I think that's a Windows issue.

Post #204,857 by Another Scott 4/26/05 12:43:24 PM Reply	I think that's a Windows issue. Thunderbird doesn't care how it gets its network connection - it just asks the OS for one. My guess is that Windows thinks you're still on dialup somewhere even if your browser isn't. Check StartButton -> Settings -> Control Panel-> Network and Dialup Connections and poke around in there. Maybe something will jump out at you. HTH a bit. Cheers, Scott.
Post #204,977 by jb4 4/27/05 3:57:26 PM Reply	Nothing there... ...went looking in the Interaccess connection for something...but nothing poped out at me. Note that Firefox doesn't try to do the dialup; it's very happy to use the high-speed link when available. NO, I think there is a Thunderbird issue in there somewhere. Thanks, Another Scott, for giving it a try. jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #205,073 by Another Scott 4/27/05 11:57:22 PM Reply	Dunno. If it were me I'd try uninstalling Thunderbird and reinstalling it, but I can only speculate on why that might help. My gut feeling is that Windows is confused, not Thunderbird. I too looked for settings in TB about how it makes a connection and didn't find anything. But before trying uninstalling, what happens if you disable your modem in Windows? Maybe it'll use your broadband connection correctly then. Or maybe it'll time out and give you a descriptive error message that will help you figure out what's wrong. Back in the OS/2 Warp v3 days, there were different icons to start the internet applications depending on whether one was on dialup or ethernet. Basically, there were REXX batch files that either started the SLIP or PPP dialer for dialup before starting the application, or not, depending on the connection. Presumably there are similar things going on under the surface in Windows with cruft in the registry telling the connections how to reach the internet. But I think it's a little more sophisticated as now as a user we don't care - the OS just does its magic. In short, I don't think it has anything to do with Thunderbird - it's an OS issue of some sort. But maybe reinstalling TB (maybe with the modem disabled?) will help. HTH. Luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #205,074 by Andrew Grygus 4/28/05 12:14:38 AM Reply	I usually find that dial thing . . . . . in Internet Explorer / Tools / Internet Options / Connections. Everything else seems to get it's info from the setting there. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #205,773 by jb4 5/3/05 6:29:09 PM Reply	Damn! That didn't work, either. Well I did find that the IE setting you described was set to "Always dial my default connection". I changed it to "Never dial a connection", and that didn't help. So I closed everything down, and rebooted, figuring that maybe this was read once on startup. Still didn't help. So I deleted all my mail accounts AND my dial-up setting altogether, so as far as this computer is concerned, there is no dialup connections possible. The I re-defined the account on the cable ISP (Comcast). Now, when I fire up Thunderbird, I get a popup that reads, "An error occurred with the POP3 server. Mail server mail.comcast.net responded:" (with nothing following the colon; the implication is that it responded with nothing). So now I can't get any mail (until, apparently I restore the dialup access). So even though there is no dialup access defined, and the only mail servers defined are those on the cable ISP, T-bird insists on still trying to dial to get mail. <sigh> A great idea, Andrew, but unfortunately nothte right one here. I'm thinking that Another Scott might be right after all, but I have no idea where to start looking in the bowels of Windows for that microscopic datum. (We need a really good proctoscope for that!) Any other ideas? jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT

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