[TriLUG] new "feature" in Thunderbird on Ubuntu 18.04

[Scott Chilcote via TriLUG]

For the record, I have the same version of thunderbird on Ubuntu bionic,
and it does not have this problem. 
Sending email to myself goes right through using the TWCBC (aka Spectrum
business) SMTP server, and on smtp.gmail.com.   
There are likely some differences between the two systems.  This one is
a stock nstall that receives frequent updates.

  Scott C.


On 11/15/18 12:16 PM, Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:
> Starting a few weeks ago I stopped being able to send myself email
> messages with Thunderbird 60.2 on a 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04 system that has
> regular updates applied unconditionally (i.e. whatever the standard
> Ubuntu update system uses to periodically get permission to update I
> tell it "yes, I'm willing to deal with subtle regressions that mght
> affect my mental health.")
>
> When "send" is hit for a message to my main email address a dialog box
> comes up to say "Sending of the message failed", another dialog comes up
> labeled "Sending message" with a green progress line endlessly
> circulating from left to right until I click "OK" on the first dialog.
> Nothing shows up in /var/log/syslog, nor /tmp. The size of /var/log
> doesn't change even after a dozen failed attempts (figuring it would
> grow by a block with enough error messages in a log file someplace).
> I've also piped find . -f file into ls before/after to find the files
> that are new or changed in size under the Thunderbird ".default" file
> but can't find any clues there.
>
> Email messages to all addresses except the one that I'm using within
> Thunderbird are unaffected.
>
> Could somebody help me find the bread crumbs to get a clue about what's
> happening? Is there some kind of logging mode I could enable with SMTP?
>
> I haven't tried an older Thunderbird version yet.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
> (Why would I need to send myself email? I have a note system using email
> filters keyed off character sequences in the subject line of messages
> and this has hosed that tool.)
>
>

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Scott Chilcote
scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
Cary, NC USA