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"Sending Message" progress box never closes

Thunderbird Send and receive email
Stephen Atkins
Stephen Atkins

I'm trying to set up Thunderbird to send messages via Google Mail.

When I send a message, it reaches Google (it's in the Google "Sent" folder), and is successfully forwarded on to the recipient. However, the Thunderbird "Sending Message" progress box never closes and only disappears when I press cancel. It is, I assume, waiting for an acknowledgement from Google that never comes. But how do I fix this? The messages are being sent but I have no way of knowing without logging on to GMail to see if it's in the sent folder.

I'm trying to set up Thunderbird to send messages via Google Mail. When I send a message, it reaches Google (it's in the Google "Sent" folder), and is successfully forwarded on to the recipient. However, the Thunderbird "Sending Message" progress box never closes and only disappears when I press cancel. It is, I assume, waiting for an acknowledgement from Google that never comes. But how do I fix this? The messages are being sent but I have no way of knowing without logging on to GMail to see if it's in the sent folder.

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