SOLVED RETR Command

[flatearth]

I use Thunderbird to read my email messages on my Win 10. Every time I open it I get the following message: "The RETR Command did not succeed. Error retrieving a message. Mail server inbound att.net responded problem retrieving messages." However, all my messages are downloaded, both at Hotmail and att. What causes this erroneous error message?

 

[Tim Locke]

This might be it.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044318

A 'bad' email message 'stuck' in the POP server.

I have been using T'bird for 10 years and I have never seen this error.

 

[flatearth]

This might be it.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044318

A 'bad' email message 'stuck' in the POP server.

I have been using T'bird for 10 years and I have never seen this error.

Thanks Tim. I have been getting all my email messages in spite of the message. Therefore, I will just ignore it.

 

[Tim Locke]

It seems that if you can log onto your email provider via the web you may then see the bad message and be able to delete it.

 

[flatearth]

It seems that if you can log onto your email provider via the web you may then see the bad message and be able to delete it.

Thanks again, Tim. I logged on via the web but did not see any bad messages. I deleted them all. I hope this resolves the problem.

 

[Tim Locke]

Did you check your providers Junk folder if they have one?

 

[flatearth]

Did you check your providers Junk folder if they have one?

ATT has a "trash" folder. Nothing new there but I now deleted it. I said this problem has been "solved," but it really hasn't. I'm just going to ignore the message. Thanks.