I just updated Thunderbird from v60 to v68 (32 bit)
Previously, when launching Thunderbird, automatically new messages were searched.
Now, this does not work anymore. After launching, I have to press "get messages" before searching starts.
Any suggestion to get the old situation back?
Go to "Tools" "Account Settings" then "Server Settings" and ensure "Check for new messages at startup" is ticked.
Thanks, but these are ticked. I unticked them and ticked them again, to no avail.
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I found an identical problem on: 1577150 - Thunderbird 68.0 on opening not automatically downloading messages (check for new messages at startup) - POP
No working solution offered. Possibly a bug in the programme.
I returned to the earlier v80 version (thanks Macrium).
With the earlier version, everything works as it should.
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