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I cannot send email through Hughesnet email service

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I have all my server settings set correctly according to Hughesnet but thunderbird tells me my login failed when I try to send any emails using my hughesnet smtp server. All my other accounts send okay using different smtp servers. I am frustrated that my main email account doesn't let me send emails. According to hughesnet my setings should be Outgoing server name: smtp.hughes.net Outgoing server port: 587 I have tried using SSL and that diddn;t help. I have tried different combinations of security settings that I could think of and none of them seem to help. I still get the login failed error message. I am at a loss as to the problem. Can anyone give me a hint as to what might be wrong with my settings?

I have all my server settings set correctly according to Hughesnet but thunderbird tells me my login failed when I try to send any emails using my hughesnet smtp server. All my other accounts send okay using different smtp servers. I am frustrated that my main email account doesn't let me send emails. According to hughesnet my setings should be Outgoing server name: smtp.hughes.net Outgoing server port: 587 I have tried using SSL and that diddn;t help. I have tried different combinations of security settings that I could think of and none of them seem to help. I still get the login failed error message. I am at a loss as to the problem. Can anyone give me a hint as to what might be wrong with my settings?

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Most providers using port 587 require SSL to be enabled. Seems odd that your provider cannot give you the correct settings for their servers since they set them up.