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"Failure to connect to server ..." when I try to Get Messages.

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I am suddenly getting "Failure to connect to server mail.aros.net" when I try to Get Messages in Thunderbird. Turns out no messages have downloaded for the last 2 days. My ISP support person is baffled. My Thunderbird is up to date. What gives?

I am suddenly getting "Failure to connect to server mail.aros.net" when I try to Get Messages in Thunderbird. Turns out no messages have downloaded for the last 2 days. My ISP support person is baffled. My Thunderbird is up to date. What gives?

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First thing to check is the presence of a corrupted message:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1158670

It could also be a firewall is blocking an updated version of TB, if the error occurs for all accounts.

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Didn't work, assuming deleting the first 13 messages after the int erruption should be enough. What next, anybody?

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Check that Work Offline isn't enabled under File/Offline.

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Not that either.