[SOLVED] Thunderbird and SSL

tamtam · 06-22-2013, 11:19 AM

Having trouble setting up Thunderbird email accounts. Seems that it defaults to none for SSL/TLS. When I select SSL/TLS it cannot verify the accounts settings.

Tried this with couple of my email providers. Know the credentials and such are fine.

I tried the same settings on Fedora and it seems to activate the accounts fine.

Any ideas?

tronayne · 06-22-2013, 02:42 PM

Using Thunderbird for Gmail' pop server, pop.gmail.com, requires Port 995 with SSL/TLS connection security enabled and normal password for authentication method.

The outgoing server (smtp.googlemai.com) requires port 465, your email address, normal password and SSL/TLS connection security.

You'll need to know the appropriate settings for whatever server you're using (they're not the defaults in Thunderbird).

Hope this helps some.

tamtam · 06-23-2013, 04:08 AM

Thank you for the reply tronayne.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tronayne

Using Thunderbird for Gmail' pop server, pop.gmail.com, requires Port 995 with SSL/TLS connection security enabled and normal password for authentication method.

The outgoing server (smtp.googlemai.com) requires port 465, your email address, normal password and SSL/TLS connection security.

You'll need to know the appropriate settings for whatever server you're using (they're not the defaults in Thunderbird).

Hope this helps some.

I do know the settings and the port. It may well work for gmail but it does not work for any of the accounts I need to set up.

There may be others who are having the same problem, as I tried setting up the same accounts on a different machine also running slackware. I can also set up the accounts in other distros fine.

tamtam · 06-23-2013, 04:50 AM

Tried a workaround which worked. Thunderbird could not verify the account with SSL. So activated the account with no encryption. Then manually enabled SSL/TLS from Edit > Account Settings.

cmyster · 06-23-2013, 04:51 AM

Hi,
A little explanation about the "autoconfig": https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...oconfiguration
Furthermore, as long as the ports are open and the client can reach the server and ask it for settings, you should be fine.
Personally I have seen cases that settings up Google IMAP (for my personal account) took a few tries.
If however the same application with the same application version that is compiled with the same version of the email provider database constantly succeeds on Fedora and constantly fails on Slack then it is a different case.

tronayne · 06-23-2013, 05:51 AM

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the automagic set up in Thunderbird doesn't, and I've needed to manually edit the settings (just haven't done it in a long time). Seems like you got it, though, so all should be well that ends, eh? It was a lot easier just doing it manually to begin with before they stuck that "tool" in there, but such is the world of click-'n'-drool, I suppose.

Glad you got it going.