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Error: "thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account"
I have email service with 1and1.com. I have been using thunderbird (TB) in conjunction with my 1and1 email service of over 20 years. I currently have several 1and1 emai… (read more)
I have email service with 1and1.com. I have been using thunderbird (TB) in conjunction with my 1and1 email service of over 20 years. I currently have several 1and1 email accounts set up and working fine on TB. The problem is, I cannot add a new 1and1 email account.
Yes, I know exactly how to add a 1and1 email account to TB. I have been trying for days to add a new account, to no avail. All setting have been checked, double checked, triple checked and quadruple checked to the point of insanity. Everything is set up correctly. Here is what happens.
1and1 accounts have to be set up manually. After entering all the correct settings manually and pressing enter, I get the error message; :thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account". The account set up box freezes at this point and will not retest the settings no matter how many times I press the Retest button.
As I have already stated, I have other 1and1 accounts setup and working fine on this install of TB. But I have tried truing off my firewall and anti-virus anyways. But to no avail. Also, this account was installed and working fine on a previous install of TB on this same computer. My Hard drive died and I am in process of recovering from the crash and getting the new drive and OS all setup.
Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. here are the 1and1 settings for TB. https://my.1and1.com/mail-client-setup?mail-id=129929150&mail-address=explorer%40thejungleexplorer.com&mail-account-id=161742979&mail-type=BASIC&linkId=ct.btn.email-account-details.table.setup-email-client#