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Is there any activity indicator that shows the program interacting withe the ISP mail during send/receive??

Is there any activity indicator that shows the program interacting withe the ISP mail during send/receive??

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Tools menu (alt+T) select activity manager.

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Thanks for the reply but this was not quite what I was looking for. While the ALT-T Activity summary give me "what happened" I was in need of something to show the activity was actually taking place in real-time. There might be an issue with my ISP but, despite trying to update/download mail nothing happens. I now could believe that there is no mail but actually there is some problem. A real-time indicator would show that a connection was established and an interrogation cycle was completed successfully.

Right now I really do not know if I have no mail, or was there a problem.

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The status-bar normally show activity, but sometimes it looks stuck. I sometimes open windows resource-viewer, mark Thunderbird and look at net-activity. That way I show only TB connections their ip, name and activity.

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Gnospen said

The status-bar normally show activity, but sometimes it looks stuck. I sometimes open windows resource-viewer, mark Thunderbird and look at net-activity. That way I show only TB connections their ip, name and activity.

If you mean a small green bar in the bottom status line - yes I see that, but rarely, and not always understanding its meaning. It is very erratic. I found an ACTIVITY indicator under Customize. It is a small blue/green partial circle That I assumes it rotates during some type of activity. I tried it in the various menu areas but it never appears except in Customize mode. I even added a toolbar but it never appears during any activity.

Being insured of the communication between the ISP and Thunderbird does not seem indigenous to Thunderbird.

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The "indicator" you found is also present at the top (see pic) it replaces that "green arrow pointing down into a box"

  • By looking at Windows resource-viewer as I described, you can see if there are activity.
  • By checking your error-console ( ctrl+shift+J ) or under Tools you can see what went wrong. Empty first or it might be a lot. Look for connection errors.
  • By using webmail you can check if there are any left

Check that your firewall / virus-protection doesnt intercept.Run Windows in safe mode with network enabled.

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It sounds to me like there might be an issue with an anti virus program scanning mail. Try disabling any mail scanning feature and see where that goes.