I am getting an Error retrieving messages.
Sending of password for user myemaihere@mydomainhere.com did not succeed. Mail server
mail.myemailserver.com responded: Capability list follows
What in the world is that error? I have seen error before that make sense like password rejected, or server timed out, but what in the sam hill is "Capability list follows???"
Error: Capability list follows
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Re: Error: Capability list follows
Email clients can ask a IMAP server for a list of the servers capabilities. The capabilities list is a bitmask (not a printable string). However,it normally asks for that and waits for a response before it tries to log into the server, since it needs that information to know what type of logins the server supports etc..
Sounds like you are running into a misconfigured server that returns the wrong error text.
Sounds like you are running into a misconfigured server that returns the wrong error text.
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Re: Error: Capability list follows
Very strange! This particular email was set up as a POP not IMAP. This email address has been working on Thunderbird for 5-6 years with the same server and host.tanstaafl wrote:Email clients can ask a IMAP server for a list of the servers capabilities. The capabilities list is a bitmask (not a printable string). However,it normally asks for that and waits for a response before it tries to log into the server, since it needs that information to know what type of logins the server supports etc..
Sounds like you are running into a misconfigured server that returns the wrong error text.
It might have been a corrupt file on the server though. I was unable to log in to that account from their internet gateway either. All the other accounts on this server seemed to work fine. I deleted the email account and recreated it on the host server. Then Thunderbird was able to send and receive without errors. Very strange. I think this is solved.