I'm trying to set up an account on a laptop using Thunderbird 8 running under XP SP3. I'm already using Thunderbird 3 on a desktop and have duplicated the settings on the laptop, except for the identity as the account is for my wife. She currently has an account with the same identity on Mail on a Mac desktop which works ok.
The account I've set up on the laptop works when sending mail, the messages arrive at the recipient with the correct sender details, but fails to download messages sent to it (with the Mac turned off, obviously). It just reports 'no messages for <account name> on the server'.
There are no error messages and since it can send mail and report 'no messages' it must be connecting to the server ok. I've racked my brains and checked and re-checked the settings but I cannot see what's wrong.
Any insights would be gratefully received.
