Sending messages via Sympatico

To configure Thunderbird to send messages via your Sympatico email account, make sure your account settings are set as shown below.

To open the Account Settings dialog, select Tools > Account Settings from the menu. Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the account list on the left side of the dialog. Your Sympatico server should be shown on the right. Click it, and then click the Edit button. The account settings should be as follows:

Description: any descriptive name
Server Name: smtphm.sympatico.ca
Port: 25 (or 587 if port 25 does not work)
Use name and password: Checked
User name: your email address (e.g: jsmith@sympatico.ca or jsmith@bell.net)
Use secure authentication: UNCHECKED
Connection security: STARTTLS

Make sure that this outgoing server is assigned to your Sympatico email account. In the Account Settings dialog, click on your Sympatico account in the list on the left side. The Outgoing Server (SMTP) displayed on the right side at the bottom should be the Sympatico SMTP account you configured above.