This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Əgər kömək lazımdırsa lütfən yeni sual verin.

the RETR command did not succeed.

  • 1 cavab
  • 1 has this problem
  • 3 views
  • Last reply by frankrega

frankrega
frankrega
more options

I am getting this message when I want to retrieve emails in Thunderbird: The RETR command did not succeed. see image for full message

I have to go to a web browser to get my messages, sent to frankrega@verizon.net Would appreciate any help at all. Thank you.

I am getting this message when I want to retrieve emails in Thunderbird: The RETR command did not succeed. see image for full message I have to go to a web browser to get my messages, sent to frankrega@verizon.net Would appreciate any help at all. Thank you.
Attached screenshots

All Replies (1)

frankrega
frankrega Question owner
more options

I think I solved it. Tbird was trying to retrieve too many messages from AOL. A bug in AOL was trying to send over 1000 old messages at once. So I just went into AOL mail and deleted everything, after saving impt. stuff in saved folder. Did get some help from AOL too.