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Can't receive email

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  • Last reply by nassaugop

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Haven't received email for 6 days now. Checked everything and all is configured correctly. Nothing has been recently changed or updated. I can send email but not receive any, Went through a web-based server and all my email was there, just nothing through thunderbird.

Haven't received email for 6 days now. Checked everything and all is configured correctly. Nothing has been recently changed or updated. I can send email but not receive any, Went through a web-based server and all my email was there, just nothing through thunderbird.

Chosen solution

It looks like you still have connection security set to None, when it should be SSL/TLS, for incoming and outgoing, and the authentication method should be 'normal password'.

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See https://support.mozilla.org/kb/cannot-receive-messages

What error message do you get?

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I didn't get any error message. The emails just suddenly stopped. I usually get 20-30 a day, sometimes more, and I've received nothing since about 3:00 on last Thursday afternoon. Yet I've been sent over a hundred emails since then.

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Please post your Troubleshooting Information. At the top right of the Thunderbird window, click the menu button ≡, then select Help > More Troubleshooting Information. Press the "Copy text to clipboard button" and paste the information into your reply.

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Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 102.15.1
   Build ID: 20230912052514
   Distribution ID:
   Update Channel: release
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1
   OS: Windows_NT 10.0 19045
   OS Theme:
   Launcher Process: Enabled
   Multiprocess Windows: 0/0
   Fission Windows: 0/0
             Enabled by default
   Remote Processes: 4
   Enterprise Policies: Inactive
   Google Location Service Key: Missing
   Google Safebrowsing Key: Missing
   Mozilla Location Service Key: Missing
   Safe Mode: false
   Memory Size (RAM): 8.0 GB
   Disk Space Available: 780 GB
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) pop.optonline.net:110, 0, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: , mail.optonline.net:587, 0, passwordCleartext, true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, 0, passwordCleartext
 Libraries
     Library
     Status
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     Path
     RNP (OpenPGP)
     OK
     0.16.3
     0.16.3+git20230413.2f2bab6b.MZLA
     C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\rnp.dll
 Calendar Settings
   Home
     Name
     Value
     Name:
     Type: storage
     Disabled:
     Username:
     URI:
     Refresh Interval:
     Read-only:
     Suppress Alarms:
     Cache Enabled:
     iMIP Identity: id1
     iMIP Disabled:
     iMIP Account:
     Organizer Id:
     Force Email Scheduling:
     Popup Alarms Supported:
     Alarms on Invitation Supported:
     Max Alarms Per Event:
     Attachment Supported:
     Max Categories:
     Privacy State Supported:
     Priority Supported: true
     Event Supported:
     Task Supported:
     Local Time Supported:
     UTC/GMT Supported:
     Auto-Scheduling Supported:
 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
 Remote Processes
   Type: Count
     Web Content: 1 / 8
     Extension: 1
     Isolated Web Content: 1
     GPU: 1
 Add-ons
     Name
     Type
     Version
     Enabled
     ID
       Amazon.com
       extension
       1.1
       true
       amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org
       Bing
       extension
       1.0
       true
       bing@search.mozilla.org
       DuckDuckGo
       extension
       1.0
       true
       ddg@search.mozilla.org
       FileLink provider for Send
       extension
       2.0
       true
       send@tealdulcet.com
       Google
       extension
       1.0
       true
       google@search.mozilla.org
       Wikipedia (en)
       extension
       1.0
       true
       wikipedia@search.mozilla.org
 Security Software
   Type: Name
     Antivirus: AVG Antivirus
     Antispyware:
     Firewall: Windows Firewall
 Graphics
     Features
     Compositing: WebRender
     Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled; smooth pinch-zoom enabled
     WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (NVIDIA)

EGL_VERSION: 1.5 (ANGLE 2.1.15728 git hash: 568b727a61e6) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_ANGLE_direct_composition EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_stream_producer_d3d_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_CHROMIUM_sync_control EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_ANGLE_display_texture_share_group EGL_ANGLE_display_semaphore_share_group EGL_ANGLE_create_context_client_arrays EGL_ANGLE_program_cache_control EGL_ANGLE_robust_resource_initialization EGL_ANGLE_create_context_extensions_enabled EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache EGL_ANDROID_recordable EGL_ANGLE_image_d3d11_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_backwards_compatible EGL_KHR_create_context_no_error EGL_KHR_reusable_sync EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d11on12 EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_debug EGL_ANGLE_explicit_context EGL_ANGLE_feature_control IsWebglOutOfProcessEnabled: 1

     WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: Google Inc. (NVIDIA) -- ANGLE (NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11-30.0.14.7141)
     WebGL 1 Driver Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.0 (ANGLE 2.1.15728 git hash: 568b727a61e6)
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     WebGL 1 Extensions: ANGLE_instanced_arrays EXT_blend_minmax EXT_color_buffer_half_float EXT_float_blend EXT_frag_depth EXT_shader_texture_lod EXT_sRGB EXT_texture_compression_bptc EXT_texture_compression_rgtc EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic MOZ_debug OES_element_index_uint OES_fbo_render_mipmap OES_standard_derivatives OES_texture_float OES_texture_float_linear OES_texture_half_float OES_texture_half_float_linear OES_vertex_array_object WEBGL_color_buffer_float WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc_srgb WEBGL_debug_renderer_info WEBGL_debug_shaders WEBGL_depth_texture WEBGL_draw_buffers WEBGL_lose_context
     WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (NVIDIA)

EGL_VERSION: 1.5 (ANGLE 2.1.15728 git hash: 568b727a61e6) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_ANGLE_direct_composition EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_stream_producer_d3d_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_CHROMIUM_sync_control EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_ANGLE_dis

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Using the correct secure settings should fix it:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=14962639#p14962639

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Still not working:

 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 102.15.1
   Build ID: 20230912052514
   Distribution ID:
   Update Channel: release
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1
   OS: Windows_NT 10.0 19045
   OS Theme:
   Launcher Process: Enabled
   Multiprocess Windows: 0/0
   Fission Windows: 0/0
             Enabled by default
   Remote Processes: 4
   Enterprise Policies: Inactive
   Google Location Service Key: Missing
   Google Safebrowsing Key: Missing
   Mozilla Location Service Key: Missing
   Safe Mode: false
   Memory Size (RAM): 8.0 GB
   Disk Space Available: 780 GB
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.optonline.net:995, 0, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: , mail.optonline.net:465, 0, passwordCleartext, true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, 0, passwordCleartext
 Libraries
     Library
     Status
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     Path
     RNP (OpenPGP)
     OK
     0.16.3
     0.16.3+git20230413.2f2bab6b.MZLA
     C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\rnp.dll
 Calendar Settings
   Home
     Name
     Value
     Name:
     Type: storage
     Disabled:
     Username:
     URI:
     Refresh Interval:
     Read-only:
     Suppress Alarms:
     Cache Enabled:
     iMIP Identity: id1
     iMIP Disabled:
     iMIP Account:
     Organizer Id:
     Force Email Scheduling:
     Popup Alarms Supported:
     Alarms on Invitation Supported:
     Max Alarms Per Event:
     Attachment Supported:
     Max Categories:
     Privacy State Supported:
     Priority Supported: true
     Event Supported:
     Task Supported:
     Local Time Supported:
     UTC/GMT Supported:
     Auto-Scheduling Supported:
 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
 Remote Processes
   Type: Count
     Web Content: 1 / 8
     Extension: 1
     Isolated Web Content: 1
     GPU: 1
 Add-ons
     Name
     Type
     Version
     Enabled
     ID
       Amazon.com
       extension
       1.1
       true
       amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org
       Bing
       extension
       1.0
       true
       bing@search.mozilla.org
       DuckDuckGo
       extension
       1.0
       true
       ddg@search.mozilla.org
       FileLink provider for Send
       extension
       2.0
       true
       send@tealdulcet.com
       Google
       extension
       1.0
       true
       google@search.mozilla.org
       Wikipedia (en)
       extension
       1.0
       true
       wikipedia@search.mozilla.org
 Security Software
   Type: Name
     Antivirus: AVG Antivirus
     Antispyware:
     Firewall: Windows Firewall
 Graphics
     Features
     Compositing: WebRender
     Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled; smooth pinch-zoom enabled
     WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (NVIDIA)
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Chosen Solution

It looks like you still have connection security set to None, when it should be SSL/TLS, for incoming and outgoing, and the authentication method should be 'normal password'.

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Finally working! Thank you everyone for your help!