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looselipsuk · 23-09-2006, 12:22

Thought I would pop into this thread and try and help out with any advice.
Due to the disgraceful way that the NTL mail server times out for Yahoo Groups I have given up using NTL mail for those Groups.
I understand that people are reluctant to set up another mail account but do not see a reason this would cause a problem. NTL give you a miserly 10MB mail box and Yahoo gives you a 1GB mail box. With a Yahoo.UK mailbox you get free POP access, unlike Yahoo.com, and you can easily set it up as the one you receive mail from in a group and still leave your NTL one to send mail from. You can even change the SMTP setting to NTL for the Yahoo one and use it that way.
Due to the number of Groups I own and belong to, I use many different mail boxes to handle the volume, so what is so hard just to check one second mail box?
Until NTL get their finger out I do not see them as being viable for Yahoo Groups due to missed mail and bouncing.
The NTL spam filter sucks as I even get mail from two different bodies for Maplin Electronics and one comes through ok and the other one is flagged as spam with no apparent way to get it flagged correctly.
If anybody needs help setting up a second mailbox with a Yahoo Group just let me know and I will talk you through it.
Since I switched to using Yahoo mail for Groups I have not had one bounce or mislaid message and have been using them for some time now with no apparent problems.

23-09-2006, 12:22	#13
looselipsuk Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kirkby in Ashfield Age: 75 Services: XL broadband 60Mb Virgin free TV + Telephone HTC Desire S Posts: 262	Re: Yahoo Groups emails Thought I would pop into this thread and try and help out with any advice. Due to the disgraceful way that the NTL mail server times out for Yahoo Groups I have given up using NTL mail for those Groups. I understand that people are reluctant to set up another mail account but do not see a reason this would cause a problem. NTL give you a miserly 10MB mail box and Yahoo gives you a 1GB mail box. With a Yahoo.UK mailbox you get free POP access, unlike Yahoo.com, and you can easily set it up as the one you receive mail from in a group and still leave your NTL one to send mail from. You can even change the SMTP setting to NTL for the Yahoo one and use it that way. Due to the number of Groups I own and belong to, I use many different mail boxes to handle the volume, so what is so hard just to check one second mail box? Until NTL get their finger out I do not see them as being viable for Yahoo Groups due to missed mail and bouncing. The NTL spam filter sucks as I even get mail from two different bodies for Maplin Electronics and one comes through ok and the other one is flagged as spam with no apparent way to get it flagged correctly. If anybody needs help setting up a second mailbox with a Yahoo Group just let me know and I will talk you through it. Since I switched to using Yahoo mail for Groups I have not had one bounce or mislaid message and have been using them for some time now with no apparent problems.