How to get acer Email LED flash with Mozilla Thunderbird

hi there

I'm so so happy with that forum because i have solved many problems and have improved my knowledge about notebooks so thanks to all of NBR members

before that time I'm searching on how to get free hotmail/msn accounts works with outlook that because i know that my new acer computer has a button that can flash when i receive new e-mail
after that i discovered that i can use Thunderbird [(Firefox vs Internet explorer) / (Thunderbird vs Outlook Express or it's new name in vista)] with an extension help to use free hotmail and other service with Thunderbird so i hope that my lid is flash when i receive new email

does any one have done that and can help me

and i have other question not about acer
how can i let the problem check for my e-mail automatically so i don't have to click get mail every time

thanks

 

please note that Thunderbird is my default Email application and Email button automatically open Thunderbird when clicked but it's not flashing at all when i receive new Email

 

Install Launch Manager. Right click on the icon in task bar, click "email detecton." The program does not work with gmail or hotmail as they use a 9090 port. The Acer program does not support such a port.

 

you mean that if i get paid hotmail service i can use that feature

and thanks very much

 

is there any free website just to test it

 

I believe hotmail premium has the same issues. A ISP based email works best.

 

does FreePOPs will help on this

or is there anyway to do that

 

It's no way that mail client other than "Launch Manager" could make mail LED flash. It's nothing to do with the port.
LED is activated by ACPI command which no mail client app could do it.
There IS a thunderbird extension like "Thunderled", but I don't think it could work on Acer laptop.

 

yes i know but freepops make any EMail client on my computer work it let me work with outlook express and Thunderbird and it have setting that let me change the pop3 port and other setting so maybe it can do it and let the launch manager work

 

Acer's Launchmanager asks for your POP3 settings. This is so it can check the POP3 server for new mail. The email client is irrelevant.

 

I see. So you just want to change port number in launch manager?
The setting file is located on %windir%\ChkMail.Ini
Port number cannot be changed in "Mail check" screen, but you can modify the ini file directly.

good luck!

 

i can't find this file

can you give me the default place for the file

 

Pardon me, but where is this file? I tried a search for chkmail.ini in the entire C drive but couldn't find it. Can you please elaborate a little more?

I wonder why hasn't anyone written a better program than the original launch manager supplied by Acer. How difficult is it to add a port configure interface?

I sure hope to get it to work with Gmail, though with Ypop I got it to work with Yahoo. Still the software is far from robust.

 

Ireally would like it to work with gmail... is there any solution yet?
ps: i cant find the file too...

 

mine works great with thunderbird.it blinks i press it and my email account opens.

 

will this led thingy work with windows live mail -- note NOT Windows Live Hotmail-- ?