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Can't download mail from yahoo

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Pete
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All of a sudden, all my folders except the Inbox are gone, and I cannot import my mail from ATT/Yahoo using IMAP, as I have been doing for about a month after switching from POP mail.

I get the attached error message when trying to access my yahoo mail:

Things I tried without success:

1. uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird.

2. Backed up Profile folder and removed the account from Thunderbird. Re-added the account.

I was able to send an outgoing message, but cannot retrieve mail.

Any help would be appreciated.

All of a sudden, all my folders except the Inbox are gone, and I cannot import my mail from ATT/Yahoo using IMAP, as I have been doing for about a month after switching from POP mail. I get the attached error message when trying to access my yahoo mail: Things I tried without success: 1. uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird. 2. Backed up Profile folder and removed the account from Thunderbird. Re-added the account. I was able to send an outgoing message, but cannot retrieve mail. Any help would be appreciated.
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christ1
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Join the crowd. https://forums.yahoo.net/t5/Account-security/CLIENTBUG-SELECT-command-is-not-valid-in-this-state/td-p/300162

You should talk to Yahoo.

Pete
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For some reason, AT&T/Yahoo mail started working again. Interesting that when I called AT&T Support, they denied that AT&T was using Yahoo mail! Big help....

Perhaps from an upgrade, the missing folders were actually hidden from view via a setting that I was able to reverse from the menu bar on top - this was new to me even after using T-Bord for at least a decade. Never thought to look at that setting earlier.

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PeteLech said

All of a sudden, all my folders except the Inbox are gone, and I cannot import my mail from ATT/Yahoo using IMAP, as I have been doing for about a month after switching from POP mail. I get the attached error message when trying to access my yahoo mail: Things I tried without success: 1. uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird. 2. Backed up Profile folder and removed the account from Thunderbird. Re-added the account. I was able to send an outgoing message, but cannot retrieve mail. Any help would be appreciated.

After posting this request for help, everything reappeared this morning, wih no action on my part, not even a system reboot. (After 3 days of being out of service).

Hey, it's Halloween, maybe the ghouls at Yahoo are otherwise occupied.