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Thunderbird Hangs Up When Accessing Gmail IMAP — Rebuild Index

13 Feb 2009 (updated 14 Nov, 2019)

Arrgghh! You try to access an IMAP account via Thunderbird and it just won’t work. Don’t despair!

About Raised by Turtles

This blog is maintained (to put it charitably) by Tom Lambert. Sometimes I have things on my mind and on rare occasions, I write them down. If you don't like them, YouTube is just one click away.

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Personal Favorites

  • Improved Roads (thoughts on the loss of wild places)
  • A Theory of Dryer Crimes (fiction in which Jason turns out to be an asshole)
  • The Forgetoir (a new literary form to replace the memoir)
  • The Faithful Couple (a poem about long-term love)
  • Curriculum Vitae (a poem about learning to live)
  • Best Jeremiah Johnson Quotes (the only post to appear on both the "favorites" list and the "most popular" list, because JJ is a movie to live by)
  • Ice Cream For Dinner (imaginary high school graduation speech; my chance to tell young people to stop listening to the lies of their elders)
  • The Boy Behind the Couch (reading Susan Cain and my secret life as an introvert)
  • How To Tell Tom from Las Vegas (my friends get this, others may not)
  • Sarah's Watch (fiction fragment and experiment in writing with Hemingway App)
  • Learning to Read (and what makes a great reader).
  • You Can Always Yell Later (a life lesson from my mom on getting what you want and making the world better)
  • I’d Like to Add You to My Network. Some of these Linked in connection options are getting scary (humor, I think).
  • Six Essential Skills that Marketers Can Teach Academics (for scholars who write grants and apply for fellowships, please stop aiming the gun at your foot).

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