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Major delays in sending and receiving emails on multiple computers. Server settings have been verified and changed to a different setup but did not change it.

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1987meghan
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Application Basics 

  Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 52.9.1
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1
   Profile Folder: C:\Users\USER02\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\5w24cihb.default
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20180709124824
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
   Profiles: about:profiles

 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, cowcol@shaw.ca, (pop3) pop.shaw.ca:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: Cowichan Collision <cowcol@shaw.ca>, mail.shaw.ca:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true

   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, Local Folders, (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

 Crash Reports
   https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-7716f776-2efb-48fa-9b84-7ff752151211 (12/11/2015)

 Extensions
   ImportExportTools, 3.3.0, true, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3}
   Lightning, 5.4.9.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}

 Important Modified Preferences

   Name: Value

     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     dom.apps.reset-permissions: true
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 52.9.1
     font.internaluseonly.changed: true
     font.name.monospace.el: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas
     font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri
     font.name.serif.el: Cambria
     font.name.serif.tr: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria
     font.size.fixed.el: 14
     font.size.fixed.tr: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-western: 14
     font.size.variable.el: 17
     font.size.variable.tr: 17
     font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17
     font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17
     font.size.variable.x-western: 17
     gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 3
     gfx.blacklist.direct2d.failureid: FEATURE_FAILURE_DL_BLACKLIST_g984
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mail.winsearch.global_reindex_time: 1460153153
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 5fc2e732-097b-4188-ad35-d6797409819
     mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     mailnews.database.global.views.global.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1535381413
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 122334
     plugin.importedState: true
Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 52.9.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 Profile Folder: C:\Users\USER02\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\5w24cihb.default (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20180709124824 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Profiles: about:profiles Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, cowcol@shaw.ca, (pop3) pop.shaw.ca:110, plain, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: Cowichan Collision <cowcol@shaw.ca>, mail.shaw.ca:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true account2: INCOMING: account2, Local Folders, (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext Crash Reports https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-7716f776-2efb-48fa-9b84-7ff752151211 (12/11/2015) Extensions ImportExportTools, 3.3.0, true, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3} Lightning, 5.4.9.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} Important Modified Preferences Name: Value browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false dom.apps.reset-permissions: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 52.9.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.name.monospace.el: Consolas font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri font.name.serif.el: Cambria font.name.serif.tr: Cambria font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria font.size.fixed.el: 14 font.size.fixed.tr: 14 font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14 font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14 font.size.fixed.x-western: 14 font.size.variable.el: 17 font.size.variable.tr: 17 font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17 font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17 font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17 font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17 font.size.variable.x-western: 17 gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 3 gfx.blacklist.direct2d.failureid: FEATURE_FAILURE_DL_BLACKLIST_g984 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true mail.winsearch.global_reindex_time: 1460153153 mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 5fc2e732-097b-4188-ad35-d6797409819 mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… mailnews.database.global.views.global.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1535381413 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 122334 plugin.importedState: true

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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If you experience delays (but not failures), a likely cause is 3rd-party security programs such as antivirus. Start Windows in safe mode with networking and see if the performance of TB changes.

I'd also suggest using secure settings for Shaw accounts: incoming POP server pop.shaw.ca on port 995, SSL/TLS security, authentication = normal password, User name = address part before the @. Outgoing SMTP server mail.shaw.ca on port 587, STARTTLS security, authentication = normal password, User name = address part before the @.

Note that for these settings to work, you must use a 'secure' password.