From: "Andrea B" <unit_0_0_1@...>
Jul 26, 2010
OK,
I feel really bad asking this, because I'm sure based on the title =
of this thread that it has been answered a thousand times before. However,=
I had the fortune of snagging a Mailstation 150 (V4.05D Earthlink model) f=
rom a thrift store for my 90-year-old grandmother to use. This was great s=
ince I had already tried to get her to use a computer but could not get her=
beyond clicking the mouse and moving it at the same time. With a Mailstat=
ion, she can just correspond; simple.
I had the misfortune of calling Eart=
hlink support and talking to one of their snooty Indians (I don't know what=
his problem was, I'm a paying Earthlink cable customer). Anyway, I just c=
alled them to ask for an SMTP server that was not requiring authorization (=
since I doubt the Mailstation supports it). He practically spat at me the =
smtp.mailstation.com server before I could get him to understand I am diali=
ng in to Earthlink dial-up with it. I have successfully dialed in and been=
able to retrieve messages from the POP server, but can not manage to send =
any messages (Get a server busy error after already connected, I assume it =
is bad authentication, no port 587).
I have already done the Fn+D reset,=
pull plug to get into the new account setup, but don't want to keep doing =
that every time I configure it wrong. Below are the settings I currently h=
ave, could somebody please tell me what I have set wrong?
Username: Grandm=
a's Name
Dial-up: 5132764492 (Cincinnati Earthlink dial-up#)
Reply-to: blan=
k
___________________________________________________
E-Mail Address: "user=
"@...
E-mail Password: ********
POP3 Server: pop.earthlink.net
SM=
TP Server: smtpauth.earthlink.net
ISP Account: "user"@...
ISP Pas=
sword: ********
Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8 (this is one of Google's DNS servers)
=
Thanks in advance,
-Annie
PS: The Indians at Dell support are so much mo=
re polite.
7@...> wrote:
so far; she is 92 and terminal with end-stage renal disease, so I suspect =
the MailStation will outlast her (although she has been like the "Energizer=
Bunny" and fooled everyone including her doctors for nine years now!). Bu=
t I have wondered, "What will we do" if her machine goes out or if EL pulls=
the plug altogether on its existing users. It's nice to know there are op=
tions, doing a hack an a new machine being one. Another, and I'm not sure =
if it's still valid since the post was from 2008, but Patrick Forbes on thi=
s board had lined his mom out with a new, better and cheaper ISP for the se=
rvice and made the machine work with it. You can read the appropriate post=
here:
Thanks again for the info!
om, "thartsell" <tom.hartsell@> wrote:
e Indian tech support people at Earthlink, the Mailstation still works if y=
ou're replacing a dead mailstation with a new one using the same account. T=
he arrogant Indians and their supervisors will tell you it can't be done. T=
hat's because the Cidco email server has been taken down so they can't send=
the mailstation an message and set it up automatically. But it can be done=
manually...
T1 which finally became inoperable...
rs off the keys...and had used it for 10 years talking to her children and =
grandchildren...
e paperclip holding down the function D and pulling the plug thing...
=
tion with a paperclip to get into the mailstation setup screens...
or an existing account. Just change the ISPaccount to the one you're replac=
ing. There is nothing inside the machine that is hard coded...
oes require an existing Earthlink account with a fixed DNS.
have a new machine for Grandma. She's 90 now and doesn't have to learn how=
to type with her thumbs...
From: "thartsell" <tom.hartsell@...>
Nov 20, 2010
I'm not sure the mailstation can function with an Earthlink account.
We ha=
d a mailstation.com account since we started with Cidco.... (which they wil=
l no longer open a new account but they don't cut it off as long as we've c=
ontinued paying the bill and not let it lapse). Our smtp server is smtp.mai=
lstation.com. Also the DNS has to be static I think. The port issue is the =
killer also and that's the one thing I don't think you can change.
You mig=
ht try changing isp's as listed in the other post.
Might be your only bet..=
..
(URL)
All the be=
st.
e:
sed on the title of this thread that it has been answered a thousand times =
before. However, I had the fortune of snagging a Mailstation 150 (V4.05D E=
arthlink model) from a thrift store for my 90-year-old grandmother to use. =
This was great since I had already tried to get her to use a computer but =
could not get her beyond clicking the mouse and moving it at the same time.=
With a Mailstation, she can just correspond; simple.
rtune of calling Earthlink support and talking to one of their snooty India=
ns (I don't know what his problem was, I'm a paying Earthlink cable custome=
r). Anyway, I just called them to ask for an SMTP server that was not requ=
iring authorization (since I doubt the Mailstation supports it). He practi=
cally spat at me the smtp.mailstation.com server before I could get him to =
understand I am dialing in to Earthlink dial-up with it. I have successful=
ly dialed in and been able to retrieve messages from the POP server, but ca=
n not manage to send any messages (Get a server busy error after already co=
nnected, I assume it is bad authentication, no port 587).
eady done the Fn+D reset, pull plug to get into the new account setup, but =
don't want to keep doing that every time I configure it wrong. Below are t=
he settings I currently have, could somebody please tell me what I have set=
wrong?
thlink dial-up#)
_____________
*****
t
S: 8.8.8.8 (this is one of Google's DNS servers)
=
she is 92 and terminal with end-stage renal disease, so I suspect the MailS=
tation will outlast her (although she has been like the "Energizer Bunny" a=
nd fooled everyone including her doctors for nine years now!). But I have =
wondered, "What will we do" if her machine goes out or if EL pulls the plug=
altogether on its existing users. It's nice to know there are options, do=
ing a hack an a new machine being one. Another, and I'm not sure if it's s=
till valid since the post was from 2008, but Patrick Forbes on this board h=
ad lined his mom out with a new, better and cheaper ISP for the service and=
made the machine work with it. You can read the appropriate post here:
Thanks again for the info!
roups.com, "thartsell" <tom.hartsell@> wrote:
s by all the Indian tech support people at Earthlink, the Mailstation still=
works if you're replacing a dead mailstation with a new one using the same=
account. The arrogant Indians and their supervisors will tell you it can't=
be done. That's because the Cidco email server has been taken down so they=
can't send the mailstation an message and set it up automatically. But it =
can be done manually...
Mailstation DET1 which finally became inoperable...
ubbed all the letters off the keys...and had used it for 10 years talking t=
o her children and grandchildren...
120 off ebay... did the paperclip holding down the function D and pulling =
the plug thing...
le", you'll see the instruction with a paperclip to get into the mailstatio=
n setup screens...
as you know the password
Paccount to the one you're replacing. There is nothing inside the machine t=
hat is hard coded...
t with a fixed DNS.
's 90 now and doesn't have to learn how to type with her thumbs...