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Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Old Codger Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:09 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email David P wrote: Quote: Any Thunderbird users around please? Yes Quote: I'm having a problem with it connecting to my mail servers. Initially it says all 3 servers cannot be found but eventually it finds and downloads from 2 of them. The third still won't download. The problem has only arisen since I moved to broadband and connect through a router. Assuming you have not changed *anything* in Thunderbird I can only assume the problem is with the router, like not having the correct ports open. However, the fact that you can, eventually, collect some mail rather disproves that. Quote: Any suggestions on settings please? Suggest you carefully check *all* the account settings in Thunderbird for all three accounts. If you can revert temporarily to dialup (emergency number with your ISP or a known 0845 dialup with someone else) you can check that all three accounts work properly. Final thought, are you with a new ISP? If so it is just possible that you need to be connected to the appropriate ISP to connect to each account and/or you may need secure authentication, or similar, if not connected to the appropriate ISP. Think this is most unlikely, but possible. -- Old Codger e-mail use reply to field What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make people believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003] Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Howard Neil Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email David P wrote: Quote: Any Thunderbird users around please? I'm having a problem with it connecting to my mail servers. Initially it says all 3 servers cannot be found but eventually it finds and downloads from 2 of them. The third still won't download. The problem has only arisen since I moved to broadband and connect through a router. Any suggestions on settings please? I use Thunderbird and don't have any such problems. When I changed to broadband I did not need to make any changes to settings for e-mail. I wonder if it is a problem with your ISP (the one providing your broadband)? -- Howard Neil Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor David P Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:30 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email In article <4632588d$0$10722$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... Quote: David P wrote: Any Thunderbird users around please? Yes Good <g> Quote: I'm having a problem with it connecting to my mail servers. Initially it says all 3 servers cannot be found but eventually it finds and downloads from 2 of them. The third still won't download. The problem has only arisen since I moved to broadband and connect through a router. Assuming you have not changed *anything* in Thunderbird I can only assume the problem is with the router, like not having the correct ports open. However, the fact that you can, eventually, collect some mail rather disproves that. Yep Quote: Any suggestions on settings please? Suggest you carefully check *all* the account settings in Thunderbird for all three accounts. Done that - but thought I may have missed something obvious like not changing something I should have changed! Quote: If you can revert temporarily to dialup (emergency number with your ISP or a known 0845 dialup with someone else) you can check that all three accounts work properly. Still have a dial up account as standby and it collects fine from them first try. Quote: Final thought, are you with a new ISP? Nope - just upgraded with the same ISP Its a puzzler - that fact that is does get there eventually is really odd -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor David P Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:34 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email In article <463258ad$0$8731$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, Howard Neil says... Quote: David P wrote: Any suggestions on settings please? I use Thunderbird and don't have any such problems. When I changed to broadband I did not need to make any changes to settings for e-mail. I wonder if it is a problem with your ISP (the one providing your broadband)? Its a mystery how its happening, or not IYSWIM. All I did was to upgrade to BB with the same ISP and for some reason it has an erratic collection rate. I'd tried all permutations including downloading with AV and fireall turned off but still the same effects. Maybe it will sort itself - we'll see. Thanks to you and Old Codger for the advice though - at least I know I didn't miss the obvious! -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Old Codger Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:39 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email David P wrote: Quote: In article <4632588d$0$10722$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... David P wrote: Any Thunderbird users around please? Yes Good <g I'm having a problem with it connecting to my mail servers. Initially it says all 3 servers cannot be found but eventually it finds and downloads from 2 of them. The third still won't download. The problem has only arisen since I moved to broadband and connect through a router. Assuming you have not changed *anything* in Thunderbird I can only assume the problem is with the router, like not having the correct ports open. However, the fact that you can, eventually, collect some mail rather disproves that. Yep Any suggestions on settings please? Suggest you carefully check *all* the account settings in Thunderbird for all three accounts. Done that - but thought I may have missed something obvious like not changing something I should have changed! If you can revert temporarily to dialup (emergency number with your ISP or a known 0845 dialup with someone else) you can check that all three accounts work properly. Still have a dial up account as standby and it collects fine from them first try. Suggests the Thunderbird account settings are correct. Quote: Final thought, are you with a new ISP? Nope - just upgraded with the same ISP Its a puzzler - that fact that is does get there eventually is really odd I think I would be scratching around the router settings and/or asking the ISPs support folk for assistance. As Howard says, it might be a problem within your ISP, particularly if they operate traffic management (throttling of specific services). Just thought to look, you are with Plusnet. My guess is that that is where your problem lies, whatever their CS may say. They do operate traffic shaping on, I think, all BB accounts. Haven't heard of this affecting e-mail but I wouldn't be too surprised, particularly if they are not Plusnet e-mail accounts. Try posting on their newsgroups or forums. What a pity you