[NTLUG:Discuss] sbcglobal.net email

[Dennis Rice]

I am just finishing a long phone call with India regarding my sbcglobal 
/ att email account.  For those who desire to use Thunderbird and 
sbcglobal I have just been informed of a change that they did not inform 
me of.

First, the email account changed from pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com / 
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com to pop.att.yahoo.com / smtp.att.yahoo.com. 
Thats ok (if they had told me), it is less to type.

Second, the ports changed from 110 to 995 and 25 to 465.

Third, security changed to require SSL, but this is only for outgoing in 
spite of what they told me.  They specified that incoming also required 
the security, but that failed, changed it back to not required and it 
worked.

Forth, they refuse to support Thunderbird, only supporting Outlook.  The 
support they gave me was the configuration requirements which I had to 
figure out.  That is not a problem, but the attitude on their part is a 
problem - they are a MS office only.

To their credit, I have to say that the Indian are learning to speak 
English much better, although it still has some to go.

Dennis