From: mumia.w.18.spam+nospam.usenet@earthlink.net   
      
   On 07/24/2006 07:09 PM, JimC wrote:   
   > I am using Netscape 7.1 for mail and newsgroups and 8.1 for   
   > web browsing, with sbcglobal.net as a provider.  This setup   
   > has worked fine for the past few months (mail, newsgroups,   
   > websites, etc all work). Since this weekend, however, I can   
   > no longer send email. When I try, I get the following error   
   > message:   
   >   
   > An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server   
   > responed: authentication required....Please verify that   
   > your email address     is correct and try again.   
   > [...]   
      
   Last year, my ISP moved to smtpauth (authenticated smtp) for   
   sending mail. Perhaps the new AT&T did the same.   
      
   With smtpauth, your mail application must submit your password   
     for the e-mail to be sent. I'm using Seamonkey which is the   
     closest modern software there is to the old Netscape, and,   
   to  send mail, I had to set my username and password in   
   Edit/Mail&Newsgroup Account Settings/Outgoing Server/Add...(or   
   Edit....)   
      
   Also read this:   
   http://help.sbcglobal.net/article.php?item=313   
      
   If you do decide to leave Netscape, Seamonkey is your best   
   bet. Although Seamonkey can probably import Netscape profiles   
     without crashing immediately, I advise against it. Rebuild   
   the  profile.   
      
      
   HTH   
      
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