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Sending of message failed -- please verify that your account settings are correct.

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I have had Thunderbird set up and working for years with multiple accounts. Suddenly today I can't send any messages from ANY of my accounts with multiple email hosts. The message I get from each of them is:

Sending of message failed. Please verify that your Mail & Newsgroups account settings are correct and try again.

I have verified my settings. The look set up the same way they always do. I can send email with those same settings from my phone (K9 Mail program on Android.)

All my accounts can receive mail in Thunderbird. I get new messages and I can read them.

If I try to save a message as a draft over IMAP I get the error:

Unable to save your message as a draft. Please verify that your Mail & Newsgroups account settings are correct and try again.

What could have possibly changed to make Thunderbird exhibit this behavior? I tried downgrading thunderbird to the previous version and it still exhibited the same behavior. I tried running in safe mode without any extensions and it still exhibited the same behavior. Here is my troubleshooting information: 


 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.7.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0
   Profile Directory: Open Directory

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150511105107
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (imap) sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false
     OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false

   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (imap) secure.emailsrvr.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: secure.emailsrvr.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (imap) secure.emailsrvr.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: secure.emailsrvr.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account5:
     INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account6:
     INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

 Crash Reports

 Extensions
   Flat Folder Tree, 1.1.2, true, flatfoldertree@hdgadgets.com
   Google Contacts, 0.7.12, true, {BDD92442-0534-4D6F-A966-BAB7D561D781}
   NoComposeAccount, 1.3.1, true, noComposeAccount@mi.tal
   Xpunge, 0.6, true, {786abda0-fd14-d247-bf69-38b2fc18491b}
   Enigmail, 1.7.2, false, {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}
   Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration, 1.3.1, false, messagingmenu@mozilla.com

 Important Modified Preferences

   Name: Value

     accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.7.0
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: cbdcac30-9bd0-4a88-9a66-31a0abff554
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1435582206
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
     plugin.importedState: true

 Graphics

     Adapter Description: X.Org -- Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620
     Vendor ID: X.Org
     Device ID: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620
     Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.2
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0

     AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
     AzureContentBackend: cairo

 JavaScript

 Incremental GC: 1

 Accessibility

   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0

 Library Versions

     Expected minimum version
     Version in use

     NSPR
     4.10.6
     4.10.6

     NSS
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

     NSS Util
     3.16.2.3
     3.16.2.3

     NSS SSL
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

     NSS S/MIME
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
I have had Thunderbird set up and working for years with multiple accounts. Suddenly today I can't send any messages from ANY of my accounts with multiple email hosts. The message I get from each of them is: Sending of message failed. Please verify that your Mail & Newsgroups account settings are correct and try again. I have verified my settings. The look set up the same way they always do. I can send email with those same settings from my phone (K9 Mail program on Android.) All my accounts can receive mail in Thunderbird. I get new messages and I can read them. If I try to save a message as a draft over IMAP I get the error: Unable to save your message as a draft. Please verify that your Mail & Newsgroups account settings are correct and try again. What could have possibly changed to make Thunderbird exhibit this behavior? I tried downgrading thunderbird to the previous version and it still exhibited the same behavior. I tried running in safe mode without any extensions and it still exhibited the same behavior. Here is my troubleshooting information: Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 31.7.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 Profile Directory: Open Directory (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20150511105107 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false OUTGOING: sub4.mail.dreamhost.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, false account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext account3: INCOMING: account3, , (imap) secure.emailsrvr.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: secure.emailsrvr.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true account4: INCOMING: account4, , (imap) secure.emailsrvr.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: secure.emailsrvr.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true account5: INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true account6: INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true Crash Reports Extensions Flat Folder Tree, 1.1.2, true, flatfoldertree@hdgadgets.com Google Contacts, 0.7.12, true, {BDD92442-0534-4D6F-A966-BAB7D561D781} NoComposeAccount, 1.3.1, true, noComposeAccount@mi.tal Xpunge, 0.6, true, {786abda0-fd14-d247-bf69-38b2fc18491b} Enigmail, 1.7.2, false, {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5} Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration, 1.3.1, false, messagingmenu@mozilla.com Important Modified Preferences Name: Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.7.0 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: cbdcac30-9bd0-4a88-9a66-31a0abff554 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1435582206 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.importedState: true Graphics Adapter Description: X.Org -- Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 Vendor ID: X.Org Device ID: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.2 WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0 AzureCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureContentBackend: cairo JavaScript Incremental GC: 1 Accessibility Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.10.6 4.10.6 NSS 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS Util 3.16.2.3 3.16.2.3 NSS SSL 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS S/MIME 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

Chosen solution

The problem was that my /tmp directory was not mounted. I'm not sure why it wasn't mounted, but rebooting fixed the mount.

Thunderbird was getting IO errors when trying to create temporary files. The error messages were misleading making me think it had to do with mail accounts.

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Chosen Solution

The problem was that my /tmp directory was not mounted. I'm not sure why it wasn't mounted, but rebooting fixed the mount.

Thunderbird was getting IO errors when trying to create temporary files. The error messages were misleading making me think it had to do with mail accounts.

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I have the same problem. How do you mount a temp directory in Win XP?