Gmail or Thunderbird problem?

[Gregg Fowler]

On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 05:50 -0500, Pat wrote:
> I have a Gmail account. I use Thunderbird on my desktop. Starting 
> yesterday I stopped getting most of my mail. It's on the server and I 
> can access it online with no problem, but only one or two of the lists I 
> am on download. I also have no problems sending mail, but if I send mail 
> to myself I don't get it either.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas why this would suddenly start happening after 
> months of stability? And no, I haven't changed anything on my system. 
> The only thing I do regularly is run update manager and install new 
> patches and updates.
> 
> I have release 8.04 Kernel 2.6.24-22-generic. GNOME 2.22.3
> 
> -- 
> Pat Brown
> 
> pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
> www.pabrown.ca
> 
> L.A. Heat & L.A. Mischief, hotter than ever!
> 
> 

Assuming you are using POP, make sure that SSL encryption is still
checked in the settings. Nothing should have changed this, but stuff
happens. I seem to recall way back when a similar problem and I had to
re-do my settings. May be something obvious that you have checked
already. Other than that I could only think to check your "junk" folder.
If you use a spam filter it is possible that during the update the
filter may have become "tighter". These are kind of obvious places to
look, but the obvious is often overlooked.