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    thunderbird servers not working?

    hello everyone!

    i am trying to setup my email account in thunderbird 12.0.1 (ubuntu precise pangolin 64 bits) and the automatic configuration gives the following message:
    "thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account"
    when i tried to setup my account in a notebook with ubuntu lucid lynx it gives the same message...and i also tried setting using a second notebook with windows and it worked creating an account.
    yesterday when i used icedove on debian i could check my emails.

    When searching on the web, i found in forums people with the same messages, and that was solved when they closed their antivirus (that was a windows forum)

    when i try to manually configure my account, this is possible to create, but at the first check, thunderbird says that was impossible to connect to server.

    changing "port" from "auto" to 143 (imap) or 587 (smtp) is enough for making the "create account" button avaliable to click on, but when i click it says : configuration could not be verified - is the username of password wrong?


    has anyone here issues with thunderbird too?

    thanks in advance and kind regards

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    Post Re: thunderbird servers not working?

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    Hello Wilker ,

    I'm getting the exact same error .. trying to figure out why it fails as did work fine before i re-install 12.04 !
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    Re: thunderbird servers not working?

    I just gave it another try .. and it worked fine , unbelievable !

    i guess it was related to my network connection ..
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    Re: thunderbird servers not working?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sary.sa View Post
    I just gave it another try .. and it worked fine , unbelievable !

    i guess it was related to my network connection ..
    Just tried here, the server appears to be down again.

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    Re: thunderbird servers not working?

    well, i had doubts it was about my network, or any configuration...but as you are from different countries and experience the same thing...all one can do is wait.

    thank you!

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