Are both systems Fedora 30 with the same sets up upgrade packages? -derek On Wed, October 9, 2019 8:52 am, e...@vivaldi.net wrote: > Nothing changed on this end. > > It connected fine up until Sunday night. But I can't explain why TB > successfully connects to Comcast on one system, but not on the other. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> > To: e...@vivaldi.net > Cc: discuss@blu.org > Sent: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 8:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Thunderbird not connecting to Comcast IMAP server > > Did anything change on your end? Did you take any updates? > > Could it be a TLS ciphersuite incompatibility issue? > I believe that F30 disabled a BUNCH of old ciphers. > If Comcast is running an older IMAP service you might not have compatible > ciphers anymore. > > -derek > > > On Wed, October 9, 2019 8:27 am, e...@vivaldi.net wrote: >> Beginning this past Monday, Thunderbird and the SeaMonkey suite (on >> Fedora >> 30) mysteriously stopped connecting to Comcast's IMAP mail server. >> >> In trying to diagnose the issue, I also installed Evolution, which also >> failed to connect. >> >> After removing the Comcast accounts from Thunderbird, attempts were made >> to add them back in, however when Thunderbird attempted to check the >> password, that process becomes stuck, as if Thunderbird cannot resolve >> the >> IP address(es) for the Comcast server. I let it sit like that for 15 >> minutes without success, then clicked Cancel. >> >> Thunderbird otherwise connects to non-Comcast IMAP servers perfectly. >> >> I also have Geary installed and that successfully connected to the >> Comcast >> server, yet the other three email clients could not. >> >> Could this be an issue on Comcast's end? If it were a DNS or resolver >> issue, then nothing would connect. >> >> I have Thunderbird installed on a second system and it connected to >> Comcast successfully on that, last night. >> >> Thanks for any replies/suggestions. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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