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Re: prod mailserver?

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On 2026/9/22 21:40:56, NFN Smith wrote:
> Frank Miller wrote:
>> Andy Burns wrote:
>>> "J. P. Gilliver" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way to prod the mailserver (I use POP) without closing and
>>>> opening TB? For example, when "we've sent you a one-time passcode" (or
>>>> similar), and I don't want to wait for my next automated prod.
>>>
>>> File > Get New Messages For > [account]
>>>
>>> or shortcut F5 to get for current account, or shift-F5 to get for all
>>> accounts
>>
>> Or right click on the account in the folder pane: "Get messages".
>>
> 
> Also, Get Messages icon in the Task Bar at the top of the screen.  If 

Ah, even better; I think I knew about it at one time, but had forgotten
what it meant - a case of for once an icon _not_ being immediately
recognisable. Left-clicking it only gets for what you're currently on -
news if a newsgroup - but I'd probably be on the Inbox if I was waiting
for an email anyway.

> you have multiple accounts, then that will download messages for all 
> your accounts (including updating displays on News accounts). Right 
> click allows you to specify downloading mail on a specified account. If 

Yes, like the Get Mew Messages for under File.

> the button is not there, Right click on the blank space at the left side 
> of the Task Bar, and then use the dialog to drag-and-drop Get Messages 
> (or other useful buttons) into the Task Bar.
> 
> Additionally, there should be a cloud icon at the top of the Folders 
> Pane, and that behaves the same way as the Get Messages button does.

Ah, that's what I've been clicking on; I don't have a Get Messages button.>
> Smith

John
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prod mailserver? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-18 19:52 +0100
  Re: prod mailserver? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-18 20:22 +0100
    Re: prod mailserver? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-18 20:44 +0100
    Re: prod mailserver? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-09-19 12:11 +0200
      Re: prod mailserver? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-19 20:15 +0100
      Re: prod mailserver? NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2026-09-22 13:40 -0700
        Re: prod mailserver? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-23 01:35 +0100
        Re: prod mailserver? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-09-23 08:33 -0700

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