Gmail or Thunderbird problem?

[Wade Smart]

Gregg Fowler wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 05:50 -0500, Pat wrote:
>
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas why this would suddenly start happening after 
>> months of stability? 
>> Pat Brown

>>
> 
> 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.
> 
> 

20081204 0803 GMT-5

Im not sure this helps but I use fetch mail to download mail from gmail 
and every now and then it just cannot connect. My logs just say socket 
error. I check mail every five minutes and this will last maybe for 15 
minutes but then its fine again.

Just to make sure, do what Gregg said and then also check your settings 
on Gmail and make sure you still have external mail access checked. This 
  was a problem once for me. I dont ever use the gmail interface so I 
was surprised to find it had been turned off.

Wade
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