pop ntlworld com

I'm just finishing off installing software on my daughter's pc, at my
home, but her old ntlworld username and password fail. I am assuming
virginnet don't allow login for pop other than from their broadband
connections?

One month and one week after her 30 day trial and the 'phone went
mysteriously dead after a virgin engineer played with the green box
across the street. At least with BT you get calls diverted to a
mobile, virgin won't investigate for a week!

AJH

AJH wrote:

> I'm just finishing off installing software on my daughter's pc, at my
> home, but her old ntlworld username and password fail.

What do you mean by 'old'. The username from a dial-up account ? No, it won't
work with a new broadband account.


> I am assuming virginnet don't allow login for pop other than from their
> broadband
> connections?

You want to collect mail ? Most ISPs don't worry about who you use to access it
but I can believe Virgin have chosen to be difficult.

Graham

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:21:08 +0100, Eeyore
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>
>AJH wrote:
>
>> I'm just finishing off installing software on my daughter's pc, at my
>> home, but her old ntlworld username and password fail.
>
>What do you mean by 'old'. The username from a dial-up account ? No, it won't
>work with a new broadband account.

I was told it would, it still works using webmail.ntlworld.com.
>
>
>> I am assuming virginnet don't allow login for pop other than from their
>> broadband
>> connections?
>
>You want to collect mail ?

Yup

> Most ISPs don't worry about who you use to access it

I know

>but I can believe Virgin have chosen to be difficult.

That I'm beginning to believe

AJH

"AJH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm just finishing off installing software on my daughter's pc, at my
> home, but her old ntlworld username and password fail. I am assuming
> virginnet don't allow login for pop other than from their broadband
> connections?
>
> One month and one week after her 30 day trial and the 'phone went
> mysteriously dead after a virgin engineer played with the green box
> across the street. At least with BT you get calls diverted to a
> mobile, virgin won't investigate for a week!
>
> AJH


Can you access the email account from
http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/emailgateway.php

If so, then I guess the must be blocking it from other providers!

Sparks...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:45:39 +0100, "Sparks" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

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>Can you access the email account from
>http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/emailgateway.php

I get "Please select the last part of your email address from this
list (you know, the bit after the @). This will send you to the right
place to pick up your mail." Then it takes me to the webmail site. I
was looking to download via pop3 from a site other than where the
cable modem is.

AJH

"AJH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:45:39 +0100, "Sparks" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Can you access the email account from
>> http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/emailgateway.php
>
> I get "Please select the last part of your email address from this
> list (you know, the bit after the @). This will send you to the right
> place to pick up your mail." Then it takes me to the webmail site. I
> was looking to download via pop3 from a site other than where the
> cable modem is.
>
> AJH

What settings are youusing for email? Have a look here.
http://www.virginmedia.com/help/emai...ess6.php#step5

"AJH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:45:39 +0100, "Sparks" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Can you access the email account from
>>http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/emailgateway.php
>
> I get "Please select the last part of your email address from this
> list (you know, the bit after the @). This will send you to the right
> place to pick up your mail." Then it takes me to the webmail site. I
> was looking to download via pop3 from a site other than where the
> cable modem is.
>
> AJH


Can you actually log in using this - if so, then your account is OK, and you
have the correct details :-)

If you can't access the mailbox with this, then you have a problem with the
username and password, not the fact they are blocking it.

....just tiring to rule that potential problem out you see...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:18:54 GMT, "max" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What settings are youusing for email? Have a look here.
>http://www.virginmedia.com/help/emai...ess6.php#step5

Settings look OK it just returns an invalid username or password
response. Of course it could just be that VM won't accept connections
from e-mail clients other than OE ;-)

As it accepts a logon with the same username and password for webmail
it looks like they are simply blocking pop3 access outside of their
cable modems.

AJH

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:25:30 +0100, "Sparks" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>Can you actually log in using this - if so, then your account is OK, and you
>have the correct details :-)

Yes

AJH