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Thunderbird suddenly stopped receiving AT&T email ?

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Mike109 replied 1 day ago
Mike109
Mike109

Earlier today I was able to access my AT&T email using Thunderbird. I have several email addresses & they worked. But later on I could not download any AT&T email. Interesting that my gmail address still works with TB.

I tried a few things - An AT&T address can send to the gmail address & the gmail does receive it. The gmail can send to an AT&T address. The gmail indicates it was sent, but the AT&T address never receives it.

It seems to be an AT&T problem so I went to the AT&T site & deleted the Secure Mail Key an created a new one. Did this on just one address. It can still send to the gmail address, however it still cannot receive anything.

When trying to receive any AT&T email, at the bottom of the screen it displays my address & “Connected to inbound.att .net”. That would seem to indicate I'm connected but just cannot get my email.

And suggestions on how to get TB working with AT&T email? Thanks.

Earlier today I was able to access my AT&T email using Thunderbird. I have several email addresses & they worked. But later on I could not download any AT&T email. Interesting that my gmail address still works with TB. I tried a few things - An AT&T address can send to the gmail address & the gmail does receive it. The gmail can send to an AT&T address. The gmail indicates it was sent, but the AT&T address never receives it. It seems to be an AT&T problem so I went to the AT&T site & deleted the Secure Mail Key an created a new one. Did this on just one address. It can still send to the gmail address, however it still cannot receive anything. When trying to receive any AT&T email, at the bottom of the screen it displays my address & “Connected to inbound.att .net”. That would seem to indicate I'm connected but just cannot get my email. And suggestions on how to get TB working with AT&T email? Thanks.

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glennmaillist
glennmaillist

I have the same problem. Email worked fine last night, cannot download email this morning. Get the following error message: "Could not connect to server inbound,att.net; connection refused". Can send email fine, can send and receive email with gmail, Was there an update between 10/4 pm and 10/5 am? This smells of an update gone wrong,

Mike109
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Something happened & I think it's on AT&T's end. I have 5 AT&T addresses & suddenly cannot receive email on any of them.

I don't play around with settings when something like this happens since I never changed anything to cause this. I usually wait a while & hopefully the problem gets fixed on the other end. I figured by now it would be fixed but it's not.

I Googled if AT&T was having a problem & the results come back saying they don't. Maybe it's too localized.

I'm in the Chicagoland area. Where are you located?

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