can't just try another BB provider, as you can with dialup. -- Old Codger e-mail use reply to field What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make people believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003] Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor J B Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email "David P" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:MPG.209c6dd340126a129898f2@news.plus.net... Quote: Final thought, are you with a new ISP? Nope - just upgraded with the same ISP It's that famous 'computer speak' word ... "upgraded" It means changed, but not necessarily to something better. ;-) -- J B Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Albert Ross Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:39:03 +0100, Old Codger <oldcodger@anyoldwhere.net> wrote: Quote: Just thought to look, you are with Plusnet. My guess is that that is where your problem lies, whatever their CS may say. They do operate traffic shaping on, I think, all BB accounts. Haven't heard of this affecting e-mail but I wouldn't be too surprised, particularly if they are not Plusnet e-mail accounts. Try posting on their newsgroups or forums. What a pity you can't just try another BB provider, as you can with dialup. Check out the forums on http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ (used to be ADSLGuide) if you can get your MAC from Plusnet you could try some of the providers with no minimum contract such as A&A (hint hint) or Zen, for a month, then move on agreed though it's not so easy I dunno what the original fault might be but I'm having an intermittent problem, every so often I can't get out, can't even ping my router, then suddenly it's back. Either it's some weird conflict between Kaspersky and Outpost or more likely something has been hosed by a Windows Update, I think it was about last Patch Tuesday when this started occurring and it's been a suspiciously long time since a Micro$oft update hosed anything on my systems . . . Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Old Codger Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email Albert Ross wrote: Quote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:39:03 +0100, Old Codger oldcodger@anyoldwhere.net> wrote: Just thought to look, you are with Plusnet. My guess is that that is where your problem lies, whatever their CS may say. They do operate traffic shaping on, I think, all BB accounts. Haven't heard of this affecting e-mail but I wouldn't be too surprised, particularly if they are not Plusnet e-mail accounts. Try posting on their newsgroups or forums. What a pity you can't just try another BB provider, as you can with dialup. Check out the forums on http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ (used to be ADSLGuide) if you can get your MAC from Plusnet you could try some of the providers with no minimum contract such as A&A (hint hint) or Zen, for a month, then move on agreed though it's not so easy Rather more expensive than Plusnet also, admittedly for a significantly better service. -- Old Codger e-mail use reply to field What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make people believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003] Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Steve Firth Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:32 am    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email Albert Ross <spam@dev_null.com.invalid> wrote: Quote: if you can get your MAC from Plusnet you could try some of the providers with no minimum contract such as A&A (hint hint) Yes but A&A is run by a drooling retard, and that's good enough reason not to use them. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor David P Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email In article <59gjv7F2kuml3U1@mid.individual.net>, J B says... Quote: "David P" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:MPG.209c6dd340126a129898f2@news.plus.net... Final thought, are you with a new ISP? Nope - just upgraded with the same ISP It's that famous 'computer speak' word ... "upgraded" It means changed, but not necessarily to something better. ;-) How very true - but I've sorted it now! <smug grin -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor David P Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email In article <46327b89$0$21837$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... Quote: David P wrote: In article <4632588d$0$10722$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... David P wrote: Any Thunderbird users around please? Yes Well, after fiddling around a bit I have discovered an obscure setting in the AV and got it sorted! I *thought* I had swirched the AV off completely when I was trying before but there's a little bit tucked away that really needs ferreting out to either change or switch off. All is now working. <phew> Thnkas for the various suggestions. -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor PlusNet Support Team Guest Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email David P wrote: Quote: In article <46327b89$0$21837$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... David P wrote: In article <4632588d$0$10722$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Old Codger says... David P wrote: Any Thunderbird users around please? Yes Well, after fiddling around a bit I have discovered an obscure setting in the AV and got it sorted! I *thought* I had swirched the AV off completely when I was trying before but there's a little bit tucked away that really needs ferreting out to either change or switch off. All is now working. phew Thnkas for the various suggestions. Hi there, Glad to here all is now sorted. Just to be clear on an assumption made by a former poster: our traffic managment policies will never have a detrimental affect on your ability to send mail. Kind Rgds, -- |Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for |Support Home & Business @ |PlusNet plc. www.plus.net +------ PlusNet - The smarter way to Internet! ----- Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Howard Neil Guest Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email PlusNet Support Team wrote: Quote: Hi there, Glad to here all is now sorted. Just to be clear on an assumption made by a former poster: our traffic managment policies will never have a detrimental affect on your ability to send mail. I see the readership of uba has just gone up market, Bob. :-) -- Howard Neil Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Jill Guest Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Thunderbird email PlusNet Support Team wrote: Quote: Hi there, Glad to here all is now sorted. Just to be clear on an assumption made by a former poster: our traffic managment policies will never have a detrimental affect on your ability to send mail. 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