Using Mac Mail for BT MyBT mail

Since BT , in february 2014, changed from BT- Yahoo to BT Mail ( My BT) I have had problems using macmail.
What the best solution / imap settings ?

I have been running Mavericks since it was introduced and have had no problems with BT email. I recall that when BT changed its email system a few months ago, some configuration changes were necessary and these were specified by BT. Once the changes were made, everything worked perfectly. I will see if I can find the original instructions from BT and post them here.  Altenatively, take a look at the BT community forum and see if you can find an answer there:
https://community.bt.com/t5/Email/bd-p/Email
BT come in for a lot of flack but, given the very large number of subscribers, I suspect that most are quite content with what they get. Bear in mind that, apart from cable providers, all ISPs in the UK use a BT line and I doubt that BT facllitate a better service to their competitors than they can provide themselves.
If you really cannot get on with BT email, then it is easy to set up an Outlook email account. These are free and have the advantage that, if you change your ISP, you do not have to change your email address. Actually, I recall that you can keep your BT email address if you move away from BT. However, you have to log in something like once a month to keep it active. This sounds easy except that you have to do this by dial-up, and iMacs, at least, do not have dial-up modems. Hmm, maybe I'll think again about how good BT is!

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