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Thunderbird stuck at "Checking password..."

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 15758 / 2 Years ago, tue, november 22, 2022, 4:36:00

I hope it's not improper to post a question about Thunderbird on here, but I didn't find their site too helpful.

The other day my Thunderbird stopped syncing with my email. I've tried everything I know to do (including re-installing Ubuntu) and I'm still getting a problem. Specifically, when I go to setup an account, I get to the last step and click "Done," but the account is never created because it is stuck on "Checking password..." When I first setup Ubuntu 14.04, it worked flawlessly, but now even after a re-install, Thunderbird is giving me this problem.

Plus, all of the information I have input into Thunderbird is correct.

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answered 2 Years ago pantkie · Accepted Answer

I solved the problem by removing my proxy settings for FTP and SOCKS. I did this by updating my /etc/apt/apt.config file as follows:

Acquire::http::proxy "http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>/";

Acquire::https::proxy "https://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>/";

I'm not sure why Thunderbird had trouble when I had the FTP and SOCKS proxy entered, so that would be an interesting question for someone to answer. For now though, I'm satisfied that the problem is fixed.