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Everytime I send an e-mail I have to reenter the outgoing Server information to get it to send.

davewhitearcata
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When I try to send an e-mail I get an error message to the effect that the program can't connect with the outgoing server. If I go into the account settings, click on the current outgoing server, click edit, make NO changes, close out, it will send the message. What gives?

When I try to send an e-mail I get an error message to the effect that the program can't connect with the outgoing server. If I go into the account settings, click on the current outgoing server, click edit, make NO changes, close out, it will send the message. What gives?

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user1121639
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It sounds like something is corrupted with that account in Thunderbird. I recommend re-creating the account.

If it is a POP account, then move all the e-mail from it to the Local Folders so you don't lose the e-mails. Remove the account (making sure that the SMTP server is removed also), then create the account again.

If it is an IMAP account, then all the e-mail in it should be on the server, so you don't have to worry about losing the e-mails in it. Just remove the account (again, making sure the SMTP server is removed also), then create the account again.