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can't get emails to download on new computer, says not allowed in this state?

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I have had a Thunderbird account for a decade and now my old computer crashed and when I tried to set up my account on my new computer it said something about Clientbug is not valid in this state?

I have had a Thunderbird account for a decade and now my old computer crashed and when I tried to set up my account on my new computer it said something about Clientbug is not valid in this state?

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Hello, what do you mean by having a Thunderbird account? Thunderbird is an email client, not a provider. Who is your email provider? (Yahoo, Gmail, ...)

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Hello, what do you mean by having a Thunderbird account? Thunderbird is an email client, not a provider. Who is your email provider? (Yahoo, Gmail, ...)