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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Unable to connect The connection was refused when attempting to contact live.mozillamessaging.com.

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As of April 28th, I am unable to connect to my email account. Internet connection working fine. Account data is correct

Error message is:

Unable to connect

The connection was refused when attempting to contact live.mozillamessaging.com.

As of April 28th, I am unable to connect to my email account. Internet connection working fine. Account data is correct Error message is: Unable to connect The connection was refused when attempting to contact live.mozillamessaging.com.

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That sounds like your anti virus program blocking Thunderbird.

Nortons is perhaps the worst for this, but it is not alone. Go into whatever passes for a firewall component and make sure Thunderbird is explicitly allowed access to the internet. A setting of Automatic is not adequate.