Re: What should I try next?

"Barry L. Bond" <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Dec 2022 22:14:08 +0000
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Grace and peace to Charles and Larry and everyone else=0Areading/helping=
.=0AI want to say I'm thankful for your patience with me. My mother=0Awa=
shaving horrible side effects from the Eliquis, and we're off that=0A--=
 onlybecause I can't afford $621 for a 3 month supply when our=0Acheckin=
g accountcurrently has $6.65. She is still on an aspirin a day,=0Aand th=
at is stilla blood thinner, and she is having several of=0Aaspirin's sid=
e effects, too.I remain extremely overwhelmed.=0AI did chat with Spectru=
m, and I don't seem to be much if any closer=0Atohaving getmail retrieve=
 my [email protected] email. I chatted=0Awith aSam.=0AI'll include s=
ome random indications from either myself or Sam...=0AI am finally tryin=
g to figure out how to get [email protected] messages down=
loaded to my local email file,=0Alike I had going withthe [email protected]=
om email I had for more than 20=0Ayears before I lost itin October.=0AI=
 am currently trying to configure getmail to automatically downloadmy=0A=
email. If I have "server =3D spectrum.net" it "works" -- in that I=0Adon=
'tget any error messages. (I also don't get any email messages=0Aadded t=
o mylocal mailbox file.) However, a Jay with whom I spoke by=0Aphone a c=
oupleof months ago said "mail.spectrum.net" was the incoming=0Aand outgo=
ing emailserver. When I set "server =3D mail.spectrum.net", I=0Aget "get=
mailrc:credential/login error (Invalid user name or=0Apassword)".=0AThe=
 very good help I'm getting on the getmail mailing list,=0AincludingChar=
les, the author of the getmail program, says that if I=0Awas told to use=
mail.spectrum.net that was probably correct, and I need=0Ato verify with=
 you(Spectrum) my credentials on that server, which=0Adoesn't seem to ha=
ve beendone yet.=0APeople who know much more than I do about this are th=
inking I need=0Atoset up my email account on "mail.spectrum.net" and hav=
e getmail use=0Athatserver -- unless that information is not correct.=0A=
What is the email that you are trying to setup?=0AI'm desiring to have t=
he email messages being [email protected] that I can s=
ee/read via the Email link when I=0Asignin all appear in my local mailbo=
x file.=0ASo the email settings you would need to use for your email=0Aa=
pplicationshould be this.=0AAccount Type: IMAPIncoming Mail Server: mail=
.spectrum.netIncoming=0AServer Port: 993Outgoing Mail Server: mail.spect=
rum.netOutgoing Server=0APort: 587Username: Full email address=0A(e.g.cu=
[email protected])Inbound and Outbound Password: Spectrum=0AEmail Pass=
wordSecurity Type: TLSSMTP Server Requires Authentication:=0AChecked=0AW=
e typically do not recommend POP settings for our email service, as=0Aus=
ingthat can result in a loss of emails. But with those IMap settings=0AI=
provided, you should be able to get your email linked to the=0Aapplicati=
on.If you do have issues though, you would need to reach out=0Ato getmai=
l forassistance as that application is not one of ours and we=0Aare not=
 expertson it.=0AYou also indicated mail.spectrum.net. If I use that, I=
 get an=0Aerrormessage, and 2 people from the getmail mailing list think=
s I need=0Aanaccount of some sort set up to use that server.=0ALike crea=
ting a new email account or something??=0AYou already have an email acco=
unt setup, it would [email protected].=0AWhen I use server=
 =3D spectrum.net, I don't get any error messages. But=0AIdon't get any=
 messages transferred, either. When I use server=0A=3Dmail.spectrum.net,=
 I get the invalid username error mentioned above.=0ASo Since you are us=
ing a 3rd party application, I am not able=0Atotroubleshoot that program=
. The incoming and outgoing server name=0Ashould beset up as mail.spectr=
um.net. If you are getting errors when=0Atrying to setit up, you would n=
eed to contact them for assistance. I=0Acan assist youwith getting logge=
d into your email on our website, but=0Awhen you aretrying to use a diff=
erent program, you would need to=0Atroubleshoot with the3rd party client=
s team.=0AWell, I actually have been. Charles is the author of getmail.=
 He=0AandLarry both said that I needed to contact Spectrum to get or hav=
e=0Asome helpon the mail.spectrum.net server.=0AI am providing you the i=
nformation you need for your email=0Aserversettings. I am not able to as=
sist you in a 3rd party client. If=0Ayou wouldlike to try the server set=
tings for charter.net email=0Aaddresses you aremore than welcome to, but=
 it is likely that these=0Asettings will not workas well since you have=
 a spectrum.net email=0Aaddress. You would keep allthe same settings as=
 I sent before but=0Achange the incoming and outgoingservers to mobile.c=
harter.net.=0ALet me now include the log file from what I tried with get=
mail after=0Athechat.=0A>2022-12-03 15:52:26 Initializing=0ASimplePOP3SS=
LRetriever:[email protected]:995:>2022-12-03 15:53:28=0Auser aborted=
>2022-12-03 15:53:28 0 messages (0 bytes) retrieved, 0=0Askipped>2022-12=
-03 15:55:08 Initializing=0ASimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]=
:993:>2022-12-03 15:56:21=0Auser aborted>2022-12-03 15:56:21 0 messages=
 (0 bytes) retrieved, 0=0Askipped>2022-12-10 14:29:45 Initializing=0ASim=
pleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]:993:>2022-12-10=0A14:29:4=
5 credential/login error (Invalid user name or=0Apassword)>2022-12-10 14=
:29:45 0 messages (0 bytes) retrieved, 0=0Askipped>2022-12-23 13:13:33 I=
nitializing=0ASimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]:993:>20=
22-12-23=0A13:13:33 credential/login error (Invalid user name or=0Apassw=
ord)>2022-12-23 13:13:33 0 messages (0 bytes) retrieved, 0=0Askipped=0AS=
am said I didn't need any other email, and I needed help from=0Athethird=
-party client since I'm not using their software. I tried=0Athemobile.ch=
arter.net for the first time, and you can see the log=0Aentriesfrom that=
.=0AI'm open to whatever you suggest next.=0Aos9barry @ spectrum.net=0A

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