Laptop email sending problem

[Art Alexion]

I second this advice.

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Art Alexion
Sent unsigned from an iPod. That's the reason for the top posting as  
well.

On Sep 26, 2008, at 2:30 AM, Valter Mura <valtermura at gmail.com> wrote:

> Il venerdì 26 settembre 2008 01:23:10 Steven Vollom ha scritto:
>> Billie Walsh wrote:
>>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>> I recently purchased a used Compaq Ivo N620c laptop.  I  
>>>> configured the
>>>> email client the same as my desktop.  Both have Kubuntu 8.04 and  
>>>> KDE
>>>> 3.5.9.  Both run Firefox and Thunderbird as default.  When I  
>>>> attach my
>>>> DSL cable moden to the laptop, I am able to surf the internet, as  
>>>> well
>>>> as receive emails, however when I attempt to send an email, a  
>>>> window
>>>> opens asking the password for my email server.  I type in the  
>>>> password
>>>> an click enter and the selfsame window opens again and again.  I  
>>>> get an
>>>> unable to connect to the server also.  I have tried to get help  
>>>> from
>>>> att.yahoo, but they are not helpful because I am not using their  
>>>> mail
>>>> program or their browser and am using Kubuntu Hardy instead of  
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> or Apple.  I have used Kubuntu for 3 years with Firefox and  
>>>> Thunderbird
>>>> on my desktop with no problems.  The fact that I receive emails but
>>>> cannot send suggests that at least part of the program is  
>>>> working.  Help
>>>> please.
>
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> in the smtp/outgoing settings, have you tried to uncheck or check the
> authenticate box inside Thunderbird?
>
> What about these settings? Does the server require authentication?
>
> I was using a Yahoo account several moths ago, and I cannot manage  
> the smtp
> server too. For this reason, I migrated to Gmail...
> I'm thinking it is a business policy of Yahoo... you buy a premium  
> account,
> you get  a working smtp server; if not, your mail won't work.
>
> Also try to setup mail with Kmail and see what happens. Kmail has a  
> command
> that checks settings for smtp server. I Kmail works, TB (setting) is  
> the
> problem.
>
> Ciao
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