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Problems increasing since last Update.

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petevannuys
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Tbird connects with difficulty or won't connect at all the IMAP server. It won't save a Draft just edited; hours wasted 'cause it just disappeared. I thought Drafts were local, are they on the server? And now all I get is the little spinning disc... Reinstall? That's so easy for me to screw up....

Tbird connects with difficulty or won't connect at all the IMAP server. It won't save a Draft just edited; hours wasted 'cause it just disappeared. I thought Drafts were local, are they on the server? And now all I get is the little spinning disc... Reinstall? That's so easy for me to screw up....

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Wayne Mery
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Drafts is not local if your account is imap. But you can change it at Tools > Account Settings > Copies and Folders.

But it sounds like you have more general connection issues. These can often be caused by antivirus SW. Therefore, Please start *Windows'* safe mode with networking enabled - win10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode Still in Windows safe mode, start Thunderbird in Troubleshoot mode - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-mode-thunderbird

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