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Cannot send email. SOLVED: My VPN (PIA) was blocking them.

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jes49
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I have used Thunderbird for about a year, but I can no longer send emails. Whenever I try, I get a "login to server failed" error message. I have not changed any outgoing settings. I can login to my email provider with my email address and password with no problem. I have tried the suggestions found in the forum help: Verify smtp settings, delete smtp password, run in safe mode, turned off my security software (Norton Security). Any help would be appreciated.

I have used Thunderbird for about a year, but I can no longer send emails. Whenever I try, I get a "login to server failed" error message. I have not changed any outgoing settings. I can login to my email provider with my email address and password with no problem. I have tried the suggestions found in the forum help: Verify smtp settings, delete smtp password, run in safe mode, turned off my security software (Norton Security). Any help would be appreciated.

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I just found out what was preventing me from sending emails. My VPN (PIA) was blocking them. I sent a message to PIA describing the issue. So I can either turn off my VPN before sending emails or PIA will correct it. Thanks for your help.

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christ1
christ1
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What happens when you attempt to send a message?

Please post your Troubleshooting Information. At the top right of the Thunderbird window, click the menu button , then select Help > Troubleshooting Information. Press the Copy text to clipboard button and paste the information into your reply.

jes49
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Application Basics 

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 45.7.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20170124052806
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) pop-server.twcny.rr.com:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: , smtp-server.twcny.rr.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true

 Crash Reports

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   CompactHeader, 2.1.0, true, {58D4392A-842E-11DE-B51A-C7B855D89593}
   Lightning, 4.7.7, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}

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 JavaScript

 Incremental GC: 1

 Accessibility

   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0

 Library Versions

     Expected minimum version
     Version in use

     NSPR
     4.12
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     NSS
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC

     NSS Util
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     NSS SSL
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC

     NSS S/MIME
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
christ1
christ1
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Again: What happens when you attempt to send a message?

user01229325
user01229325
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SMTP port 587 usually requires some type of connection security. You have it set to None Try STARTTLS.

jes49
jes49 Question owner
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When I try to send an email, I get the message "Login to server smtp-server.twcny.rr.com failed" followed by the "Retry", "Enter new password", and "Cancel" buttons. "Retry" does not work. "Enter new password" with the correct password does not work. "Cancel" works.

jes49
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Chosen Solution

I just found out what was preventing me from sending emails. My VPN (PIA) was blocking them. I sent a message to PIA describing the issue. So I can either turn off my VPN before sending emails or PIA will correct it. Thanks for your help.