Colin Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Can anyone help please? I am trying to use thunderbird for emails, went through the set as shown on the screen and can receive mails with no problems.....but as soon a I try to send one, it just gives an error message and says it cannot find the server and the configuration must be wrong. Have checked and checked, i can only send emails through the Orange mailer....must have doen something wrong, but what?Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi,No you haven't done anything wrong, Thunderbird is for receiving emails, if you read the blurb it talks about your inbox. To send email you have to use your SMTP client server, in your case Orange. There are many and varied email services but as AFIK none are free. There are of course the Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoomail systems but they are not the standard Pop3/SMTP accounts but Webmail Accounts. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 [quote user="Colin"]Can anyone help please? I am trying to use thunderbird for emails, went through the set as shown on the screen and can receive mails with no problems.....but as soon a I try to send one, it just gives an error message and says it cannot find the server and the configuration must be wrong. Have checked and checked, i can only send emails through the Orange mailer....must have doen something wrong, but what?Colin[/quote]From the "Open Source Articles" site instructions for installing Thunderbird: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Thanks,Got that far before, but although I completed the smpt box in the set up wizard, still doesn't seem to be able to contact the orange server.We can send mails from the orange mail site, but by using Thunderbird.It just says can't find smpt server.....Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Sorry that should say NOT using thunderbird.Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 [quote user="Colin"]Got that far before, but although I completed the smpt box in the set up wizard, still doesn't seem to be able to contact the orange server.We can send mails from the orange mail site, but by using Thunderbird.It just says can't find smpt server.....[/quote]Don't want to seem pedantic but, if you are inputting smpt instead of smtp, then you will continue to have problems. I admit I don't know much about Thunderbird but I do have a friend who uses Orange and Thunderbird and he sends and receives (to me!) with no problem, so, have confidence, there is a solution out there...Sue [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi Colin,To echo Sue, are you sure the mail server setting in your account are correct. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server: smtp.orange.fr Your incoming mail will be whatever the thunderbird settings dictate.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 [quote user="Colin"]Thanks,Got that far before, but although I completed the smpt box in the set up wizard, still doesn't seem to be able to contact the orange server.We can send mails from the orange mail site, but by using Thunderbird.It just says can't find smpt server.....Colin[/quote]What port did you specify for your outgoing mail? Did you try port 587? You cannot use port 25 for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Thank you sue, that's exactly what had happened! Must have had a dyslexic moment!Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 [quote user="Colin"]... that's exactly what had happened! Must have had a dyslexic moment![/quote]Haven't we all, at some point or other! Delighted to hear all is now OK.Sue [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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