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Cannot setup existing email account with thunderbird

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dougge
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Have tried both auto and manual server settings setup without success. It's a POP3 account. Same settings and passwords work on three other devices. This is a new computer with newly downloaded version of Thunderbird

Have tried both auto and manual server settings setup without success. It's a POP3 account. Same settings and passwords work on three other devices. This is a new computer with newly downloaded version of Thunderbird

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dougge
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I got it to work only communicating with server using no connection security and password sent insecure. Why is this when all my other devices use the starttls and ssl/tls method?

sfhowes
sfhowes
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The mail apps on the other devices probably don't block servers with lower versions of TLS, like TB 78.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1295861