Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-15 Thread Stephen Partington
Another thought is build your own mailserver for outbound email and connect it to a Cox smart host. Then use internal DNS to route to it. On Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 9:16 AM Donald Mac McCarthy wrote: > Mike, > Instead of turning off VPN to send email, you could put in a more > specific route so

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-15 Thread Donald Mac McCarthy
Mike,   Instead of turning off VPN to send email, you could put in a more specific route so that you don't have to loose your VPN for all outgoing connections while sending mail. Mac mike enriquez wrote on 10/15/19 6:38 AM: > > I found my Cox smtp problem. Cox was having trouble with reverse DNS

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-15 Thread mike enriquez
I found my Cox smtp problem. Cox was having trouble with reverse DNS locating my IP address. I turned off my VPN and I can send out email.  I am going to turn on my VPN. If I have to choose I will select VPN over SMTP problems. Thanks to all who replied. Mike Enriquez On 10/14/19 7:38 PM,

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Eric Oyen
I run apple’s mail app here and have never run into any problems with cox email services (residential or business). About the only issues I might have are usually something on their end and when they ask me what OS and client I am using, I always respond with windows and outlook. Since I know

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Thomas Scott
Cox's email platform was recently upgraded, I'd check to see if you're using TLS instead of the SSL 3.0 and below. I would third the recommendation to get off of Cox's email platform, and I'm writing this sitting in Cox's Atlanta NOC. From what I've seen, our IT/Data side is moving away from

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Matthew Crews
On 10/14/19 12:38 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > Also, using an ISP mail account as your main mail account is fraught > with peril.  What happens when you move to another place that has a > different ISP?  I run my own mail sewer, but I know not everyone can do > that.  Google are evil, but gmail is

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Matthew Crews
On 10/14/19 10:55 AM, mike enriquez wrote: > I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client.  The SMTP > server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a Linux > computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send email out. > > I am sending this via Web-mail.

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Matt Graham
On 2019-10-14 10:55, mike enriquez wrote: I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client. The SMTP server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a Linux computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send email out. Did you read

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:55:56 -0400 (EDT) mike enriquez wrote: > I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client. The > SMTP server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a > Linux computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send > email out. > > I am

Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

2019-10-14 Thread mike enriquez
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client. The SMTP server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a Linux computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send email out. I am sending this via Web-mail. Does anyone have and ideas I should try. Thanks