Thunderbird Problem(s)

I think these two things are related since they have cropped-up simultaneously. I can only guess there is a problem in my "settings" (which I understand/know very, very little about).

There are three (3/multiple) "Unified" email accounts here. I have tried eliminating one at a time to no avail.

1. The "Time-out" problem constantly occurs for the gmail account.

2. My emails stopped showing-up here on 10OCT12.

I unistalled/reinstalled and the problems went-away (both), but have now re-occurred.

Thanks in advance for any assist.,
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Hey grc 123, not sure if this is what you need, but give it a read:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Modify_Thunderbird_settings

 

grc123:

Nick T is on it. Scroll down to Change connection timeout. I fixed a similar problem increasing this number...

 

Well friends, I tried . . . no luck.

Started-out by doubling the default (from 100 to 200)..worked my way up to "1000" . . . not sure it would be any different no matter how many zeros I added..? rolleyes

Thank you all just the same...guess I'll be looking for an alternative to Thunderbird...no choice really. :confused

 

What name do you have for the mail server?

 

Ironically (though hardly the first time this sort of thing has happened) by virtue of you having me peek into the server name (imap.googlemail.com), I happened to notice that the Security Settings appeared "IN-secure" (Connection Security set to "None")...in fact this was the case for the gmail account as well as the other two mail accounts.

Setting them (all) to "SSL/TLS" brought-about a torrent of mail delivery (more than two weeks worth for three accounts!).

Many thanks to you both here, Nick T. and cipher!

All seems well enough now, though I must admit, I am wondering if "SSL/TLS" is the appropriate setting, as opposed to a 3rd possible choice of "STARTTLS"...?

 

Regarding SSL/TLS vs. STARTTLS a good read here:
https://www.fastmail.fm/help/technology_ssl_vs_tls_starttls.html

Although the adage if it ain't broke, don't fix it springs to mind...

Glad you got your mail...

 

Occam's Razor! If it ain't broke, don't fix it - Exactly!

I'll peek at the link nonetheless . . .

Thanks again!