Dean wrote in
news:1180990600.595022.40530@j4g2000prf.googlegrou ps.com:

> I've set the proxy server settings on Thunderbird 2 to be the
> same as I use with FireFox, but I can't access Comcast's
> e-mail server. Is there something else I need to set in order
> to access Comcast e-mail through a proxy server with
> Thunderbird 2?
>

Why are you using a proxy server to access Comcast Mail? Why not
simply access the mail servers directly? That's what I do. In
fact, I don't use a proxy servers in my FF setup to access
Comcast.



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I'm sorry, I become inaudible when I am shy.

When I am at a particular client's office the only way out is through
their proxy server.


On Jun 4, 4:45 pm, Christopher Jahn wrote:
> Dean wrote innews:1180990600.595022.40530@j4g2000prf.googlegr oups.com:
>
> > I've set the proxy server settings on Thunderbird 2 to be the
> > same as I use with FireFox, but I can't access Comcast's
> > e-mail server. Is there something else I need to set in order
> > to access Comcast e-mail through a proxy server with
> > Thunderbird 2?
>
> Why are you using a proxy server to access Comcast Mail? Why not
> simply access the mail servers directly? That's what I do. In
> fact, I don't use a proxy servers in my FF setup to access
> Comcast.
>
> --}:-) Christopher Jahn
>
> {:-( http://home.comcast.net/~xjahn/Main.html
> http://camera-ephemera.blogspot.com/
> I'm sorry, I become inaudible when I am shy.

Dean wrote in
news:1181001814.900021.83570@z28g2000prd.googlegro ups.com:

> On Jun 4, 4:45 pm, Christopher Jahn wrote:
>> Dean wrote
>> innews:1180990600.595022.40530@j4g2000prf.googlegr oups.com:
>>
>> > I've set the proxy server settings on Thunderbird 2 to be
>> > the same as I use with FireFox, but I can't access
>> > Comcast's e-mail server. Is there something else I need to
>> > set in order to access Comcast e-mail through a proxy
>> > server with Thunderbird 2?
>>
>> Why are you using a proxy server to access Comcast Mail? Why
>> not simply access the mail servers directly? That's what I
>> do. In fact, I don't use a proxy servers in my FF setup to
>> access Comcast.
>
> When I am at a particular client's office the only way out is
> through their proxy server.
>
>

AH. That makes sense. I would guess it's something to do with
the ports.


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That's one small step for a man, and a thousand huge ones for a
millipede.