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On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:11:35 +0000 Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:41:14 +0000 > Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Neil, > > >emails. At a quick glance I see that the SMTP port on the laptop is > >set at 465, the port on the desktop is 587. And the desktop > >complains that it needs some authentication, although I have it set > >up to not need any. > > Your laptop is using SSL on port 465. The desk machine, being on port > 587 will complain about lack of authorisation. > > Several options fro the desktop; > > Change SMTP to port 25, leave authorisation off. > Leave SMTP port at 587 and turn on STARTTLS. > Change SMTP to port 465 and turn on SSL. > On Thunderbird I have changed the port to 25 and no authorisation. I have several accounts and I have just the one SMTP server. It seems to work for some of them, but not all the time. I am trying this with claws email. Hope it works. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq