Hi all,

my niece has just signed up with the BT broadband basic service.......

all is working fine except she cant find the right settings for her POP3 and
SMTP for bt......i've guessed a load of time but when she tries to
send/receive.......it generates an error saying........cannot connect...

Can some kind person put us out of our misery and tell us exactly what the
settings are....

The help CD isnt much help to be honest..

Thanks in Advance...

DB

Try
http://www.plus.net/support/adsl/ads...ll_guide.shtml
though you'd need to modify for BT.

{you may need to log in; use guest as user name+
password].
BT website probably has similar page on its website

David Brown blurted on Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:07:52 GMT:

If you mean the BT BB no Frills then it doesn't come with Email or News
Service, you have to find a 3rd party Pop Server...

--
Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
*Clifford Stoll*

David Brown wrote:
Isn't the basic service the one that doesn't include a POP3 and SMTP
service as standard - hence the name basic and the cheap price?

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:39:55 +0000, Hiram Hackenbacker
<holiday@pagemoy.com> strung together this:

That's what I was going to say. You don't get mail with the basic
service AFAIK.
--

SJW
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

"David Brown" <db002a3121@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cvHzd.57354$ef5.44645@fe1.news.blueyonder.co. uk...

David,

I'm on BT BBBasic, and use my original (pre BTBBBasic) ISP's pop3 server
address, and for the smtp server (the sending bit) I use -
smtp.btopenworld.com - which has worked successfully for me best part of
this year.

hope this helps

dfrog

Thanks all for the info.......

i didnt have anything todo with how she signed up......( my sis. did
it...nuff said)

i'll try the BTopenworld method tomorrow and see what happens....

previous posts say there isnt a mail option on this account.......sems odd
but then again i havent seen alll the bumph that came with the installation
cd.........but email would seem an absolute basic option.

Dave



"dfrog" <dfrog@lineone.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:35:30 GMT, "DB"
<db002a3121@(nospam)blueyonder.co.uk> strung together this:

--

SJW
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

DB wrote:

Email, in the form of webmail, is available and all described on the BT
website. You did specify a POP3 account which isn't available as standard.

Visit BTBroadband.com and look at the options available.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:35:30 GMT, "DB"
<db002a3121@(nospam)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

(see BT web site) you will find it recommends a different package if
an email service is required). To correct the problem, see, *for
example* http://www.uk.clara.net/btbroadband/ at UKP9.99 per annum
to get you what she wants.

--
Angelo

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:03:51 -0000, [dfrog] said :-

BTYahoo! are about to make smtp authentication compulsory - so you may
find that trying to send email will fail soon.

"Spin Dryer" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
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SNIP

Thanks for that SD. I realise that I may be on borrowed time, but I've had a
good run for my money (?)

dfrog

In message <33a5t9F3nsp6mU1@individual.net>, dfrog <dfrog@lineone.net>
writes
3 months as I have to dial in to keep it live. Of course this means you
have to have an old modem fitted but I use this for faxing anyway. I
also do the same with an old Freeserve account. They are also back ups
should Nilly fail but that hasn't happened at all yet. 40p a year for
two working and spam filtered / virus checked email accounts isn't bad
going in my book. I still get web space as well!
--
Pete Devlin
[{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}]
"Mind the oranges Marlon!"

A big THANK YOU to everyone...........i'll visit sis and get the email
thing/webmail thing sorted....

Happy New Year to you all.........

Dave


"Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message
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pete devlin wrote:

There's no need to dial up to keep a Freeserve/Wanadoo account
alive. After 90 days you can 'un-suspend' it from here:

https://www.wanadoo.co.uk/signup/noties/ar60.cfm

Just quit the Account Retrieval process after it has accepted
your email address.

In message <yj2Ad.7989$Ar5.2239@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
"me@privacy.net" <me@privacy.net> writes
Indeed. This has happened on a number of occasions. I just prefer it not
too. 5p easily covers the faff factor!
--
Pete Devlin
[{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}]
"Mind the oranges Marlon!"