Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

I've spent about an hour trying to check for email via web mail on an xtra
account that I have authorised access to.

Can't do it now, it seems without first signing up for a yahoo identity
linked to that email address. Am I right?

I used to be able to do this without problems, then xtra did their deal
with Yahoo and it became more difficult. I seem to remember you had to
hunt for a link to their "Classic" email page, then all would be OK.

Now, I find on clicking the "email" link on the xtra homepage, I get
prompted to put in user name and password, which are accepted OK, but that
doesn't take me to the web mail page: it takes me to a page requiring me to
register for a Yahoo identity (which I don't particularly want to do).

I've trawled extensively through various links and help pages on the
yahoo/xtra site, but always come up against the same roadblock - the
registration page to create a Yahoo identity.

Any simple way round this, or must I give in and create a Yahoo identity
(or I could set up an account in a mail client I suppose, but would prefer
to use web mail for this account).

Cheers,

John S

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

In message <50mlk5dan0705k457iplflh8frqkhns5r6@4ax.com>, Crash wrote:

> The simplest way around this problem is to ditch Xtra.

So which will start the bigger flamewar: telling Windows/Linux users to
switch to Linux/Windows, or telling Xtra/SomeOtherISP users to switch to
SomeOtherISP/Xtra?

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:17 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
shouted from the highest rooftop:

>The simplest way around this problem is to ditch Xtra. You can do
>this by setting up using a new ISP - look here:
>http://www.consumer.org.nz/reports/internet-providers.

"Sorry, this page is only available to consumer.org.nz members.
Members please login."

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:22:19 +1300, Donchano
<donchano@notachance.invalid> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>
>On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:17 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
>shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>The simplest way around this problem is to ditch Xtra. You can do
>>this by setting up using a new ISP - look here:
>>http://www.consumer.org.nz/reports/internet-providers.
>
>"Sorry, this page is only available to consumer.org.nz members.
>Members please login."

BTW - they want NZD85.00 for a 12 month *online* subscription. Which
is why I dumped them two years ago.

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Jan 11, 9:19*pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> So which will start the bigger flamewar: telling Windows/Linux users to
> switch to Linux/Windows, or telling Xtra/SomeOtherISP users to switch to
> SomeOtherISP/Xtra?

Since when has changing ISP become such a religious experience as
changing operating system?

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Jan 11, 9:29*pm, Donchano <donch...@notachance.invalid> wrote:
> BTW - they want NZD85.00 for a 12 month *online* subscription. Which
> is why I dumped them two years ago.

Or access with a paid Consumer magazine subscription.

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Jan 11, 7:52*pm, John S <gorbli...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> I've spent about an hour trying to check for email via web mail on an xtra
> account that I have authorised access to.
>
> Can't do it now, it seems without first signing up for a yahoo identity
> linked to that email address. *Am I right?
>
> I used to be able to do this without problems, then xtra did their deal
> with Yahoo and it became more difficult. *I seem to remember you had to
> hunt for a link to their "Classic" email page, then all would be OK.
>
> Now, I find on clicking the "email" link on the xtra homepage, I get
> prompted to put in user name and password, which are accepted OK, but that
> doesn't take me to the web mail page: it takes me to a page requiring me to
> register for a Yahoo identity (which I don't particularly want to do).
>
> I've trawled extensively through various links and help pages on the
> yahoo/xtra site, but always come up against the same roadblock - the
> registration page to create a Yahoo identity.
>
> Any simple way round this, or must I give in and create a Yahoo identity
> (or I could set up an account in a mail client I suppose, but would prefer
> to use web mail for this account).
>
> Cheers,
>
> John S

Try setting up an SMTP mail program to get mail from pop3.xtra.co.nz

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Jan 11, 7:52 pm, John S <gorbli...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Can't do it now, it seems without first signing up for a yahoo identity
> linked to that email address. Am I right?
>
> I used to be able to do this without problems, then xtra did their deal
> with Yahoo and it became more difficult. I seem to remember you had to
> hunt for a link to their "Classic" email page, then all would be OK.

I manage to get xtra's webmail without a Yahoo id. I can't remember
how I did it but I did send lots of stroppy emails to xtra when they
changed their email system to work only with IE or Firefox when I was
using Opera because IE and Firefox didn't bloody work. Unfortunately
most ISPs lack technical expertise of any kind, although xtra were
quite helpful recently.

Re: Can you check Xtra web mail without creating a Yahoo identity?
 

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:02:58 -0800, Matty F wrote:

> although xtra were quite helpful
> recently.

I'm glad you qualified that with the word "recently". :)


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