Regarding having correct settings for smtp server...After working fine for a couple of years, in May my Thunderbird email client starting getting an error when trying to … (Lesen Sie mehr)
Regarding having correct settings for smtp server...After working fine for a couple of years, in May my Thunderbird email client starting getting an error when trying to send email, requiring having to wait and retry multiple times to get the email to send without getting the timeout error.
I spent a lot of time in May to resolve without success, then a lot more time this month. I have tried several different settings for "Authentication method" and "Connection Security"
The smtp settings specified by my email provider, WOW, either don't match the Thunderbird options, or result in error. A different set of settings I tried seem to work, as well as a variation of what a WOW rep emailed to me in May. However I wonder if either of these settings cause any security issues to be concerned about--that is my main question now, since sending email seems to be working fine again.
1) The other week I set smtp server settings to
Authentication method: Normal password
Connection Security: STARTTLS
That has been working fine for a couple weeks without error.
However since WOW says they don't support STARTTLS is that a problem to specify those settings?
2) What one WOW rep specified in May on a screen shot with a handwritten note:
Authentication method: Normal password
Connection Security: None
However when I specify "Connection Security: None" the only option allowed for Authentication method is: "Password, transmitted insecurely."
Email seems to work without error with those settings. However is "Password, transmitted insecurely" a problem? Or is that OK? (Transmitted Insecurely doesn't sound reassuring!)
In multiple calls and hours of time with my email provider, WOW, they say they don't have any information about what the settings should be for Thunderbird, and despite their efforts have not been very helpful. Attached is some information they have provided on different occasions, or from the web site.
Screen shot -- Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings
Standard POP3 Server information
Email Server Settings