configuring Evolution mail to work with gmail/yahoo/*

Start the evolution mail or thunderbird,for that matter.. run the wizard that adds new account,the options for use with…

1. Yahoo mail are as follows, step wise.

step 1 : specify user login.

In the email address tab type @yahoo.co.in(or .com)

step 2 : Receiving Mail options

Server type : POP
Server : pop.mail.yahoo.com
username : someone
Use secure conn.: No encryption

step 3 : Sending mail options

Server type : SMTP
Server : smtp.mail.yahoo.com
authentication : PLAIN

2. GMail

step 1 : almost same as above setup.

For GMail every thing is same except it should be SSL encryption in the palces of ‘No encryption’ and ‘PLAIN’.

step 2 : Receiving mail options

server for receiving mail is pop.gmail.com

step 3 : Sending mail options

server for sending mail is smtp.gmail.com

step 4 : Enable POP in gmail setting

Most importantly,you SHOULD enable the POP in gmail settings.
Goto GMail/settings/Forwarding and POP and enable POP.

3. IIIT Students Mail (Intranet):

everything is same as yahoo mail config,except that both the servers are ’students.iiit.ac.in’