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Thunderbird does not receive or send messages

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Feroz Karmally
Feroz Karmally
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I use Thunderbird to download and send messages - my hosting is with Primus in Canada. I am vacationing in Pakistan and no messages are downloading. When I try to reply to a message it says 'Sending message' but after about 30 seconds, this appears

Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent because connecting to Outgoing server (SMTP) mail.magma.ca failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.

I use Thunderbird to download and send messages - my hosting is with Primus in Canada. I am vacationing in Pakistan and no messages are downloading. When I try to reply to a message it says 'Sending message' but after about 30 seconds, this appears Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent because connecting to Outgoing server (SMTP) mail.magma.ca failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.

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frisée
frisée
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I trust that this has resolved itself? My guess is that this doesn't have anything to do with TB but with the connections between you and the server that you're trying to access.

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