> Thanks...

RoadRunner should have provided you with most of the answers to the
questions Thunderbird will ask you when you create a new account, as
follows:

(*) Email account
( ) RSS News and Blogs
( ) Gmail
( ) Newsgroup account

Select "Email Account", then click "Next"

Your name: [ ]
Enter the name you want to appear in the From line, e.g. "Don Nickell"
(without quotes)

Email address: [ donnickell@roadrunner.com ]
This should be the email address which people writing to you must use.

Then click Next.

Select the type of incoming server you are using:
(*) POP ( ) IMAP

Incoming Server: [ ]

RoadRunner should have given you the right answers to these. If they
said POP3, it's POP; if they said IMAP4, it's IMAP. The incoming server
might be something like mail.roadrunner.com or pop.roadrunner.com --
it's the name of the mail server to which Thunderbird must connect to
get your mail.

If the only "mail" server they mentioned was something beginning with
http:// then plain-vanilla Thunderbird cannot get mail from there; in
that case you need an extension, it's been mentioned in some other
thread but I haven't remembered the name. Or you can access that address
with your browser to use webmail.

[x] Use Global Inbox
(POP only) Check this box if you want your incoming POP mail to come
into the Inbox under Local Folders. That's what I use but YMMV.

After filling in the right answers, click Next.

Incoming user name: [ ]
Fill in the user name assigned you by RoadRunner. I don't know what it
looks like: it might be donnickell or aq8Gmf5b . It should normally be
associated with a password, but you will enter the password later, when
Thunderbird actually gets mail for that account.

After filling the box(es), click Next.

Account Name: [ ]

Type in the name which you want Thunderbird to display when referring to
that account, for example "RoadRunner Mail" (without the quotes). Then
click Next.

Then comes a summary page showing you all the values you typed in the
preceding ones. Double-check them carefully, and watch for typos. If
there are any errors, click "Back" to go back and correct the wrong
entry or entries. Then click Next again until you come back here, and
check the values again.

If, after double-checking, everything is OK, click Finish to create the
account. Then, sooner or later, Thunderbird will get mail for that
account. It will then pop up a dialog asking you to enter the password.
Watch what you type, it will not appear on the screen! Normally you
should tell Thunderbird to remember the password, so you won't have to
enter it every time; but if you are sharing this computer with other
people, and if they log in to the computer with the same username as you
(not a thing to do IMHO) then maybe you should tell Tb not to remember
the password, but in that case you will have to enter it again every time.


Best regards,
Tony.
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Melchert Fruitema wrote:
> On 05-07-2008 11:08 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response
>> for *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account Wizard
>> keeps asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I enter to
>> satisfy that querry?
>> Thanks...
>
> Assuming you need the POP server for your inbound mail, try:
>
> mail.rr.com, or
> pop.rr.com, or
> pop3.rr.com
>
> Not sure if 'rr' is a valid abbreviation, may be you need to replace it
> with the full name.
>
Thanks Melchert, but my mail comes in firt FF first then after personal
filtering it bring whats left into TB by simply Get Mail...and that's what I'm
having trouble setting up.

