Getting POP3 working on Evolution mail in Ubuntu

[John Gray]

I've installed Ubuntu 8.10, and am trying to get Evolution mail working for a blueyonder POP3 account which is NOT the primary account.

SMTP (outgoing) mail seems quite happy to accept almost any combination of user names and email addresses, but I cannot get POP3 (incoming) mail to work.

I am using pop3.blueyonder.co.uk as the server, and have tried various combinations of

• aa000a0000_4 (that is, the fourth mailbox of the primary mailbox aa000a0000)
• aa000a0000_4@blueyonder.co.uk
• fourthalias (that is, one of the aliases to the above fourth mailbox)
• fourthalias@blueyonder.co.uk

and I keep on having the POP3 logon rejected because of incorrect user name or password.

Of course I can log onto webmail using either of the two indicated email addresses and the password.

Has anyone got this function to work? If so please could you tell me what you put into the various Properties fields (disguised, of course!)?

Thanks!

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by John Gray

I've installed Ubuntu 8.10, and am trying to get Evolution mail working for a blueyonder POP3 account which is NOT the primary account.

SMTP (outgoing) mail seems quite happy to accept almost any combination of user names and email addresses, but I cannot get POP3 (incoming) mail to work.

I am using pop3.blueyonder.co.uk as the server, and have tried various combinations of

• aa000a0000_4 (that is, the fourth mailbox of the primary mailbox aa000a0000)
• aa000a0000_4@blueyonder.co.uk
• fourthalias (that is, one of the aliases to the above fourth mailbox)
• fourthalias@blueyonder.co.uk

and I keep on having the POP3 logon rejected because of incorrect user name or password.

Of course I can log onto webmail using either of the two indicated email addresses and the password.

Has anyone got this function to work? If so please could you tell me what you put into the various Properties fields (disguised, of course!)?

Thanks!

I had the same problem in Ubuntu 8.10 so I installed Thunderbird instead much easier to set up and it works.

[John Gray]

Thank you! But did you file a bug report at all?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by John Gray

Thank you! But did you file a bug report at all?

No I just tried Evolution and found it to finicky so I downloaded Thunderbird and it is easy to use and set up.