By searching around on the Telstra web site. They do have the information, and I must admit the email has a link to the starting point. I learned that the changes to me really involve their closing up of shop of the Bigpond brand, and finally modernizing their email system to use secure connections. Minor really, but enough to stop my Thunderbird accounts getting mail without changes.
So my ancient Bigpond server settings will need to be changed when the day comes (Today). Telstra recommend I also convert to IMAP. That is a whole different issue. My existing email accounts are POP and I just want then to keep working. So here are the changes I will have to make to my existing Bigpond mail accounts.
To summarise the changes to "just keep on as it was" the following information will need to be changed
Incoming information in your account.
| Field | Existing Setting | New Setting |
| Server Name: | mail.bigpond.com | pop.telstra.com |
| Port: | 110 | 995 |
| Connection Security: | None | SSL/TLS |
Outgoing Server (SMTP)
This is at the bottom of the list of accounts in account settings.
| Field | Existing Setting | New Setting |
| Server Name: | mail.bigpond.com | smtp.telstra.com |
| Port: | 25 | 465 |
| Connection Security: | None | SSL/TLS |
I have included the
recommended settings. However Telstra also allow for the use of Port
587 and connection security STARTTLS. As this is actually more
secure, I suggest you try those first, before using the recommended less secure settings.
It is always possible to add a new account as IMAP, but that is not the purpose of my posting. My purpose is to offer setting that will allow your existing account to just keep working.
Source links at Telstra.
