On 12/4/2013 10:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 9:54 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:

On 12/4/13, 9:45 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


More than one "solution" apparently involves removing "Comcast" as the
name of the email account. I haven't tried anything yet.

I also found some references to Thunderbird being no longer supported on
Macs. That may not be the case however. I planned on installing
Thunderbird on her iMac if I can't get her Comcast account working, so
I'll check into that further before proceeding.


Hmmm.

I use my name as part of the name of my email accounts, as in
" Try or whatever the
family user name is there.

Thunderbird works just fine on the newest iMacs. On my last visit to the
Apple store, I installed it on one of the store's demo iMacs, and then I
erased it.

If you need English speaking tech support for setting up the email, call
me. Someone here must speak English.



Thanks. I just posted that the problem is resolved. Mrs.E. called the
Apple support line and someone walked her through the setup. Apparently
it took a couple of tries because at first his instructions resulted in
the same problem. They then changed some settings (apparently *not*
port settings or anything -- they were changes to what the default
fields in the name of the account) and it now works.

I wish I knew exactly what was changed because I've been trying to
figure it out for a day. I was in the middle of gathering more info
when I received an email from her telling me it works.


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.

--
Americans deserve better.

On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.



Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC.

After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader
for this computer, I installed Thunderbird.

You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself.

Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh?

BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had
not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for
both mail and newsgroups.

On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.



Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC.

After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader
for this computer, I installed Thunderbird.

You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by itself.

Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh?

BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had
not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for
both mail and newsgroups.


I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices
We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was
looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a
bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the
router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast
before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I
decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages.

--
Americans deserve better.

On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time. When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.



Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC.

After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader
for this computer, I installed Thunderbird.

You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by
itself.

Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh?

BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had
not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for
both mail and newsgroups.


I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices
We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was
looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a
bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the
router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast
before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I
decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages.


Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out?

She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness".

On 12/4/2013 12:22 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time.
When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.



Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC.

After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader
for this computer, I installed Thunderbird.

You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by
itself.

Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh?

BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had
not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for
both mail and newsgroups.


I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices
We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was
looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a
bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the
router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast
before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I
decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages.


Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out?

She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness".


That would be nice. You're welcome to tag along.

--
Americans deserve better.

On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:41:08 -0500, Hank© wrote:

On 12/4/2013 12:22 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 12:10 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2013 11:20 AM, Hank© wrote:


I, a fellow luddite, just had cable installed for the first time.
When I
went into Thunderbird to set up for Comcast email, I entered the email
address and password. Thunderbird did the rest. I was very pleased.
Getting used to Comcast was a different story.



Come to think of it, the same happened to me on my PC.

After you bitched enough to me about getting a "decent" newsgroup reader
for this computer, I installed Thunderbird.

You are right. It retrieved and setup the Comcast email account by
itself.

Thunderbird must be controlled by the NSA, huh?

BTW ... I had used Thunderbird in the past on other computers but had
not installed it on the two newest. Should have. It works great for
both mail and newsgroups.


I had a hell of a time signing onto my router with the various devices
We have lying around. The installer set up one of my laptops as I was
looking over his shoulder. Everything seemed OK. Got online and surfed a
bit. I can take it from here, I thought. I couldn't link anything to the
router. Turns out you have to set up an Email account with Comcast
before it lets you add devices. I screwed around for an hour before I
decided to become acquainted with the Comcast support help pages.


Do you want Mrs.E. to come down there and straighten everything out?

She's all proud of her newly found "geekiness".


That would be nice. You're welcome to tag along.

He forgot to tell you that the horse goes too.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!