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 05/07/08 11:08, Don Nickell wrote:
>> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response for
>> *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account Wizard keeps
>> asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I enter to satisfy that
>> querry?
>> Thanks...
>
> RoadRunner should have provided you with most of the answers to the
> questions Thunderbird will ask you when you create a new account, as
> follows:
>
> (*) Email account
> ( ) RSS News and Blogs
> ( ) Gmail
> ( ) Newsgroup account
>
> Select "Email Account", then click "Next"
>
> Your name: [ ]
> Enter the name you want to appear in the From line, e.g. "Don Nickell"
> (without quotes)
>
> Email address: [ donnickell@roadrunner.com ]
> This should be the email address which people writing to you must use.
>
> Then click Next.
>
> Select the type of incoming server you are using:
> (*) POP ( ) IMAP
>
> Incoming Server: [ ]
>
> RoadRunner should have given you the right answers to these. If they
> said POP3, it's POP; if they said IMAP4, it's IMAP. The incoming server
> might be something like mail.roadrunner.com or pop.roadrunner.com --
> it's the name of the mail server to which Thunderbird must connect to
> get your mail.
>
> If the only "mail" server they mentioned was something beginning with
> http:// then plain-vanilla Thunderbird cannot get mail from there; in
> that case you need an extension, it's been mentioned in some other
> thread but I haven't remembered the name. Or you can access that address
> with your browser to use webmail.
>
> [x] Use Global Inbox
> (POP only) Check this box if you want your incoming POP mail to come
> into the Inbox under Local Folders. That's what I use but YMMV.
>
> After filling in the right answers, click Next.
>
> Incoming user name: [ ]
> Fill in the user name assigned you by RoadRunner. I don't know what it
> looks like: it might be donnickell or aq8Gmf5b . It should normally be
> associated with a password, but you will enter the password later, when
> Thunderbird actually gets mail for that account.
>
> After filling the box(es), click Next.
>
> Account Name: [ ]
>
> Type in the name which you want Thunderbird to display when referring to
> that account, for example "RoadRunner Mail" (without the quotes). Then
> click Next.
>
> Then comes a summary page showing you all the values you typed in the
> preceding ones. Double-check them carefully, and watch for typos. If
> there are any errors, click "Back" to go back and correct the wrong
> entry or entries. Then click Next again until you come back here, and
> check the values again.
>
> If, after double-checking, everything is OK, click Finish to create the
> account. Then, sooner or later, Thunderbird will get mail for that
> account. It will then pop up a dialog asking you to enter the password.
> Watch what you type, it will not appear on the screen! Normally you
> should tell Thunderbird to remember the password, so you won't have to
> enter it every time; but if you are sharing this computer with other
> people, and if they log in to the computer with the same username as you
> (not a thing to do IMHO) then maybe you should tell Tb not to remember
> the password, but in that case you will have to enter it again every time.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

Hi Tony,

As you see I have TB set up properly re. NGs, it's just that I can't seem to
satisfy Account Wizard when asked for *accountname*. A while ago I recorded
some screen shots to help with this so don't know why the Wizard won't accept
anything I put in, including what you suggest. But since you have verified
what I suspected I guess I'll have to reinstall or, better yet since NGs are
working, simply create another Profile and then delete the one with problems.
Thanks,
Don

On 05-07-2008 14:41 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>> On 05-07-2008 11:08 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>>> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response
>>> for *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account
>>> Wizard keeps asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I
>>> enter to satisfy that querry?
>>> Thanks...
>>
>> Assuming you need the POP server for your inbound mail, try:
>>
>> mail.rr.com, or
>> pop.rr.com, or
>> pop3.rr.com
>>
>> Not sure if 'rr' is a valid abbreviation, may be you need to replace
>> it with the full name.
>>
> Thanks Melchert, but my mail comes in firt FF first then after
> personal filtering it bring whats left into TB by simply Get
> Mail...and that's what I'm having trouble setting up.

I understand that, but my reply above stands. Tony's reply gives you a
grand solution, though.

--
Kind regards,
Melchert

(MacOS 10.3.9 / Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0)

Melchert Fruitema wrote:
> On 05-07-2008 14:41 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>>> On 05-07-2008 11:08 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>>>> Trying to reinstall TB1.0.5.14 and can't remember the setup response
>>>> for *servername*. My server is roadrunner.com but the Account
>>>> Wizard keeps asking to "Please enter a servername." What can I
>>>> enter to satisfy that querry?
>>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>> Assuming you need the POP server for your inbound mail, try:
>>>
>>> mail.rr.com, or
>>> pop.rr.com, or
>>> pop3.rr.com
>>>
>>> Not sure if 'rr' is a valid abbreviation, may be you need to replace
>>> it with the full name.
>>>
>> Thanks Melchert, but my mail comes in firt FF first then after
>> personal filtering it bring whats left into TB by simply Get
>> Mail...and that's what I'm having trouble setting up.
>
> I understand that, but my reply above stands. Tony's reply gives you a
> grand solution, though.
>
I feel you both did. I finally got things setup, and as I noted to
captjcdavis, it also took a bit of luck on my part. Just created a new
profile and things went beautifully.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Don