On 3/16/2017 3:52 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 3/16/2017 12:51 PM, David H. Durgee wrote: >> Richmond wrote: >>>> I think I may have found the answer to my question. Anyone else using >>>> Yahoo mail via POP3 see this article: >>>> >>>> https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail-for-desktop/sln28161.html >>>> >>>> It appears that Yahoo is dropping POP3 support effective at the end of >>>> the month. They suggest using IMAP instead. >>>> >>> >>> That's not what the article says. It is talking about pop3 import, i.e. >>> getting mail from other email accounts into Yahoo. >>> >>> I think if Yahoo stopped pop3 support it would be big news, because many >>> are trying to get away from it by pulling mail into another provider >>> like gmail. >>> >> >> OK, I will concede that I might have misunderstood what Yahoo was doing >> with POP3 services. All I can note is that as I reported in the initial >> post in this thread that I was unable to use Yahoo's POP3 service after >> 9 March due to errors. As I had made no changes on my end I can only >> assume that Yahoo changed something on the POP3 server that was making >> it impossible for SeaMonkey to use it as I had previously. When I saw >> the notice about 31 March I assumed that they were connected and there >> would likely be no fix from Yahoo forthcoming prior to that date. >> >> As I did not remove the POP3 account I can confirm that even now I am >> getting the same error: >> >> "The POP3 mail server (pop.mail.yahoo.com) does not support UIDL or XTND >> XLST, which are required to implement the ``Leave on Server'', ``Maximum >> Message Size'' or ``Fetch Headers Only'' options. To download your mail, >> turn off these options in the Server Settings for your mail server in >> the Account Settings window." >> >> Am I the only one encountering these errors? If so, I am still >> encountering them and the only way around them was to add an IMAP >> account which I am using instead of the POP3 one. >> >> Dave >> > > I get that occasionally & when I do I try the following: > > 1. Right click on 'Inbox', then 'Properties' then click on 'Repair Folder'. > 2. Shut down SeaMonkey & restart. > 3. 2. Right click on the account name & click on 'Get Messages for Account'. > > If that doesn't work repeat 1, shut down SeaMonkey, and then delete the > .msf files for the account (Troubleshooting|Profile Folder:Show > Folder|Mail|<account>, then restart SeaMonkey. > > Not 100%, but seems to work most of the time. Give it a try. >
David, Forgot that I did some troubleshooting on this back in 2013, you can see the link here: <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mozilla.support.seamonkey/uidl/mozilla.support.seamonkey/Efo6JA6T7Qk/bhlunH3z_7QJ> _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
