[gentoo-user] thunderbird bug?

[gentoo-user] thunderbird bug?

[James]

Hello,

When I try to click an email address in Craigslist to respond
to a poster, I get this error message:

Sending of message failed.
An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server
smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but
you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that
server or contact your service provider.


However, when I just cut and paste the same identical email address
into the to field of thunderbird, it works perfectly. I'm drawing 
a blank for "keywords" or ideas to search out this problem.....
It use to work fine, so I'm guessing it's a thunderbird bug.
Where would I search out those sorts of bugs?

Could this be my bug?:

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-10.html

I use thunderbird, not  seamonkey, for email....

ideas?

James

Re: [gentoo-user] thunderbird bug?

[Jeremy McSpadden]

Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix.

--
Jeremy McSpadden
deface@uberpenguin.net




On May 24, 2011, at 2:57 PM, James wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> When I try to click an email address in Craigslist to respond
> to a poster, I get this error message:
> 
> Sending of message failed.
> An error occurred sending mail: Unable to authenticate to SMTP server
> smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com. It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but
> you have chosen to use authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for that
> server or contact your service provider.
> 
> 
> However, when I just cut and paste the same identical email address
> into the to field of thunderbird, it works perfectly. I'm drawing 
> a blank for "keywords" or ideas to search out this problem.....
> It use to work fine, so I'm guessing it's a thunderbird bug.
> Where would I search out those sorts of bugs?
> 
> Could this be my bug?:
> 
> https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-10.html
> 
> I use thunderbird, not  seamonkey, for email....
> 
> ideas?
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

[James]

Jeremy McSpadden <deface <at> uberpenguin.net> writes:


> Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix.

Been down that road can had conversations with ISP admins.
That's not the issue. The same email address works, if
I cut and past it into the "To" field of thunderbird.
All other email address work just fine from thunderbird.

I cannot find any related bugs......?


Does "click the blue redirected address" work on craigslist for
 anyone running thunderbird on Gentoo?


If so, it might be my flag setting?

R   ] mail-client/thunderbird-3.1.10  USE="alsa crypt dbus 
gnome ldap libnotify lightning startup-notification

I'm running kde 4.6, if that should matter...
I'm going to rebuild thunderbird, just for grins.

Stumped.

James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

[Adam Carter]

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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:18 PM, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Jeremy McSpadden <deface <at> uberpenguin.net> writes:
>
>
> > Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix.
>
> Been down that road can had conversations with ISP admins.
> That's not the issue. The same email address works, if
> I cut and past it into the "To" field of thunderbird.
> All other email address work just fine from thunderbird.
>
>
Yes the auth message is bogus because you dont use different SMTP servers
per email message, and the auth message is only being triggered on a
particular message. Other messages work fine (- did i get that right James?)

As a troubleshooting step - have you tried a new profile? IIRC the windows
version has a profile manager, if the linux version doesnt have the same
then just move the .thunderbird directory so it will re-create it with
defaults when you launch it again.

I'm not at my linux machine now, so the details may be a bit off.

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[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

[James]

Adam Carter <adamcarter3 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The same email address works, if
> I cut and past it into the "To" field of thunderbird.
> All other email address work just fine from thunderbird.

> Yes the auth message is bogus because you dont use different SMTP servers per 
> email message, and the auth message is only being triggered on a particular
> message. Other messages work fine (- did i get that right James?)

Well yes. ALL responses I try in Craigslist do this, as well as other sites
where you click and printed email address and the message pops us. Not just
a singular email address but every message of a particular type. Here is
another page with the same problem; but yet I can copy the email address
into the "to" field on a thunderbird message and it goes through just fine.

http://king.mysdhc.org/Admin2?plugin=RWD&Templates=RWD&object=/FACULTY CONTACT
LIST &infobar=no&ConfPosition=2



> As a  troubleshooting step - have you tried a new profile? IIRC the 
> windows version has a profile manager, if the linux version doesnt 
> have the same then just move the .thunderbird directory so it 
> will re-create it with defaults when you launch it again. 


Well I'll copy the .thunderbird file to a new dir (so I can browse it later)
and see how this works.....


James

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

[walt]

On 05/26/2011 09:58 AM, James wrote:
> Adam Carter <adamcarter3 <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> As a  troubleshooting step - have you tried a new profile? IIRC the 
>> windows version has a profile manager, if the linux version doesnt 
>> have the same then just move the .thunderbird directory so it 
>> will re-create it with defaults when you launch it again. 
> 
> 
> Well I'll copy the .thunderbird file to a new dir (so I can browse it later)
> and see how this works.....

Both thunderbird and firefox can be started from a command prompt
with the -ProfileManager option.  Can be very useful for debugging
things like this.

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

[James]

walt <w41ter <at> gmail.com> writes:


> Both thunderbird and firefox can be started from a command prompt
> with the -ProfileManager option.  Can be very useful for debugging
> things like this.


I give this a whirl, just not right now.

thanks, I'll post back if I cannot figure it
out.

My guess since it just showed up  with only routine
updates during the last few weeks (too busy to track
down) it's related to something that needs a rebuild.
No major config changes ....


James