Theresa Arzadon-Labajo

server mail.optonline.net timed out
Posted by Theresa Arzadon-Labajo (tarzadon) on Mar 31 2011
Tech Stuff >> Windows

All of a sudden, when I tried to "Get Mail" for mail.optonline.net in Thunderbird, it would say that it was downloading the messages, but then it would error with "Server mail.optonline.net timed out"
I checked the settings and everything looked okay. I was able to access the mail on another machine using Thunderbird.
Restarting Thunderbird didn't work.
Restarting Windows didn't work.
I was able to login to Optimum Online's WebMail.
I decided to Add the account again in Thunderbird. It began to download the messages, but it stopped at the same message as the original account. I logged into the Webmail and deleted the next message after the last one that was downloaded in Thunderbird.
I tried "Get Mail" again in Thunderbird.
This time it worked.

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