[TriLUG] ATT convert pop to imap

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2020, Michael Rulison via TriLUG wrote:

I don't really understand your situation.

What happens when you use this information

https://emailconfiguration.com/bellsouth-net

in Thunderbird?

synchronising between various clients is a nightmare. I keep the server as the 
true state of the files. I then use clients to access the server one at a time.

Joe

> [If this is a duplicate of content, I apologize, please delete other one.]
>
> I am caught in ATT support hell! No live  person for 15+ minutes, etc.
>
>
> I am working with a friend'c account with bellsouth.net email address. 
> It names itself as POP.
>
> Apparently webmail at ATT/Yahoo/Currently cannot be converted to IMAP.
> The route is to create an IMAP and then copy POP stuff to the IMAP.
> Then, supposedly one can create a new IMAP in Thunderbird and download 
> all of the webmail IMAP intoTbird and have synchronization between web, 
> local, and smartphone.
>
> I am stuck at the webmail: how to create a new imap account?
>
> Or is there some other route?
>
>

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