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Thunderbird not fetching mail. Message: "could not connect to server mail.bigpond.com. Thenonnection was refused. Note: Webmail working.

Thunderbird not fetching mail. Message: "could not connect to server mail.bigpond.com. Thenonnection was refused. Note: Webmail working.

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Hmm, webmail doe not use mail.bigpond.com, never did.

It is years since I abandoned Telstra email, but I don't think anything uses those server name any longer. I will just google that assumption.

Perhaps try using the settings provided by Telstra here https://www.telstra.com.au/support/email/imap-pop-smtp-mail-server-settings. mail.bigpond.com is most certainly wrong.

Note account settings can be found by right clicking the account in the folder pane. You are not adding a new account here.

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