[ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird ....

[Barry Drake]

On 18/05/13 15:20, Liam Proven wrote:
> All right, looking at that now, I can't really verify this as I do not 
> have a Crosswire account, but so long as Gmail will permit you to use 
> its SMTP server to send from other addresses, that setup should be 
> absolutely fine. Do you have a valid Gmail account? In that account, 
> is your Crosswire account set up as a valid send-from address?

Yes - all that is in order and I do currently have it working as I have 
transferred my .thunderbird directory from one version to the next for a 
few years now.  I have tried the same method with a virgin e-mail 
account I use, and this sets up perfectly well manually with the Google 
SMTP service.  The problem seems to be unique to something to do with 
the Crosswire account that I use.  I think you would be able to try it 
out using my user name on Crosswire which is bdrake and any password - 
try a random digit followed by an uppercase and four lowercase letters.  
>From what I see, Thunderbird doesn't test the password but only requests 
the config details.  It fails to get a configuration from Crosswire so 
you have to set up manually - the setttings are on screenshot 1. After 
that, I get the warning message with no checkbox.  Most other accounts 
have the checkbox in place, which is why I think I've spotted a bug.

What I've done so far is to re-name my .thunderbird directory and set up 
my gmail account so I have a valid SMTP setting, then manually input the 
Crosswire settings to try to create a Crosswire account.  I know the 
Crosswire server runs a higher level of security than most, so this 
could be part of the answer.  I had to put all the settings in manually 
right from the beginning.  It is only since the 'Warning' screen came 
into the build that the problem occurred.

Thanks for your help with this.