Howdy!,

I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.

Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages button.

Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.

I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but couldn't
find a solution.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

73 de Ed W9ODR . .



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Ed Vance wrote to All <=-

Howdy!,

I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.

Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages
button.

Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.

You've restarted your computer and updated Thunderbird? I'm running XP on a test box with Thunderbird and it works fine, so something must be broken somewhere along the way.



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On 2019 Jan 31 22:48:00, you wrote to All:

Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages button.

what problem? what is the exact message?

Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.

I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but couldn't find a solution.

sounds like the server is down or it is rejecting your connection method in your tbird settings for that email server... maybe they don't like plain cleartext POP3 any more and are requiring secure sessions? your ISP would have more information if that's the case...

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I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.
Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages
button.
Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.
I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but
couldn't find a solution.
Any Ideas?

Re-boot XP, fixes most networking glitches for me :)


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02-01-19 06:04 Kurt Weiske wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Thunderbird & XP
Howdy! Kurt,

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Ed Vance wrote to All <=-

Howdy!,

I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.

Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages
button.

Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.

You've restarted your computer and updated Thunderbird? I'm running XP
on a test box with Thunderbird and it works fine, so something must be broken somewhere along the way.

I restart the computer a few times a month, but usually I hibernate it.

Last night I tried a few more times by closing TB and opening TB again
but never got past the "failed to connect to the server" message.

I hibernated it last night.

This morning TB worked when I clicked the [Get Messages] button.

Thanks for the reply.


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02-01-19 11:39 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Thunderbird & XP
Howdy! Mark,

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On 2019 Jan 31 22:48:00, you wrote to All:

Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages button.

what problem? what is the exact message?

"failed to connect to server".

Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.

I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but couldn't find a solution.

sounds like the server is down or it is rejecting your connection
method in your tbird settings for that email server... maybe they don't like plain cleartext POP3 any more and are requiring secure sessions?
your ISP would have more information if that's the case...

I have TB set for POP with a Secure Connection.

As I told Kurt, it worked this morning and also tonight when I checked for Email.

Thanks for the reply.


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02-01-19 11:54 Ben Ritchey wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Thunderbird & XP
Howdy! Ben,

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I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.
Occasionally I will have a problem after I press the Get Messages
button.
Today it happened again and so far it still says failed to connect to server every time I tried to Get Email.
I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but
couldn't find a solution.
Any Ideas?

Re-boot XP, fixes most networking glitches for me :)

I usually hibernate XP when I'm finished with it, but I select the
Turn Off option about three times a month to 'freshen' it.

I hate it when it gets fresh with me. <G R I N>

Thanks for the reply.


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In a message on 01-31-19 Ed Vance said to All:

Hi Ed,

I still use Mozilla Thunderbird with a XP computer.

I spent some time at Mozilla Support reading page after page but
couldn't find a solution.

Any Ideas?

Yes simple, Thunderbird (Mozilla) doesn't support XP any longer.
Hasn't done it for some time.

Also, If I remember correctly Thunderbird isn't anymore under the
wings of Mozilla.


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