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Not receiving messages on my desktop

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eric52
eric52

I use Thunderbird on my desktop and since early June, I have not been able to receive any new messages but I can still send. Everything works fine on webmail (Yahoo) and phone (Samsung Galaxy), it's just my desktop which is affected . I asked Duck AI about this and this is what I got...

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=thunderbird+connection+to+server+pop.mail%2Cyaho.com++timed+out&atb=v417-1&ia=web

I tried the solutions offered without success.

I use Thunderbird on my desktop and since early June, I have not been able to receive any new messages but I can still send. Everything works fine on webmail (Yahoo) and phone (Samsung Galaxy), it's just my desktop which is affected . I asked Duck AI about this and this is what I got... https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=thunderbird+connection+to+server+pop.mail%2Cyaho.com++timed+out&atb=v417-1&ia=web I tried the solutions offered without success.

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Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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yahoo can be unstable.

If you happen to update to 153 and are using oauth authentication: 1. In Thunderbird > Settings > Config Editor make mailnews.oauth.usePrivateBrowser=true, mailnews.oauth.useSchemeRedirect=false 2. Restart Thunderbird 3. Login

eric52
eric52 Question owner

Wayne:

I adjusted my settings as per your instructions but nothing has changed. The script at the bottom of m screen reads 'Downloading message 1 of 374...'

Eric

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