What with all these options of Thunderbird or any email setup,
I would recommend taking a screenshot into a document of each screen in
a logical and step by step manner. Then in a year or two from now when
you have to rebuild or "fix" your computer, you can redo thunderbird
with the correct settings from screenshots.
Obviously save the password somewhere also as it usually is in *******s
Ben
On 08/15/2012 09:16 PM, chris a wrote:
This issue is FINALLY resolved.
Normally Thunderbird has 2 panels.
A small panel to port listing names of accounts & folders
A large panel to starboard showing the e-mail messages.
If you don't select a folder, this panel gives some maintenance
options that include
"settings for this account" and "create a new account"
I used "create a new account" yesterday
It is clumsy because parameters for incoming & out going messages
are on different screens and it did not work.
Today I used "settings for this account"
This option has a drop down box at the bottom for "Account Actions"
options include "Add a Mail Account"
This is what I should have used
A *single* screen that shows all options at once.
You can also test the connection before you save it. And, ... it WORKS
This message comes to you from a WORKING Thunderbird mail account
On 15/08/12 13:16, ch.al...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
In Thunderbird, server settings for this account
Connection Security: None
Authentication Method: Password, transmitted insecurely
I'm not sure what you mean be "ISP lines"
All this is done from home on my own Desktop via my own Naked DSL
account with IInet and their BOB2 Modem.
----- Original Message -----
From: kfos...@tpg.com.au
To:
Cc:
Sent:Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:45:48 +1000
Subject:Re: [SLUG] Cannot receive email
I defined my email account on the new version of Thunderbird but
cannot receive any mail.
I spent a long time on the phone with iinet support trying to sort
this out. No success.
Each time I try to get mail I get an error message to the effect that
iinet has received and rejected the password.
I can SEND mail from Thunderbird (via iinet). I just can't receive
mail.
look at the encryption settings for the password. You might need to
send it
using a different option than what you are using.
Generally send is unprotected except when you send via your ISP when
not
using the ISP's lines, eg you send via 'mail.tpg.com.au' at home and
then
when at work it fails.
Ta
Ken
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