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Inbox will not download all messages in inbox SMTP. SOLVED server limit on downloaded messages

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My installation of Thunderbird is below (ubuntu 14.04, 64-bit, thunderbird 31.7.0, IMAP/SMTP email settings). My problem is this: For some strange reason thunderbird refuses to download ALL of the messages in the inbox, there seems to be an arbitrary limit of 31 days of worth of messages. I tried to put thunderbird in "offline mode" to force it to download ALL of the messages, but that did not work. I literally am running a fresh install, so there are no extensions or anything else running. Appreciate any help as this is quite an annoying problem.

thanx, D


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.7.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0
   Profile Directory: Open Directory
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150511105030
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.163.com:993, SSL, 
     OUTGOING: smtp.163.com:465, SSL,  true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
 Crash Reports
 Extensions
   Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration, 1.3.1, true, messagingmenu@mozilla.com
 Important Modified Preferences
   Name: Value
     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.7.0
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 9fd659e9-4dc0-4d3a-91d2-03ea6032883
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
 Graphics
     Adapter Description: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM
     Vendor ID: Intel Open Source Technology Center
     Device ID: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM
     Driver Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0
     AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
     AzureContentBackend: cairo
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.10.6
     4.10.6
     NSS
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.16.2.3
     3.16.2.3
     NSS SSL
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
My installation of Thunderbird is below (ubuntu 14.04, 64-bit, thunderbird 31.7.0, IMAP/SMTP email settings). My problem is this: For some strange reason thunderbird refuses to download ALL of the messages in the inbox, there seems to be an arbitrary limit of 31 days of worth of messages. I tried to put thunderbird in "offline mode" to force it to download ALL of the messages, but that did not work. I literally am running a fresh install, so there are no extensions or anything else running. Appreciate any help as this is quite an annoying problem. thanx, D Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 31.7.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 Profile Directory: Open Directory (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20150511105030 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.163.com:993, SSL, OUTGOING: smtp.163.com:465, SSL, true account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext Crash Reports Extensions Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration, 1.3.1, true, messagingmenu@mozilla.com Important Modified Preferences Name: Value browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.7.0 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 9fd659e9-4dc0-4d3a-91d2-03ea6032883 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true Graphics Adapter Description: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM Vendor ID: Intel Open Source Technology Center Device ID: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM Driver Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0 AzureCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureContentBackend: cairo JavaScript Incremental GC: 1 Accessibility Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.10.6 4.10.6 NSS 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS Util 3.16.2.3 3.16.2.3 NSS SSL 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS S/MIME 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

Modified by Wayne Mery

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Frankly sounds like a server issue. But, is version 38 better?

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Thanks for the reply,

I have yet to really test the new version due to this annoying email download issue. Its really odd because I have been using the same email for over a year and previously never encountered the problem after re-installing my OS (Ubuntu) ... its definitely not a "monthly limit" on message downloads.. now its at 33 messages... It simply won't download messages prior to June 5th.... which is odd because when I first encountered the problem It wouldn't download messages prior to May 19th... any useful tricks or suggestions on how I can get all the messages? I really don't think its a server issue

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Figured it out... there is a server limit on downloaded messages... my bad..

thanks, D

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THanks for the update