[xubuntu-users] thunderbird - setting up

[Neil Winchurst]

On 22/05/12 12:47, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On 22/05/12 12:36, ru wrote:
>>>
>> Hmmm Do you get an error when you try to send? eg, in the left hand
>> bottom corner does it say something like: Authentication Failed.
>>
>>  Sorry I can't think of the exact error message.
>>
>> Also go to Account Settings, and click the name of your Account and in
>> that window make sure that the Outgoing Server(SMTP) is set to your SMTP
>> server and not to Use Default Server.
>>
> 
> Depending on your set up, is your outgoing server the same as your
> incoming mail server? I had problems at first because my SMTP server is
> quite separate from my incoming servers.
> 
> Anyway, I don't need authentication on my outgoing server so I did as
> follows.
> 
> Edit --> Account Settings --> Outgoing Server (SMTP). Then I clicked on
> Edit. Under Security and Authentication, Connection security, I selected
> None and under Authentication method I chose No authentication. Now I
> can sent mail without any problems because I am not asked for a password.
> 
> By the way, I am using port 25.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
Further to the above, I had no problems receiving messages, it was
sending them where I was being asked for a password. That sounds to me
like your problem. The changes shown above sorted it out for me. It
seems that TBird treats incoming and outgoing mail separately.

Neil