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ALL mail is going to Junk folder

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As of around 4PM yesterday, ALL MAIL is going directly to my JUNK folder. When I do a test, sending a message to myself, I see the mssg appear in my IN folder, and then about 3 seconds later it disappears, whisked away into Junk folder. I've used Thunderbird for many years and have never encountered this.

In the near-term (like immediately), I need to turn off the Junk mail scanner. How is that done? I've un-checked "Enable Adaptive Junk Mail" and "Trust Junk Mail Headers set by Spam Assassin". But that did nothing - ALL mail continues to be thrown directly into JUNK folder.

And at some point soon, I need to get this fixed. Any suggestions?

Win 10 Pro IMAP server

As of around 4PM yesterday, ALL MAIL is going directly to my JUNK folder. When I do a test, sending a message to myself, I see the mssg appear in my IN folder, and then about 3 seconds later it disappears, whisked away into Junk folder. I've used Thunderbird for many years and have never encountered this. In the near-term (like immediately), I need to turn off the Junk mail scanner. How is that done? I've un-checked "Enable Adaptive Junk Mail" and "Trust Junk Mail Headers set by Spam Assassin". But that did nothing - ALL mail continues to be thrown directly into JUNK folder. And at some point soon, I need to get this fixed. Any suggestions? Win 10 Pro IMAP server

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OK I found the problem. I have recently installed a new laptop with IMAP Thunderbird. When I turned off the laptop, the "all mail to Junk" problem stopped. There's something mis-configured with the laptop, affecting all email clients in my IMAP network.

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OK I found the problem. I have recently installed a new laptop with IMAP Thunderbird. When I turned off the laptop, the "all mail to Junk" problem stopped. There's something mis-configured with the laptop, affecting all email clients in my IMAP network.