I decided to move my thunderbird configuration out of way and started up thunderbird - to create a new profile... Now everything works properly....
Okay - all three are now using IMAP/ssl - so should be consistent... I do not have any idea what could be happening here - and with only one...
I am evaluating ESET and downloaded the security sweet on friday (version 4.0.437). I am using thunderbird configured w/ three IMAP accounts....
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