Thunderbird gets wrong DNS address

Thunderbird has just begun using an old server address when downloading emails, not my current server address. I have been using the new host with the same name for years.
I can connect using Firefox webmail,
I can connect using Thunderbird on another computer on my home network.
Ping returns the correct DNS address
Here is a log snippet
3568[67dd3c0]: ImapThreadMainLoop entering [this=6dd8800]
0[f0f140]: 6dd8800:virtus.fuber.org:NA:SetupWithUrl: clearing IMAP_CONNECTION_IS_OPEN
3568[67dd3c0]: 6dd8800:virtus.fuber.org:NA:ProcessCurrentURL: entering
3568[67dd3c0]: 6dd8800:virtus.fuber.org:NA:ProcessCurrentURL:imap://[email protected]:143/select%3E.INBOX: = currentUrl
520[67de400]: ImapThreadMainLoop entering [this=70d7000]
0[f0f140]: 70d7000:mail.macomputer.com.au:NA:SetupWithUrl: clearing IMAP_CONNECTION_IS_OPEN
520[67de400]: 70d7000:mail.macomputer.com.au:NA:ProcessCurrentURL: entering
520[67de400]: 70d7000:mail.macomputer.com.au:NA:ProcessCurrentURL:imap://[email protected]:143/select%3E.INBOX: = currentUrl
Note that virtus.fuber.org is the wrong address and is now not used anywhere in my system. Correct addresses are the macomputer domain names.
This happened overnight - working last Wednesday night broken last Thursday night
Mick

We're new to supporting Thunderbird here, so apologies for not knowing the program well.
I don't think this is a DNS problem, since the host name is completely different. Usually a DNS problem would be getting the wrong IP address for a host.
If you do not have any accounts on the old server set up for send/receive, then there's no reason for Thunderbird to be connecting.
I have a guess, based on experience with Microsoft email clients. If you open an old message that you have not read before (or move it out of your Inbox without reading it), and it is set to send a Read Receipt, this can trigger attempts to send the receipt out using the connection on which it was received.
If you have Thunderbird set to never send a read receipt, or to prompt you, then this probably isn't the issue. You could check your receipt setting here:
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salasidis wrote:
I have an EA6900 that I am trying to use just as an access point (have an existing sonicwall as my internet connection / router device)
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I then set the IPv4 settings manually, and enterred a static IPv4 address, as well as the gateway (as my sonicwall), and the DNS addresses of 2 of my servers as well as an external DNS server address
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