can you help me setup Thunderbird, please?

hi, i have used Thunderbird for a while now, but since my last reinstall it has just been sitting in my quick launch and not working. i have set it up a few times in the past with hardly any problems, but this time it just wont work. i keep on getting timeouts. i even found an old Thunderbird profile saved to disk i'd used for an old reinstall, the install worked back then, but it doesn't now

if i post screenshots and/or explain how i have set it up can anyone go through it with me?

 

I've got it up and running Ice. Has been for a couple of months. I just let it grab my settings from OE (which I used previously). Added only one extension- contacts sidebar....
I'll help if I can...

 

hi Brad thanks, i have to sort out Opera's cookies as well it keeps logging me out. i'll sort Opera out how i need it after this.

i'm going to redownload TB now, then do a clean reinstall, i have been playing around with it's newsreader, but i prefer Xnews for newsreading. so that will take me awhile, then i'll try and explain what i have been doing.

 

Cheers!

 

sorry for being so slow to reply, i was having trouble facing up to it it was driving me MAD , i really appreciate the help, thanks again Brad

i have just found out the problem, i had been setting it up correctly after all. i just turned on XP's FW and turned off Kerio and TB is working, i'm so happy

i think i might go over to the FW section and get told off by BZ

THANKS BRAD

 

I'm planning to install Thunderbird too.
According my readings Thunderbird seems to be alot better than the MS Outlook Express/2000.

 

the default settings are more secure, it's easy to use, has a good spam filter and has a nice interface

 

If you're used to having your contacts bar like in OE, then there is a nice little extension called 'contacts sidebar'.
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensio...=thunderbird&category=Contacts&numpg=10&id=70

 

ice60 and bigbuck,
Thanks for the usefull tips !!!
I have to install the latest version of ZA Free anyway, so I will do it together with Thunderbird.
I'm very disappointed in MS.
First I had to replace my MSIE with Firefox, not only because Firefox is safer but also because Firefox is alot more comfortable.
Now I have to replace my Outlook with Thunderbird, because it's highly recommended on security websites.
Another reason for the change is that I use MS/Giant SpamInspector as spam filter in Outlook 2000, but I don't hear anything about SpamInspector.
I couldn't even find SpamInspector at the website of Microsoft.
SpamInspector is still working fine, but I assume that MS gave up on Giant SpamInspector.
So I need another spam filter as well and Thunderbird has one.