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Write permissions are correct, but "Unable to download email to mailbox. Please make sure that the file system has write permissions and that there is enough disk space to copy the mailbox."

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I am getting the following error message in Thunderbird. Unable to download email to mailbox. Please make sure that the file system has write permissions and that there is enough disk space to copy the mailbox. Write permissions are available and there are 735 GB free.

I am getting the following error message in Thunderbird. Unable to download email to mailbox. Please make sure that the file system has write permissions and that there is enough disk space to copy the mailbox. Write permissions are available and there are 735 GB free.
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What is your anti-virus software?

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What is your anti-virus software?

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What is the name of the virus software you have installed?

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