I've been having a similar experience for many months, but "randomly". I don't notice the exact wording of Thunderbird's message, but it can take a very long time (even over an hour) for folders to update, messages to be loaded (even messages already viewed on previous days and system bootings), and drafts to be auto-saved. I have more than one "commercial" e-mail account, and this problem occurs in all of them, but not all at the same time. I don't know where the delay is, or how to determine that, or how to definitively rule out any candidate. But if the problem occurs in one account but not another at the same time, that suggests the problem is not my system. Bill. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx