Not checking email on startup

cewallace · Post by **cewallace** » December 6th, 2009, 2:34 pm

On the old thunderbird when it started, it would check for email automatically. Now with TB 3 i have to click get messages for it to receive messages. I have the options set to check automatically and every ten minutes, for whatever reason this does not work. Any ideas or suggestion?

czech52 · Post by **czech52** » December 6th, 2009, 2:52 pm

√ Check for new messages at startup

Guest · Post by **Guest** » December 6th, 2009, 2:56 pm

czech52 wrote:√ Check for new messages at startup

What?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » December 6th, 2009, 3:02 pm

on the same page where you made the other selections, check the checkbox for
[√] Check for new messages at startup

Guest · Post by **Guest** » December 6th, 2009, 3:41 pm

cewallace wrote:On the old thunderbird when it started, it would check for email automatically. Now with TB 3 i have to click get messages for it to receive messages. I have the options set to check automatically and every ten minutes, for whatever reason this does not work. Any ideas or suggestion?

Guest wrote:on the same page where you made the other selections, check the checkbox for
[√] Check for new messages at startup

As i said, i have already done that...

Post by **Daifne** » December 6th, 2009, 4:16 pm

Did you also check "Automatically download new messages"? If you only check the options to check for new messages, that's all Thunderbird will do, check to see if there are new messages. It will wait for you to do something about it.

nzguy · Post by **nzguy** » December 17th, 2009, 3:02 pm

I have a similar problem - in Thunderbird 3, I have "Check for new messages at startup" and "automatically download new messages" checked but nothing happens until I do a manual download. After that, Thunderbird does regularly check for new messages and downloads them but the interval seems to be erratic - not the "every 5 minutes" that I have checked.

conbo · Post by **conbo** » December 26th, 2009, 9:57 am

I had this problem as well. To fix it, under the "Server Settings" section, click on the "Advanced" button. Under the "Advanced Account Settings" click the "Include this server when getting mail" check box.

nzguy · Post by **nzguy** » December 27th, 2009, 4:46 pm

Thanks for the suggestion, Conbo, but if I have "Inbox for this server's account" selected as the place to download emails, "Include this server when getting mail" is grayed out.

Rusty! · Post by **Rusty!** » December 28th, 2009, 3:53 am

I have the same problem too, proper annoying ](*,)

tilm4nn · Post by **tilm4nn** » January 4th, 2010, 6:18 pm

I had the same problem too.

After I disabled the "Folderpane Tools" Add-on which was broken in TB 3 anyway downloading of new messages at startup worked again.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » January 6th, 2010, 4:25 am

tilm4nn, you are a legend - disabling "Folderpane Tools" worked like a charm, many thanks

Post by **LIMPET235** » January 6th, 2010, 4:31 am

FWIW...
There's a new version of Folder Pane Tools if needed.
> http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmail ... rpanetools

nzguy · Post by **nzguy** » January 6th, 2010, 2:27 pm

As mine was a completely new installation following a computer meltdown, I do not have "Folder Pane Tools" to disable and I still don't have emails automatically downloading at start up.

There are a number of other things that I don't like with Thunderbird 3. Does anybody know if there is any way to go back to Thunderbird 2?

yoga_yoda · Post by **yoga_yoda** » January 8th, 2010, 11:51 am

I do not have folder pane tools. I have I have "Check for new mail every", "Automatically download new message", and "Include this server when getting new mail" all checked. The only addon I have is Enigmail. I see the same problem that it never seems to auto check or download email in Thunderbird 3. Please advise.

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