RE: Thunderbird: Cannot send email but can read emails

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On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 14:47 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> | Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> | > I cannot figure out how to get thunderbird to send
> | > out email.
> | > 
> | > Please advise?
> | ----
> | Edit (menu) => Account Settings => Outgoing Server SMTP
> | 
> | Select the setup you have and click 'Edit'
> | 
> | By default, Thunderbird uses 'authentication' on 
> | sending...this can be a
> | problem with some setups.
> 
> What is odd, it seems, that when you create an IMAP
> account, in the "Server Settings" area, there is a
> "Security Settings" section there where authenication
> can be defined, however, there is also a "Outgoing
> Server (SMTP)" section that has a "Security And
> Authenication" section which duplicates it, ie the
> "None", "TLS, if available", ...
> 
> What is not clear to me in the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)"
> section, "Use name and password", how do you enter both
> the username and password in this single field? What is
> the delimiter? A space between the two?
> 
> I have configured my Exchange server to allow all local
> only relays, and I even see the log entries identifying
> connections, and there appears in it, no errors as to
> failed deliveries.  It seems very transparent.
> 
> I have no clue where the problem is, I get no returned
> failed delivery return messages.  It is very transparent,
> or so it seems.
> 
> I wonder if I should use F8's sendmail for Outbound
> deliveries on the F8 system, providing I have the option
> to bypass the IMAP account's Outgoing server settings.
> 
> I remembered why I abandoned Thunderbird and it was
> because I could not figure out how to make outbound
> non-local deliveries.
> 
> Sigh....  it is going to be a long day.
----
if you are going to run Exchange server, it would seem reasonable to
know how to configure it to handle mail relaying properly for so many
reasons.

You're problem isn't Thunderbird...it's your configuration of Exchange
server.

here's a Windows list that can probably help you with configuration of
Exchange server...

http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/winnt-l.html

Craig

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