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I can check incoming mail via acsalaska.net [Firefox] + usually also on Thunderbird/Inbox - not now, I managed to mess with the connection between these two - incoming mail does not show on Thunderbird for some reason

Hello Firefox helpers.

I have had a Onetel e-mail address for over 25years, OneTel was acquired sometime ago by TalkTalk and this may have been when the issue started.

I can only, at the moment, receive e-mails to OneTel when using Thunderbird, I cannot send from the account when I use the Thunderbird/Mozilla template.

After many hours of trying to work out why this was happening, with the help of an IT angel, she discovered that Thunderbird was not connected to the OneTel outgoing Server port (number 25) and thus nothing could be sent. How do I ask Thunderbird to connect to Port #25?

At present, I'm sending from another account and copying in my OneTel address.

Any help with this would be gratefully received.

Regards, Dick Goodwin.

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