Re: google mail and thunderbird -

["Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa gmail com>]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin wildblue net> wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>
> > Marc Schwartz wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> Can someone tell me how to deal with this mess?  At least point me in
>  >>> the right direction.  I am still in shock and not sure what to do
>  >>> next!
>  >>>
>  >>> Bob Goodwin
>  >>
>  >> You can access GMail just like any other POP or IMAP e-mail server.
>  >>
>  >> Start here or do a Google search for "Thunderbird Gmail":
>  >>
>  >> For POP:
>  >>   http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12805
>  >>
>  >> For IMAP:
>  >>   http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12806
>  >>
>  >> You can retain the filters in Thunderbird after fetching the e-mail from
>  >> Gmail or use the Gmail labels and filters to organize the e-mail into
>  >> virtual folders for using the Gmail web interface.
>  >>
>  >> Take a deep breathe and do some reading...  :-)
>  >
>  > One way to use gmail is to grab everything with POP either directly
>  > from a mail client, or with fetchmail and dump into your own IMAP
>  > server if you use several clients.  These days you can use IMAP
>  > directly with gmail but since gmail lets you save an enormous amount
>  > of mail it can be slow when you connect a new client.   You can
>  > configure gmail to archive a copy when you download via POP.  This
>  > lets you delete your copy as you read it, but still be able to access
>  > it later if you use the gmail web interface.
>  >
>  Thanks to all for the help.
>
>  I finally have things working with POP, Thunderbird, and Wildblue/Gmail.
>
>  Ports 995 and 587 had to be opened in the firewall and there was some
>  resubscribing stuff peculiar to the ISP required.  The user name had to
>  have @wildblue.net appended to it, etc.
>
>  E-mail appear to be working normally once more; I am reconfiguring my
>  mail filters and all is happiness and light again.
>


You don't normally have to open up ports to which you are sending data


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