Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
rocek wrote: Daniel wrote: Daniel wrote: Martin Freitag wrote: rocek schrieb: I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom Tried to apply obones' instructions at the end of this thread? regards Martin Martin, whilst Rocek may well have had some Passwords come across from SM 1.x into SM 2.0, I'm guessing that the U of C probably didn't have SM 1.x on their system, so would not have had any PW's to carry over. Just guessing, though Daniel Error... should have been U of D rather than U of C!! Daniel Thanks for all of the suggestions, but unfortunately no, I don't have old saved passwords, and the U of D systems folks who tried and failed to get SM2 to work with our server did a clean install of SM as far as I know. So no, the problem is neither with old saved passwords or with accidentally leaving authentication checked on. For what it is worth, the SM1 settings that work were: port 25 [port 587 works too] x Use name and pasword TLS, if available; and if I recall, an alternative setting Given that our systems folks couldn't get it to work, I still think it is some sort of limitation in SM2... best wishes, Tom Ah, sorry for my error; I finally figured out that the problem was being caused by my firewall and had nothing to do with Seamonkey 2.0 itself; after adding Seamonkey to the exclude list, I am now able to send via both my university's and Speakeasy's SMTP server. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
Daniel wrote: Daniel wrote: Martin Freitag wrote: rocek schrieb: I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom Tried to apply obones' instructions at the end of this thread? regards Martin Martin, whilst Rocek may well have had some Passwords come across from SM 1.x into SM 2.0, I'm guessing that the U of C probably didn't have SM 1.x on their system, so would not have had any PW's to carry over. Just guessing, though Daniel Error... should have been U of D rather than U of C!! Daniel Thanks for all of the suggestions, but unfortunately no, I don't have old saved passwords, and the U of D systems folks who tried and failed to get SM2 to work with our server did a clean install of SM as far as I know. So no, the problem is neither with old saved passwords or with accidentally leaving authentication checked on. For what it is worth, the SM1 settings that work were: port 25 [port 587 works too] x Use name and pasword TLS, if available; and if I recall, an alternative setting Given that our systems folks couldn't get it to work, I still think it is some sort of limitation in SM2... best wishes, Tom ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
rocek schrieb: I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom Tried to apply obones' instructions at the end of this thread? regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
Martin Freitag wrote: rocek schrieb: I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom Tried to apply obones' instructions at the end of this thread? regards Martin Martin, whilst Rocek may well have had some Passwords come across from SM 1.x into SM 2.0, I'm guessing that the U of C probably didn't have SM 1.x on their system, so would not have had any PW's to carry over. Just guessing, though Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
Daniel wrote: Martin Freitag wrote: rocek schrieb: I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom Tried to apply obones' instructions at the end of this thread? regards Martin Martin, whilst Rocek may well have had some Passwords come across from SM 1.x into SM 2.0, I'm guessing that the U of C probably didn't have SM 1.x on their system, so would not have had any PW's to carry over. Just guessing, though Daniel Error... should have been U of D rather than U of C!! Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:40:24 -0500, rocek ro...@udel.edu in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: jim wrote: On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:39 -0500, Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: jim wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:40 +0100, obones obones_g...@fds_free.fr in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks My situation is that I can receive just gangbusters with SM2. But it refuses to send, giving the SMTP-AUTH message. However, the server settings show no security, no Auth. Let me know if you get it working and most of all, how you did it. I think that may be your problem, you have to match your settings to the server, if it wants auth you have to provide it. Since I don't know what your server wants I can't be sure, but there's a reasonable possibility that you need to configure auth. Not only that, but secure auth, like TLS+SSL (I forget the exact choice in the list), but it's not the checkbox, it's the menu about 1/3 down the screen. Thanks. I will try that one. jim I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom After being stymied for several days, this is what worked for me, OI am borrowing the original message and my reply from chicagofan: Under your user account's Mail/Newsgroup Menu, have you checked your settings under Outgoing Server [SMTP]? If not, click EDIT from your toolbar/Click Mail Newsgroups Account Settings/ Click Outgoing Server (SMTP)/then CLICK... EDIT on the default settings for your server. Make sure the box is NOT checked to authenticate... in that pop up box. I apologize if you have already done this, but there is more than one authenticate box in SM, and this is what happened to me, Thanks. I am now sending email with SM2.0. How could I miss something so obvious. (oh...it wasn't that obvious. :-)) jim Hoping it works for ya. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
