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Version 31 will not get messages from imap server unless security set to none

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I updated Thunderbird from version 24 to 31. My mail server is an imap server and has always worked well. Since I updated to version 31 I cannot retrieve my mail unless the connection security is set to none and the port is 143. The imap server uses SSL/TLS with port 993. That worked for me on the old version 24 but now it will not.

Suggestions? I can keep using no connection security but would rather not.

I updated Thunderbird from version 24 to 31. My mail server is an imap server and has always worked well. Since I updated to version 31 I cannot retrieve my mail unless the connection security is set to none and the port is 143. The imap server uses SSL/TLS with port 993. That worked for me on the old version 24 but now it will not. Suggestions? I can keep using no connection security but would rather not.

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do you have mail scanning in your anti virus? SSL trips them up something terrible and can cause what your seeing.

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do you have mail scanning in your anti virus? SSL trips them up something terrible and can cause what your seeing.

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That was it. Avast didn't like the new version.