On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
