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How do I fix this error: Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.domain timed out.

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Hi,

I keep on getting this error: "Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.domain timed out. "

I uninstall my antivirus program but still I get this message.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Hi, I keep on getting this error: "Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.domain timed out. " I uninstall my antivirus program but still I get this message. Thank you very much for your assistance.

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ok that all sounds wrong.

Please do the following:
  • Click the Thunderbird application menu at the top right , then click the Help menu and select Troubleshooting Information from the submenu.

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  • At the top of the page, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
  • Now, go back to your forum post and click inside the reply box. Press Ctrl+V to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.
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Hi Matt, See below details:

 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 24.4.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0
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             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20140316131045
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Crash Reports: about:crashes
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.businessfacultyjobs.com:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.businessfacultyjobs.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.liberalartsfacultyjobs.com:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.liberalartsfacultyjobs.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true
   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) mail.educationfacultyjobs.com:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.educationfacultyjobs.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true
 Extensions
   Send Later, 4.2.2, true, sendlater3@kamens.us
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   Name: Value
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     Vendor ID (GPU #2): 0x10de
     Device ID (GPU #2): 0x1140
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     Direct2D Enabled: false
     DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.3.9600.16384)
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     WebGL Renderer: false
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 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.10.2
     4.10.2
     NSS
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.15.4
     3.15.4
     NSS SSL
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
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I also have this problem. It happens once in a while, and sometimes then works for that email by closing Thunderbird and reopening it, sometimes not. Sometimes fixed by removing some contents of the message to be sent (nothing I can see was wrong with the content). It's happening right now.

My email server is at godaddy.

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Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 24.6.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20140610001341
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Crash Reports: about:crashes
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (pop3) pop-server.roadrunner.com:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp-server.roadrunner.com:465, SSL, none, true
 Extensions
   Bug 352694 Workaround, 1.0, false, bug352694@design-noir.de
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     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 589979a5-43cc-4829-82f8-4b26f560257
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     NSS
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     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.15.4
     3.15.4
     NSS SSL
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.15.4 Basic ECC
     3.15.4 Basic ECC