[access-uk] Re: Changing from pop3 to imap

  • From: Andy Collins <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:23:05 +0100

Thanks Amro and Steve too. I'll delete and create a new account then, and see 
how that goes -

Andy
On 26 Jul 2013, at 16:04, Amro Bilal <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andy, you have to delete the old account and then create it again using 
> IMAP. Most of the time you can’t just change the email account type 
> unfortunately.
>  
> HTH,
> Amro
>  
> From: ANDY COLLINS
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 2:11 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Changing from pop3 to imap
>  
> Hi all -
>  
> I now know the details I need to make this change. However, When I look at 
> the current mail account, on the servers page, it doesn't allow me to change 
> the pop3 to imap. What I mean by that is that I can change the server mane to 
> imap.plus.net, but in the server type box, pop3 is showing, and it says it is 
> a read only box, even though JAWS says "read only edit."
>  
> So, now when I try to receive mail, I get an error, because the default 
> server is showing as pop3 but the actual server address is imap. How can I 
> make that read only box available for editing, so I can change it to read 
> imap? I've changed the incoming port, so that should be ok. Needless to say, 
> sending mail still works ok -
>  
> Andy

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