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Thunderbird won't download messages from Yahoo webmail

jterranova5
jterranova5

For the past several days, TB has not been downloading messages from Yahoo. When I click to download, it will say "downloading message 1 of 36" and then time out.

I get this message when I double-click the progress bar: "Connection to server pop.mail.yahoo.com timed out."

The settings have not been altered in any way.

I've looked through the various discussions on similar questions in this community and on Reddit, but none of the suggestions have worked.

Help please.

For the past several days, TB has not been downloading messages from Yahoo. When I click to download, it will say "downloading message 1 of 36" and then time out. I get this message when I double-click the progress bar: "Connection to server pop.mail.yahoo.com timed out." The settings have not been altered in any way. I've looked through the various discussions on similar questions in this community and on Reddit, but none of the suggestions have worked. Help please.

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Googlethunderbird.
Googlethunderbird.

Hello there Jterranova5.


Please verify if you are utilizing POP3 accounts. Access the associated Yahoo account and locate the most recent incoming email. Either archive or delete the message. Subsequently, audit the inbox for suspicious, anomalous, or empty messages and handle them accordingly.

Try clicking to download messages in Thunderbird after that.


Use https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-make-screenshots Could you please send us screenshots of any error pop-ups you receive?

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