My Thunderbird as news reader stopped working with Embarcadero Discussion Forums. It took a wile to fix.

My Thunderbird as news reader stopped working with Embarcadero Discussion Forums. It took a wile to fix. 
The solution was to switch to ssl in the configuration
AND !! using this advice
https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=117291
now it is OK.
https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=117291