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From: Jeremy McSpadden <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] thunderbird bug?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:29:23
Message-Id: B1131D2C-C553-4748-87E6-73B773E3F99C@uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] thunderbird bug? by James
1 Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix.
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4 Jeremy McSpadden
5 deface@×××××××××××.net
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10 On May 24, 2011, at 2:57 PM, James wrote:
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12 > Hello,
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14 > When I try to click an email address in Craigslist to respond
15 > to a poster, I get this error message:
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17 > Sending of message failed.
18 > An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server
19 > smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but
20 > you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that
21 > server or contact your service provider.
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24 > However, when I just cut and paste the same identical email address
25 > into the to field of thunderbird, it works perfectly. I'm drawing
26 > a blank for "keywords" or ideas to search out this problem.....
27 > It use to work fine, so I'm guessing it's a thunderbird bug.
28 > Where would I search out those sorts of bugs?
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30 > Could this be my bug?:
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32 > https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-10.html
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34 > I use thunderbird, not seamonkey, for email....
35 >
36 > ideas?
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38 > James
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[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug? James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>