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Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers

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malone wrote:

> I have several email addresses. When I check my emails (F5) Thunderbird 
> contacts each (different) POP server sequentially to see whether there 
> are any messages waiting to be downloaded. What determines the order in 
> which Thunderbird contacts those servers. It's not in the order the 
> accounts are listed in Account Settings. It isn't alphabetically. It 
> isn't the date on which the accounts were created? How is it determined?

I would expect it's the numeric order of the serverNN entries in the 
config editor (Tools/Settings/General/ConfigEditor)

  mail.account.accountNN

> How can I adjust the order in which Thunderbird contacts those POP servers?

Would likely require open heart surgery on the prefs.js file within your 
profile, I'd be wary ...

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  Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-01 09:09 +0100
    Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-01 04:28 -0500
  Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-01 19:54 +0100
    Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> - 2026-05-02 08:10 +1200
      Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-01 21:18 +0100
      Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-01 17:07 -0500
        Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> - 2026-05-02 12:28 +1200
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                Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-03 16:16 +0100
                Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-03 19:36 +0100
              Re: Order in which Thunderbird contacts POP servers VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-02 23:38 -0500

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