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On startup I get the "Too many connections" error for my Yahoo account and it doesn't download new messages.

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Once Thunderbird has started however I can choose "get new messages" and it works. I only get the error on initial Thunderbird startup. "Max Connections" is set to 3.

Windows 10 Pro, V1909, build 18363.592 Tbird 68.4.2 32 bit

Once Thunderbird has started however I can choose "get new messages" and it works. I only get the error on initial Thunderbird startup. "Max Connections" is set to 3. Windows 10 Pro, V1909, build 18363.592 Tbird 68.4.2 32 bit

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well try setting it o 1.

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That didn't make any difference. Still got the error on startup but was able to manually retrieve messages without an issue.