suddenly unable to d/l emails to all computers

[dblake2]

using pop, port 995.
I have a laptop & 2 desktop computers, In the last week or so I suddenly have been unable to d/l emails to all computers. It d/l to one only & will not d/l to others even tho I can see msgs are on the server. This just started in the last week or so.
I did just switch my default email from yahoo to gmail.

[DanRaisch]

Are those computers accessing just one account or more than one account?
How is the account set up, as POP or IMAP? In Thunderbird the menu path is Tools->Account Settings->Server Settings->Server Type at the top right of the dialogue.

[dblake2]

pop,port 995,leave msgs on server,don't delete
3 email accts-gmail,yahoo & 1 other
problen just started, in fact now I'm thinking about the time I switched my default from yahoo to gmail

[DanRaisch]

How is the account set up, as POP or IMAP? In Thunderbird the menu path is Tools->Account Settings->Server Settings->Server Type at the top right of the dialogue.

With 3 accounts you should have 3 sets of server settings. Are they all POP, as suggested by the reference to "Leave messages on server"? If not, which accounts are POP and which are IMAP?
What do you mean by "switched my default from yahoo to gmail"? Did you change a setting in Thunderbird under Tools->Account Settings->Account Actions drop down?

[dblake2]

3 server settings
pop for yahoo & gmail
imap for fastmail
change default in account actions dropdown

[DanRaisch]

Well, changing that selection should not have had anything like the impact you describe. The first obvious diagnostic step would be to change the default account back to what it was prior to this to see if that restores functionality. If not, please report back.

What was your purpose in changing that default setting?

[dblake2]

no change when switching default back to yahoo.
im thinking its maybe gmail itself.
i have both win10 & win7 on same computer.
booted to w10 & d/l emails from yahoo & gmail
boot to w7 & only yahoo emails show up-none of the gmail emails came thru, theyre still sitting on the server when i look with firefox browser.

[dblake2]

found it-it's a quirk with gmail pop format

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/ ... 47557&rd=1

I'd had that but deleted it as I forgot why it was there & thought I didn't need it any more!

[DanRaisch]

Thanks for posting your findings.