Thunderbird showing "Unable to locate mail spool file" on installing gmail account in ubuntu 13.04?

Question

I just configure a gmail account in thunder mail but its continuously showing me error "Unable to locate mail spool file." when i click get mail then also it shows same error. its not retrieving mail from gmail. I tried moving /var/spool to .Thunderbird but that also not working. What to do ??

Solution 1

Make sure thunderbird is closed.

Just go to the file browser and type CTRL+H to reveal hidden files, then delete the .thunderbird folder.

After that, thunderbird should open fine.

Solution 2

I was creating a localhost only environment to test email sending during development and faced this error message.

The reason was: my user spool mail file was really empty.

To solve it, I just composed an email to myself and clicked on Get Messages. Spool created and problem solved!

Solution 3

after making sure Thunderbird is closed, from the shell do cd ~/ && rm -r ./thunderbird

Comments

[Sarthak killer]

cool but i got solution

[Sarthak killer]

i think i got the solution for that you just have to generate a application specific password use this [link][1] [1]: support.google.com/accounts/answer/1064203?hl=en

[Mostafa Ahangarha]

Isn't it better to rename the folder before removing it forever to make sure it solves the problem without losing important data?