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why does thunderbird keep having time outs

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copo1969
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When I try to send an email ( not every time) thunderbird goes into a time out, the email fails to send.

When I try to send an email ( not every time) thunderbird goes into a time out, the email fails to send.

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Matt
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Try disabling your anti virus from scanning outgoing email.

What anti virus do you use?

copo1969
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Hi Matt I am using Windows Defender, I will try to disable the anti virus from scanning my outgoing mail......thanks.

Matt
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In the case of windows defender, it has no email scanner, try creating an exclusion for Thunderbird.exe. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/instantanswers/64495205-6ddb-4da1-8534-1aeaf64c0af8/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-defender-antivirus

But include the path to the file in program files as discussed in the next link as not doing so creates a big security hole. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/5gf38v/when_excluding_a_process_in_windows_defender_do_i/