Not sure why you can't connect, they did this to all their customers
in the last coupla years..
I am at 'pacbell.net', yet my settings are thus with the new ATT
stuff.........
'pop.att.yahoo.com' for the pop server..........
'smtp.att.yahoo.com' for the smtp server.........
port '995' for pop, and 'use ssl' has to be checked now............
port '465' for smtp, and 'use ssl' needs to be used there too..
Password authentication is needed for both........
No more basic port 25 stuff is allowed, they don't want outsiders to
be able to simply connect to use their services for spam
forwarding......
This page has settings for all the various ISP's ATT swallowed up,
including Bellsouth..... :)
http://helpme.att.net/article.php?item=287
On May 18, 2009, at 4:01 PM, DHSinclair wrote:
Latest Thunderbird test inline............
At 19:18 05/17/2009 -0700, you wrote:
snip
For fun I'd being trying OE (just to test). As to Thunderbird not
working I find that highly suspect and would guess there's
something wrong with it's setup.
OK. My Thunderbird settings are wrong.
When I open I get an immediate:
/Alert/
"Mail Server does not support secure authentication."
I suppose this means I AM going thru a proxy?
Only because ATT/Bellsouth 'says' that I NEED to now use secure
authentication. To which, I read using the new ports and "SSL."
Where have I gone south?
Other than the "Secure Authentication" settings of TBird to back off
of, any additional help?
Thanks,
Duncan
