541693 - The menu choice "File: Get Messages for all accounts" is apparently not working

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 516360

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Bob Katz]

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Also the "Get Mail" toolbar button "Get all new messages" is apparently not working. This gets the mail for the main account, but not all subsidiary accounts. I noticed in but reports for the previous builds and the release candidate that this function was missing, but it appears that when it was added for the release, it is still not actually working. I've done some rudimentary troubleshooting including removing my inbox.msf files (which automatically rebuilds them) which does not fix the problem. I've also proved that the automatic checking in the accounts setup DOES work.

For example, in Tools/Accounts, I have some of my accounts checking for mail every 120 minutes. This mail does arrive. But I cannot receive mail from the "check all accounts" command. HOWEVER, I can receive mail manually from each specific mail account if I choose that account in the toolbar "get mail" submenu or in the appropriate file submenu. Good luck! You're doing a great job. This is a fundamental bug, though... hope you get it fixed.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

does this happens in -safe-mode (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode) ?

What version of thunderbird are you using ?

Are those accounts POP or imap ?

Anything in Tools -> Error console when this happens ?