PC / Thunderbird problem

GeoffC · 03-21-2009, 06:48 AM

For the technical wizards out there, your help would be appreciated.

I use Thunderbird as my mail program. Pipex is my ISP.

I have 2 email addresses. My main one is on the Pipex account. Every now and then this refuses to transmit (smtp server unable to accept or is refusing connections), whilst in all other aspects it is fine.

In order to 'test' sending and eliminate router/ISP issues, I created a google mail account, also through Thunderbird (not web).

When my Pipex mail refuses to transmit, I use the google mail account, which has never failed.

I can ping the Pipex smtp server on port 25, so the 'problem' does not "seem" to be with them.

It has been suggested the issue relates to something on my PC, especially as other accounts in the household (on other PCs networked through the router) don't have the same problem.

If anyone has a clue, I would appreciate it....

(XP Pro)

pshrynk · 03-21-2009, 09:47 AM

I thought you were having a problem with coming up with a politically correct way to refer to your drunk relatives who keep drinking all your Thunderbird.

GeoffC · 03-21-2009, 10:05 AM

scuse me for being more than silly !!!

pshrynk · 03-21-2009, 10:06 AM

Well, I'll let it pass this time. Hope there's someone on the board today who can help you fix the problem.

GeoffC · 03-21-2009, 10:07 AM

your eminence is truely upstanding ....

03-21-2009, 06:48 AM	#1
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	PC / Thunderbird problem For the technical wizards out there, your help would be appreciated. I use Thunderbird as my mail program. Pipex is my ISP. I have 2 email addresses. My main one is on the Pipex account. Every now and then this refuses to transmit (smtp server unable to accept or is refusing connections), whilst in all other aspects it is fine. In order to 'test' sending and eliminate router/ISP issues, I created a google mail account, also through Thunderbird (not web). When my Pipex mail refuses to transmit, I use the google mail account, which has never failed. I can ping the Pipex smtp server on port 25, so the 'problem' does not "seem" to be with them. It has been suggested the issue relates to something on my PC, especially as other accounts in the household (on other PCs networked through the router) don't have the same problem. If anyone has a clue, I would appreciate it.... (XP Pro)

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03-21-2009, 09:47 AM	#2
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I thought you were having a problem with coming up with a politically correct way to refer to your drunk relatives who keep drinking all your Thunderbird.

03-21-2009, 10:05 AM	#3
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	scuse me for being more than silly !!!

03-21-2009, 10:06 AM	#4
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, I'll let it pass this time. Hope there's someone on the board today who can help you fix the problem.

03-21-2009, 10:07 AM	#5
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	your eminence is truely upstanding ....

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