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I have windows 10 with gmail and thundermail. I receive mail, but can't send it. I get an error of An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server respo

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I have Windows 10 with gmail and thunderbird. I had a virus delivered by a Juno update, Froze freezer, I can receive mail but can't send it. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. tn5sm28752851pac.32 - gsmtp. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again.

Working 2 weeks on this...appreciate your help!

Thanks so much, Jomilt

I have Windows 10 with gmail and thunderbird. I had a virus delivered by a Juno update, Froze freezer, I can receive mail but can't send it. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. tn5sm28752851pac.32 - gsmtp. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again. Working 2 weeks on this...appreciate your help! Thanks so much, Jomilt

Chosen solution

account4: OUTGOING: smtp.gmail.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true

For the Gmail outgoing server you need: Server name: smtp.gmail.com Connection Security: SSL/TLS Port: 465 Authentication: OAuth2

I could not find troubleshooting and my 3 line logo at top right of page..has no help nor troubleshooting..

Just curious, what prevented you from finding the Troubleshooting Information based on Matt's instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1112106#answer-849802 ?

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Please add the troubleshooting information to your post To find the Troubleshooting information:

  • Open Help (or click on three-line-icon and select Help)
  • Choose Troubleshooting Information
  • Use the button Copy to clipboard to select all. Do not check box "Include account names"!
  • Paste this in your post.
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Thanks Matt for your reply, I could not find troubleshooting and my 3 line logo at top right of page..has no help nor troubleshooting.. I love Thunderbird... I'm 77,,, no longer travel and building pretty stationery from ground up is my savior to eat up my days... No other program does this for me.. None are as equal...

I have deleted the program and reinstalled but didn't help.. I have found gmail is fine... so it is my Thunderbird...

Any more suggestions... You know some grandmothers have a gifted computer person in the family... I am the GIFTED one in my family...and always helping the friends and family fix their computers...

Have a good day... thanks, Jomilt

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At the top right of the Thunderbird window, click the menu button , then select Help > Troubleshooting Information. Press the Copy text to clipboard button and paste the information into your reply.

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Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 38.6.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20160211132445
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, OAuth2
     OUTGOING: smtp.gmail.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true
 Crash Reports
 Extensions
   Lightning, 4.0.6, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
 Important Modified Preferences
   Name: Value
     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 38.6.0
     font.internaluseonly.changed: true
     font.name.monospace.el: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas
     font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Comic Sans MS
     font.name.serif.el: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria
     font.size.fixed.el: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-western: 14
     font.size.variable.el: 17
     font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17
     font.size.variable.x-western: 26
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 9ef3acfb-8a79-430c-9b20-a7dcc31eaf8
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1456280992
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 96529
     plugin.importedState: true
 Graphics
     Adapter Description: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
     Vendor ID: 0x1002
     Device ID: 0x9802
     Adapter RAM: 384
     Adapter Drivers: aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
     Driver Version: 15.201.1151.0
     Driver Date: 8-21-2015
     Direct2D Enabled: false
     DirectWrite Enabled: false (10.0.10586.0)
     ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0
     AzureCanvasBackend: skia
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: cairo
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.10.10
     4.10.10
     NSS
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.19.2.2
     3.19.2.2
     NSS SSL
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.2 Basic ECC
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Chosen Solution

account4: OUTGOING: smtp.gmail.com:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true

For the Gmail outgoing server you need: Server name: smtp.gmail.com Connection Security: SSL/TLS Port: 465 Authentication: OAuth2

I could not find troubleshooting and my 3 line logo at top right of page..has no help nor troubleshooting..

Just curious, what prevented you from finding the Troubleshooting Information based on Matt's instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1112106#answer-849802 ?

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Matt did a good job... I clicked the 3 line logo here on this website and other places...but not ON MY THUNDERBIRD PROGRAM. That was my fault. He is not at fault... just this old lady!!

Thanks Christi for trying again!! I surely needed help drastically!!

Thank you Christi and Matt.,... Y'all earned "angel wings" with your help!!

I appreciate your help SO much... thank you both.

Have a good day. Jomilt

Modified by Joella1

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Are you saying you were able to solve your problem? If so, can you then mark the thread as 'Solved' please? If not, where did you get stuck?

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Chris1 YOU solved my problem... And I thank you...

I thought I marked the problem was solved.. Now I hope it is as I am so appreciative to you and to Matt..

Thank y'all both!!