thunderbird vs OE for auto dun to get mail....
 

@anyone,

I switched from Outlook Express 6 to Mozilla Thunderbird under windows
XP home and I missed the ability of OE automatically using the DUN and
retreieving my email. With Thunderbird I have to manually start and login
to the ISP and then get mail. Is there a clever or maybe not so clever
way to get Thunderbird to auto dial up the ISP before getting email. :?:

-BP

I don't know BP :roll:
I haven't used dial up in a while, so I hadn't noticed that this was missing.
Someone else has any idea :?:

-kwag

Me neither.
I've been using a permanent connection for ~1 year.
Maybe you could try the mozilla.org forums.
Other than that I don't have any ideas.
Cheers

Thanks Kwag and rds_correia,

I forgot about Mozilla's forums. :)

-BP

@all,

Here Mozilla Thunderbird autoconnect to get email using a dial-up:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Su..._:_Autoconnect

-BP

:ole:

Thanks BP :D

-kwag

I knew he could do it 8)
Just kidding.
Thanks for the tip BP.
Cheers :)

@all,

Found more cool stuff for TB the makes it act like OE.

1) Outbox_0.1_rep.xpi --> this extension when installed creates "Send Later"
button similiar to Outbox in OE, for new messages and reply messages.

2) FreePops-0.023.exe --> this allows you to retrieve email from HTTP
webmail like Hotmail.com and others that don't use POP3.

3) Hotmail.lua --> this TB plugin with FreePOP allows you to get hotmail.

4) TBTray_05b.zip --> this program creates a icon on the system tray
of TB and when double-clicked brings up TB for use. I created a short-cut
for TBTray in the Startup Folder.

The more I tweak TB, the more I like it. It's a great email client 8)

-BP

I guess Lua (programming language) is finally spreading :)
I love that language, and I wrote some commercial cool stuff (E-Mail -> paging terminal communications (TNPP/TAP) stuff ) about 4 years ago.
And I posted this circa 2000 ;) : http://www.lua.org/uses.html#26

-kwag