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I can't send, save or receive messages on all my accounts.

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Something suddenly happened to Thunderbird. I didn't change anything in settings and it just crashed, completely.

It won't download any messages. They are in my mailboxes when I log into for instance gmail or my unversity's page, but they just don't come to thunderbird.

It won't send a message. A window pops in a corner with a long piece of text, I don't even manage to read it to see what't wrong and it disappears. And my email isn't sent.

As I write an e-mail Thunderbird tells me every 5 seconds it has failed to save it in "drafts". How can one work like that?! I click "OK" more than I really write. Then it tells me it can't save the message into "sent" folder, it doesn't send it and I don't even have the text in drafts.

Downloading the newest update hasn't helped.

I also tried to uninstall Thunderbird althoether and install it once again but when I do that all my accounts are there! I hoped they will be cleared, so that I could re-set them and maybe this would help.

If you could help me I'd really appreciate it as I'd hate it to switch to another email client. I love Thunder but I do need it to work.

Something suddenly happened to Thunderbird. I didn't change anything in settings and it just crashed, completely. It won't download any messages. They are in my mailboxes when I log into for instance gmail or my unversity's page, but they just don't come to thunderbird. It won't send a message. A window pops in a corner with a long piece of text, I don't even manage to read it to see what't wrong and it disappears. And my email isn't sent. As I write an e-mail Thunderbird tells me every 5 seconds it has failed to save it in "drafts". How can one work like that?! I click "OK" more than I really write. Then it tells me it can't save the message into "sent" folder, it doesn't send it and I don't even have the text in drafts. Downloading the newest update hasn't helped. I also tried to uninstall Thunderbird althoether and install it once again but when I do that all my accounts are there! I hoped they will be cleared, so that I could re-set them and maybe this would help. If you could help me I'd really appreciate it as I'd hate it to switch to another email client. I love Thunder but I do need it to work.

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Thank you very much for the link! :) Unfortunately, none of the solutions worked.

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A window pops in a corner with a long piece of text

What is that long piece of text?

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It appears in the corner, just where information about a new message usually apperas. It's so long and disappears so quickly that I never manage to read it, not even two words.

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Now I cannot create a screenshot because the massage doesn't appear anymore. I was told that this is not my problem only. Is it the recent update that broke somethng? I've all the accounts configured correctly, MT just doesn't send or download messages. I tried to remove one of my accounts to re-set it, but when I tried to configure it once again Mozilla rejects it claiming the password is wrong. I triple checked, it's correct.

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You can verify your credentials via webmail.