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Outgoing SMTP on Multiple Accounts FAIL

Warangel
Warangel
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I'm new to Thunderbird. Using v 31.0

I have multiple email accounts hooked in, all with separate outgoing SMTP defined. They all work ... and then they don't.

What happens is that regardless of which email account I use to send a mail, the SMTP changes itself back to the Default, which will not work unless I'm on that default email account.

I go to the specific account Settings, and sure enough SMTP is set back to Default. I change it. I can send my email.

I go to send another and this process repeats itself.

It's incredibly problematic to have to manually specific the SMTP every single time I want to send an email.

Why is it forgetting its individual account settings?

How do I fix this?

I'm new to Thunderbird. Using v 31.0 I have multiple email accounts hooked in, all with separate outgoing SMTP defined. They all work ... and then they don't. What happens is that regardless of which email account I use to send a mail, the SMTP changes itself back to the Default, which will not work unless I'm on that default email account. I go to the specific account Settings, and sure enough SMTP is set back to Default. I change it. I can send my email. I go to send another and this process repeats itself. It's incredibly problematic to have to manually specific the SMTP every single time I want to send an email. Why is it forgetting its individual account settings? How do I fix this?

Chosen solution

Are you using on or are you using several identities for the accounts?

Each account can have several identities using a specific SMTP server each. Make sure they are set to what you want.

There is full information about such configuration at this MozillaZine page.

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Fabián Rodríguez
Fabián Rodríguez
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Chosen Solution

Are you using on or are you using several identities for the accounts?

Each account can have several identities using a specific SMTP server each. Make sure they are set to what you want.

There is full information about such configuration at this MozillaZine page.

Warangel
Warangel Question owner
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Ah, aha. It was the Manage Identities button portion that was missing for me. That cleared it up. Thank you.

Fabián Rodríguez
Fabián Rodríguez
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Hello,

I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. I also wnated to thank you for selecting the answer that solves the problem, as this will help other users with similar problems find the solution more easily.

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