ChrisD wrote:
RTFM??? Sorry, you've got me there. It's an Orange account because I
was Freeserve and then it became Wanadoo and now it's Orange. I used
them because I thought that my monthly broadband subscription would
cover it and I could just swop accounts over. Apparently you can't
but by then I'd set up this new one - it's free anyway . I've
searched their web pages in vain and I know what you mean about POP3
becuase I found the old Freeserve web page really helpful. But the
Orange one isn't and even though I e-mailed them and asked I just got
a bog standard reply.

"Capomaestro" wrote:

Yes. Blindingly obvious you did not RTFM the Help pages of the
web-mail service. Try searching them for 'POP3'.

You will be surprised to learn you are not alone.

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Web-based will probably be http, not pop.
What company?
--
Ron Sommer

"ChrisD" wrote in message
...
This is probably blindingly obvious to most people, but here goes.
I have
a
conventional e-mail account which I use Outlook Express to access.
Can I
use
OE to access my new web-based e-mail account? Do I just add it as
another account? What are the POP and SMTP thingys when I get to
the box for
incoming
and outgoing mail? What do I put in there?
Cheers

RTFM: He was being sarcastic; as in , Read The F..ine Manual.
IF it's possible to do, you'll have to get the incoming and outgoing (POP3
and SMTP) addresses from your ISP. If you can "pop" your mail to your
machine, all that information should be somewhere in your webmail FAQs or
setup or Help sections.
Once you get the POP and SMTP settings, and their ports to be used on,
then it's "just" setting up another email account. Look for instructions at
your ISP.

HTH
Pop`