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Checking for dead servers

jfiii

I recently changed hosting and now I am getting login boxes nonstop to my old servers. I see no way to remove them and this is so annoying I may have to change from thunderbird. All my emails are there, it just keeps checking for old servers.

Thanks in advance!

Scrappy Doo

I recently changed hosting and now I am getting login boxes nonstop to my old servers. I see no way to remove them and this is so annoying I may have to change from thunderbird. All my emails are there, it just keeps checking for old servers. Thanks in advance! Scrappy Doo

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I recently changed hosting and now I am getting login boxes nonstop to my old servers. I see no way to remove them and this is so annoying I may have to change from thunderbird. All my emails are there, it just keeps checking for old servers. Thanks in advance! Scrappy Doo

I did find this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1508354 but it was no help...

If you change email clients, you will probably fix the problem immediately. That is because you may have left detritus in thunderbird from the old account. I suggest you review all accounts in 'account settings' and also review all SMTP servers, as sometimes those are left behind when an account is removed. If you need more assistance, post screenshots of all server settings pane an all SMTP server settings panes. Thanks

david said

If you change email clients, you will probably fix the problem immediately. That is because you may have left detritus in thunderbird from the old account. I suggest you review all accounts in 'account settings' and also review all SMTP servers, as sometimes those are left behind when an account is removed. If you need more assistance, post screenshots of all server settings pane an all SMTP server settings panes. Thanks
There are no residual references to the old accounts that I can see. I have double and triple checked all server settings. They are correct and no reference's to the old.
I'm betting it has something to do with IMAP.

jfiii trɔe

If you need further help, please post screenshots.

david said

If you need further help, please post screenshots.

I'm not comfortable sharing my email server settings on an open forum. Besides, they are all correct as well as my smtp settings. There is absolutely no reference to the old servers. I redid them all when I changed.

Scrappy Doo, your focus seems to be on potential references to old servers in your current settings. Have you actually deleted your old accounts and their calendars or anything else that might try to connect to an old server?

did you check the prefs.js file for your old references? if it contains the references, you either need to clean this file properly; or try to move your current settings to user.js and delete (or backup) prefs.js; prefs.js will be rebuild at next start

See if your address book(s) or calendar(s) are trying to make connections.

Check TB menu > Help > Troubleshooting Information to see what accounts and calendars are listed there.

Bia biabia

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