Thanks for your help. Yes I have found the help in setting up an email
account on the blueyonder web site but I'm afraid I will have to visit him
again to hold his hand in using it,
Blair


"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6388E522-1546-47B3-949D-CA6411CEEF94@microsoft.com...
> The ISP will have his email information.
> For ISP webmail, username and password will be the same as his username
and
> password for access to ISP.
>
> Using dialup or DSL connection?
>
> You can use Outlook, Outlook express, etc to read his ISP mail account.
> These all use his ISP email information.
>
> Can also create email accounts independent of ISP mail account ie Gmail,
> Hotmail, etc. These accounts will require him to create a new username
and
> password for the account. These accounts do not normally read his ISP mail
> account but some can be setup that way.
>
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Blair" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your help.
> > I got my friend to get his user name and password from blueyonder.
> > The user name surprised me because it was in the form of 11 alpha
numeric
> > letters and numbers
> > But this must be OK as I was able to open the internet site Ok but it
was
> > the email which was stuck.
> > I need to know his email address and password. Would the ISP know that
as
> > well?
> > I think the confusion is worse when I hear him say that some of his
helpers
> > changed the names and he doesn't know how it ended up
> > Blair
> >
> >
> > "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> > news:uOi6$Vr5FHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > The username IS the email address when you put it in the
> > > form of being @the ISP.
> > >
> > > The ISP has mail servers and the ISP has a name. So
> > > your-username@isp.com perhaps your-username@isp.net would be
> > > the email address. The ISP will have an email FAQ, list of
> > > server addresses/names to use when you create the account in
> > > your email program.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Blair" <darrach@coille.com> wrote in message
> > > news:e$1bpmq5FHA.1148@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > |I am trying to help a friend get his email working and the
> > > ISP has supplied
> > > | his user name and password but he is not sure of his email
> > > address
> > > | How can I find out?
> > > | Blair
> > > |
> > > |
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >