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Public Wifi Connection issues

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andrewdtfoster
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HI all

I can see I am not the only one who has this type of issue. I seem to have an issue sending and receiving e-mails over guest wifi networks, and this is becoming a pain that makes me think I should bin thunderbird. Looking through the threads, and with my limited technical ability, I can't see the problem. Using a VPN doesn't seem to help. I've attached my server settings, Any help would be gratefully received.

Andy

HI all I can see I am not the only one who has this type of issue. I seem to have an issue sending and receiving e-mails over guest wifi networks, and this is becoming a pain that makes me think I should bin thunderbird. Looking through the threads, and with my limited technical ability, I can't see the problem. Using a VPN doesn't seem to help. I've attached my server settings, Any help would be gratefully received. Andy
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Stans
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What makes you so sure that Thunderbird is at fault and not the highly restrictive guest networks whose configurations you have no control over?

andrewdtfoster
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Hi Stans, Thanks for your response. I can't be sure about that, however I am not going to be check every public wifi I connect to, so it does suggest I should move to another email client that hasn't given me this problem.

Stans
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Whatever works, right?

Oh well, if you do decide to give Thunderbird a shot before switching over, I can only think of one thing that could interfere with its communications over public wifi that you can actually control, and that is your security program. Those that have a firewall functionality often apply policies depending on the network you're connected to. They treat public wifi as untrusted, unless you configure them to handle things differently. A quick test, would be to disable your firewall and see if Thunderbird still has problems.