jim wrote: On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:39 -0500, Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: jim wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:40 +0100, obones obones_g...@fds_free.fr in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks My situation is that I can receive just gangbusters with SM2. But it refuses to send, giving the SMTP-AUTH message. However, the server settings show no security, no Auth. Let me know if you get it working and most of all, how you did it. I think that may be your problem, you have to match your settings to the server, if it wants auth you have to provide it. Since I don't know what your server wants I can't be sure, but there's a reasonable possibility that you need to configure auth. Not only that, but secure auth, like TLS+SSL (I forget the exact choice in the list), but it's not the checkbox, it's the menu about 1/3 down the screen. Thanks. I will try that one. jim I am experiencing similar problems, and went so far as to ask our systems people at the University of Delaware to check it out; they downloaded Seamonkey 2.0 and couldn't get it to work with our servers with any combination of settings (Seamonkey 1.x worked fine). I also have been unable to get the SMTP settings to work with Speakeasy's SMTP server (my isp), which had no problem with Seamonkey 1.x; I tried authentication on and off, as well as playing with multiple options. So far, the only SMTP server that's worked for me is google. Are there some compatibility issues in the new setting options? Thanks for any suggesitonsTom ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:21:57 +0100, Martin Freitag prof_nosp...@quantentunnel.de in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: jim schrieb: I took your suggestions -- including creating a new account form scratch and making it default. the problem persists.. Not a new account, a new SMTP server and associate it with he old account. The problem itself seems to be a known bug on migration, have a look at the other threads around here. ;-) regards Martin Thank you I misunderstood your instruction on that aspect Will do. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
jim wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:40 +0100, obones obones_g...@fds_free.fr in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks My situation is that I can receive just gangbusters with SM2. But it refuses to send, giving the SMTP-AUTH message. However, the server settings show no security, no Auth. Let me know if you get it working and most of all, how you did it. I think that may be your problem, you have to match your settings to the server, if it wants auth you have to provide it. Since I don't know what your server wants I can't be sure, but there's a reasonable possibility that you need to configure auth. Not only that, but secure auth, like TLS+SSL (I forget the exact choice in the list), but it's not the checkbox, it's the menu about 1/3 down the screen. -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:39 -0500, Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: jim wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:40 +0100, obones obones_g...@fds_free.fr in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks My situation is that I can receive just gangbusters with SM2. But it refuses to send, giving the SMTP-AUTH message. However, the server settings show no security, no Auth. Let me know if you get it working and most of all, how you did it. I think that may be your problem, you have to match your settings to the server, if it wants auth you have to provide it. Since I don't know what your server wants I can't be sure, but there's a reasonable possibility that you need to configure auth. Not only that, but secure auth, like TLS+SSL (I forget the exact choice in the list), but it's not the checkbox, it's the menu about 1/3 down the screen. Thanks. I will try that one. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
obones wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks It's a known bug, you have to disable secure authentication. It even says so on the SM2 page that loads after the initial installation. It's Under known issues or whatever. I don't know why this preference was changed. It never used to be enabled in previous versions. But you got to love these guys, they work their guts out for us all, for very little thanks or recognition. Even with my Importing multiple SM 1.x identities into SM2 migration blues, I still think they have done an amazing job. Anyway, this should do the trick for you. EditPreferencesServer Settingsun-check use secure authentication HTH Happy webing. (: ~n ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
