thunderbird/outlook express

hey guys,
ok i had outlook express and an email adress set up by a broadband provider.
i then switch to thunderbird but messed up something on the installation.
a long story short iv uninstalled thunderbird and now OE(outlook express) isnt working properly.
the thing is my msn messenger is registered to the email i got and that works fine.
now when i open OE it asks for my user name and password for the server pop.ntlworld.ie
the thing is i have moved house so im not on that server
therfor dont know what details to enter as i never entered them before

i want to get thunderbird running but just dont know were to start
im pretty confused and understand any reader will be to but if there is anyone who can direct me where/what to do will greatly appreciate it
PS.sorry about length / complexity of thread and i have searched the mozilla/mg forums

 

well, first let's get your email working. Let's try that server you have, with your username and password, just to see if your computer forgot your password somewhere

 

ok im in OE and the username is already entered but i have no idea what the password is or where to get it as i have never had to enter one until i messed around with thunderbird?

 

you can probably recover your password through the phone - did you ever set/use any password for email, internet, anything relating to them? I'd try their support for the password, then once you can check you email in OE it's just a few copy and pastes into thunderbird.

If you don't have it, ntlworld's tech support line is 1800-924-424 and they say it is free.

 

ok st47 thanks for help so far iv found a notepad doc containing all info related to the email address which was created by NTL . i forgot to mention that it included
usernames and passwords but they didnt work so i will try ring tommorrow as the line is closed now
just wondering
1)can i set up thunderbird with a net e mail address eg hotmail or is that a silly question

 

I haven't been able to set up my hotmail account with thunderbird, but I have yahoo and gmail set up.

 

You can! I've done it with GMail(I can PM you an invite code) Hotmail, it depends on if they've enabled it.

EDIT: you can use hotmail with Outlook Express, but I don't think thunderbird would do that

 

great news so to save all the hassle i might just use a gmail account if you could pm the invite that would be great .

 

Can't pm - you havn't enabled it. Hit http://forums.majorgeeks.com/profile.php?do=editoptions scroll to Enable Private Messaging, check that, and save

 

just realised that there sorry should be ok now

 

NP, it's not in an obvious place
PM Sent

 

thanks again st47 gonna try and set up thunderbird with this new gmail account now or should i try and fix OE first , what do you think ?

 

I'd do Thunderbird with GMail, if that's what you want to end up using:
From GMail you'll have to go into settings -> Forwarding and POP and check Enable POP for all mail, save settings
Thunderbird instructions:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=38343