I figured it out. This is an issue with Moblock. If moblock is closed without stopping it, these issues occur.
-- cannot connect to email server unless gufw is running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gufw Developers, which is subscribed to gui-ufw in ubuntu. Status in “gui-ufw” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I use Thunderbird as an email client. Occasionally, I can't connect to my email server (yahoo) unless gufw is running. This may be related to the issues with pidgin. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 15 10:23:44 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: gufw 0.20.6-0ubuntu1~hardy1 [modified: var/lib/gufw/cfg_files/user6.rules_compare var/lib/gufw/cfg_files/user.rules_compare var/lib/gufw/cfg_files/gufw.cfg] PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gui-ufw Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic x86_64 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
