Mailbird SMTP Port 465

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Because Windows 10 Mail hasn't been able to read HTML formatted emails for seven months, (and it looks like Microsoft isn't interested in creating/publishing a fix), I've been forced to find another email program.

I chose Mailbird. Although Mailbird is able to read the HTML formatted emails that Windows 10 Mail can't read, Mailbird is not able to reply or send emails. (It just hiccups, and throws those replies/sends into the Drafts folder). Over many weeks of daily two-way Mailbird support correspondence (read/replied on my Android phone), when their support has asked me to do all sorts of diagnostics for them, nothing has helped with this send/reply issue.

I suspect perhaps the outgoing SMTP Port 465 Mailbird uses is being blocked/manipulated by Norton. I've tried to add/delete port 465 within Norton, but Norton rejects my attempts.

Anyone else here successfully using Mailbird, and if so, what are your ports/settings?

Thanks.

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Have you tried turning off Norton Email Scans and Norton AntiSpam?  Norton cannot scan traffic on that port anyway.  After you do this Norton will alert you that Email Protection is turned off.  To stop the alert, open Norton to the Security tab, click the Advanced box, hover your mouse over "Email Protection" and select ignore.    Are you using port 465 because your email provider requires that specific port?