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Thunderbird stopped downloading emails from my gmail account. SOLVED caused by ESET

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Thunderbird has stopped downloading emails from my gmail account

Thunderbird has stopped downloading emails from my gmail account

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Likely caused by ESET security/AV, which apparently caused problems today.

Specifically, according to their forums, you should temporarily disable SSL until they solve the problem per https://support.eset.com/en/kb3126-disable-ssl-filtering-in-eset-windows-products?ref=esf - the problem is being reported by dozens of users https://forum.eset.com/topic/26517-problems-with-thunderbird-and-imaps/ https://forum.eset.com/discover/