obones schrieb: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? I'd recommend making sure that you have entered your login-data for the STMP server if necessary (if not, e.g. your provider is using SMTP after POP, remove them). Try to enable an disable the secure authentification to test with each setting. When trying with, StartTLS should be supported my most servers I think. If everything fails, try to recreate a second SMTP server fom scratch and associate it with your corresponding-account. regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:42:48 +1000, Nairda a...@me.first in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: obones wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks It's a known bug, you have to disable secure authentication. It even says so on the SM2 page that loads after the initial installation. It's Under known issues or whatever. I don't know why this preference was changed. It never used to be enabled in previous versions. But you got to love these guys, they work their guts out for us all, for very little thanks or recognition. Even with my Importing multiple SM 1.x identities into SM2 migration blues, I still think they have done an amazing job. Anyway, this should do the trick for you. EditPreferencesServer Settingsun-check use secure authentication HTH Happy webing. (: ~n I believe you mean Mail News Accounts instead of Preferences? Anyway, same problem here, the connection security was already none and use connection secure authentification was already unchecked. I set them on, saved it, cycled SM, undid it, cycled SM and I still get the same SMTP-AUTH message. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
obones a écrit : Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks I think they prefered that we do not use authentication on insecure link, may be you can drop authentication for smtp, if it does not need to. but I do not know exactly why this was changed ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:45:12 +0100, Martin Freitag prof_nosp...@quantentunnel.de in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: obones schrieb: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? I'd recommend making sure that you have entered your login-data for the STMP server if necessary (if not, e.g. your provider is using SMTP after POP, remove them). Try to enable an disable the secure authentification to test with each setting. When trying with, StartTLS should be supported my most servers I think. If everything fails, try to recreate a second SMTP server fom scratch and associate it with your corresponding-account. regards Martin I took your suggestions -- including creating a new account form scratch and making it default. the problem persists.. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
Nairda wrote: obones wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks It's a known bug, you have to disable secure authentication. It even says so on the SM2 page that loads after the initial installation. It's Under known issues or whatever. Of course on many servers that means never send mail again because they don't support unauthenticated mail. I *suspect* it means the credentials for the SMTP sever have been lost, unless you have Verizon in which case it means we are blocking SMTP and requires that you use Verizon protocol, a variant of message submission protocol, which is only supported by about 15-20% of the servers on Earth. Effectively it means you have to use their servers. Rumors that VZ did this so they could more easily collect your data for the government are unsubstantiated. -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:40 +0100, obones obones_g...@fds_free.fr in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Hello all, I'm currently reviewing SM2 and when I installed it I told it to import the settings from my existing SM1 installation. All email accounts got imported, along with the SMTP server definition. While I can send emails just fine in SM1, I always get an error when sending emails with SM2. The error says this: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server SERVER_NAME. The serer does not support any compatible insecure authentication mechanism but you have chosen insecure authentication. Try switching on secure authentication or contact your service provider. I tried turning on TLS or even SSL, but none of these are provided by the given server. What I find weird is that it worked and continues to work fine in SM1. Obviously, some option has been removed/disabled in SM2, but which one? Is there a way to reactivate it? Thanks My situation is that I can receive just gangbusters with SM2. But it refuses to send, giving the SMTP-AUTH message. However, the server settings show no security, no Auth. Let me know if you get it working and most of all, how you did it. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
jim schrieb: I took your suggestions -- including creating a new account form scratch and making it default. the problem persists.. Not a new account, a new SMTP server and associate it with he old account. The problem itself seems to be a known bug on migration, have a look at the other threads around here. ;-) regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SMTP parameter in SM2 after having migrated from SM1
obones wrote: Is there a way to reactivate it? Well, thanks to all for your pointers. I finally got it to work doing the following: Go to Password manager, remove the saved password for any SMTP server Edit the SMTP parameters and uncheck Use name and password This now works just fine. Note: our SMTP server is purely internal and thus does not require any login credentials. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
