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Luke: Thunderbird 3 not sending my emails!

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Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server smtp.east.cox.net. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that server or contact your service provider.

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Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server smtp.east.cox.net. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that server or contact your service provider.

Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server smtp.east.cox.net. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that server or contact your service provider. == Troubleshooting information == Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server smtp.east.cox.net. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that server or contact your service provider.

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This forum is for Firefox support, not Thunderbird support. The best place to go would be http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/support/

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I have moved from outlook to thunderbird it imported and finished correctly i can not send mails to any of my contacts can u guys please help