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cant send emails from my thunderbird

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Julie Adorini
Julie Adorini

I get this message when I try to send emails Sending of message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: mf-505: Sender Policy - Relay Denied. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again. How to I find out this information

I get this message when I try to send emails Sending of message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: mf-505: Sender Policy - Relay Denied. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again. How to I find out this information

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Googlethunderbird.
Googlethunderbird.

Hello there Julie adorini

User said : mf-505: Sender Policy - Relay Denied.



Can you send us that troubleshooting information and paste it into our input field?


The mf-505: Sender Policy - Relay Denied error in Mozilla Thunderbird means the outgoing SMTP server is rejecting your message because your login credentials do not match your sender address, authentication is turned off, or you are using the wrong mail server for your network


How to Copy Troubleshooting DataClick the menu button (three horizontal lines ≡) in the top right corner of Thunderbird.Select Help, then click Troubleshooting Information.Find and click the button labeled Copy text to clipboard.

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