496937 - POP3 Connection refused if Thunderbird left running for several days

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(MailNews Core :: Networking: POP, defect)

Description

[jjb]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.21 (20090302)

If I leave Thunderbird running over the weekend, or during the week, after a few days it will stop retrieving mail. If I click the get mail button, I will get a connection refused message from the pop3 server.  The only fix is to reboot the computer.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Leave Thunderbird running for 2-3 days
2. Click Get Mail
3. Error occurs



I am running Norton Anti-Virus 2005 with latest updates. This has been a problem for over a year since I started running Thunderbird.

Comment 1

[jjb]

Shouldn't there be a Networking Component so i don't have to pick "General"?

Comment 2

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Sure, but since we share all the networking code with SeaMonkey, we should put it in MailNews Core instead of in Thunderbird.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

see bug  152675 and bug 323520. Anything ring true there?

Comment 4

[jjb]

Not really - I don't have problems with "folder being processed" coincident with this issue. (Not that I never see that message, but it does not seem to interfere with downloading). 

This is specifically, downloading messages from my earthlink pop account when I leave tbird running for more than a few days. If I kill tbird every day before I go home from work, I don't usually see this problem.

Comment 5

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Do you use DHCP for you PC's IP address?
Is IP address assigned to your PC changed while Tb is active?

> The only fix is to reboot the computer.

Really reboot was mandatory? "Restart of Tb" was not sufficient?
If so, problem of OS(network component), firewall software etc., isn't it?

> I will get a connection refused message from the pop3 server.

What message? (write down message text, or get screen shot, please)

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

no response to last comment, so incomplete.

if you still see a problem, please reopen the bug with additional information, including protocol log for pop3 https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging ... preferably using version 3