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The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS

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I've checked that server settings are STARTTLS and updated TB to the latest version, also restarted the computer. I still get the same message An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again.

I've checked that server settings are STARTTLS and updated TB to the latest version, also restarted the computer. I still get the same message An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again.

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You're showing us the Write window. Try again in the main Thunderbird window.

Maybe you checked the incoming (POP/IMAP) settings and not the outgoing (SMTP) settings?

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Please post your Troubleshooting Information. Help (Alt-H) - Troubleshooting Information

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Perhaps I am blind, I cannot find the trouble shooting information.

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You're showing us the Write window. Try again in the main Thunderbird window.

Maybe you checked the incoming (POP/IMAP) settings and not the outgoing (SMTP) settings?

Modified by Zenos

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Perhaps I am blind, I cannot find the trouble shooting information.

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Ah, much better thanks Zenos


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 38.3.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150928051427
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (pop3) mail.nzcylinders.com:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordEncrypted
     OUTGOING: mail.engineservices.co.nz:587, plain, passwordEncrypted, true
   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.engineservices.co.nz:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordEncrypted
     OUTGOING: mail.engineservices.co.nz:587, plain, passwordEncrypted, true
   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) mail.engineservices.co.nz:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordEncrypted
     OUTGOING: mail.engineservices.co.nz:587, plain, passwordEncrypted, true
   account5:
     INCOMING: account5, , (imap) mail.nzcylinders.com:143, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.nzcylinders.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordEncrypted, true
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   http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-880fb510-5960-4098-9a67-f37922150920 (20/09/2015)
   http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-370152a7-dc94-4ae5-a095-a304c2150914 (15/09/2015)
   http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-c0640118-2528-4795-b080-e69fe2150901 (2/09/2015)
   http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-f644bda1-5820-406c-b925-bdf2c2150901 (2/09/2015)
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   Silvermel and Charamel XT, 1.6.1, false, silvermelxt@pardal.de
   Thunderbird Conversations, 2.10, false, gconversation@xulforum.org
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Too many characters, here's the last part of the report. SERVER\HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102.print_margin_top: 0.5

     print.printer_\\DG-SERVER\HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102.print_oddpages: true
     print.printer_\\DG-SERVER\HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102.print_orientation: 0
     print.printer_\\DG-SERVER\HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102.print_page
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Zenos, you are correct Maybe you checked the incoming (POP/IMAP) settings and not the outgoing (SMTP) settings? Problem solved, thank you