I should have added that I WAS (am) using iinet's webmail and on the same Ubuntu box
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Richards" To: Cc: Sent:Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:25:33 +1000 Subject:Re: [SLUG] Cannot receive email Does IINet have webmail? You could use that to verify the password you are using actually works... Thunderbird is not known for mangling passwords. Cheers, Marty On 15/08/2012 12:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > A few days I sent the following appeal > > "I have just upgraded my old Dell desktop from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 > using Canonical's official disk. So far I am the only user . > When I log in (as myself) I see the standard wall paper but no icons > menu bars task bars etc.' > > That immediate issue is resolved now, following advice from the list. > VMT. > > Now I have another, with email. > > I defined my email account on the new version of Thunderbird but > cannot receive any mail. > I spent a long time on the phone with iinet support trying to sort > this out. No success. > Each time I try to get mail I get an error message to the effect that > iinet has received and rejected the password. > I can SEND mail from Thunderbird (via iinet). I just can't receive > mail. > > I installed Claws Email to see if I had the same problem. I have the > same problem. > With Claws, I get an option to look at the log and that says very > clearly that iinet ask for, received and then rejected the password. > > I suspect that Ubuntu is doing something to the password before > sending it. > > Any advice? > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
