Suddenly can't get Bellsouth e-mail via KMail

[smpoole7]

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Hi
Not sure, but do hope to be over there next April for the NASCAR race

Contact me, then. The two of us together will make Alabama tremble.

In kmail create a new account but use mail.bellsouth.net as the pop3 server rather than the yahoo one and see if that works.

Ahh, I see what you're saying. I only use Hiwaay as my outgoing, and my incoming/fetch never changes. Like the OP says, it'll stop for a while, then magically start working again.

Not a bad suggestion, but given that Hiwaay is reliable and works like a hose, I'll just stick with them. I keep telling myself that I'm going to cancel that bellsouth email account, but I'm too lazy to get around to it.

[socref]

Originally Posted by smpoole7

Bellsouth (ATT) has been changing their email servers. I get this problem myself once every few weeks. I won't be able to get my mail for about 12-24 hours, but then the problem seems to go away by itself.

To be honest, I've long since decided to quit depending on ATT for my critical email. The best idea, though it might cost a bit more, would be to use a local ISP (here in Birmingham, AL, my choice is overwhelmingly for a company called Hiwaay -- hiwaay.net).

Hopefully, ATT will eventually get their stuff straightened out, but my experience with them in general has been less than stellar. Again, I'm just being honest. Depending on ATT/Bellsouth email for important business makes about as much sense as depending on AOL. Just my opinion, and take it for what it's worth.

Agreed. I get my critical e-mail through a local ISP using a different e-mail address. The bellsouth e-mail addy I use only for certain folks I don't want knowing about my "regular" e-mail address, and that bellsouth e-mail downloads into KMail as a separate identity.

I used to use the mail.bellsouth.net host but was told to change it a few months ago to pop.att.yahoo.com.

Yesterday and today I've been experiencing the same problem as described in the original post. It works, then it doesn't work, then it does, etc. etc. Very frustrating, but at least now I know it's them, not my pooter.

Thx
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