Cox has new policies. A friend in my area uses incredimail and he has the same issues with cox. I can receive email but I cannot send it out. I am currently using Cox Webmail. Thanks for the comments everyone. Mike Enriquez > On October 14, 2019 at 8:52 PM Matthew Crews wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Does anyone have and ideas I should try. > > > > > That's odd. I used Cox email for years with Thunderbird without issues. > Maybe they changed something on their back end? > > Are you sure you are connecting to the correct SMTP server? > > Also Cox should not care what operating system you are using. > Thunderbird is OS agnostic software. Their instructions for using > Thunderbird on Windows should be sufficient. > > -Matt > > > --------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >