Cant receive emails - error 'user mailbox locked'

My emails are not filtering through to the 'mail' application on my mac.
I use Virgin, also have a blackberry. I can get the emails from the Virgin site, the emails are coming through on my blackberry.
I can send emails from 'mail'
The error is - The mail server denied access to the account "xxxx" because an administrator or other mail client was using it when Mail tried to log in. Please try again later.
The server error encountered was: user mailbox locked
When I look at connection doctor the error is POP account failed, please make sure user name and password are correct.
As far as I am aware I have not changed anything.
Has anyone got any answers please?

> The error is - The mail server denied access to the account "xxxx"
because an administrator or other mail client was using it when Mail
tried to log in. Please try again later.
The server error encountered was: user mailbox locked
Where/how does Mail display that error message?
Are you accessing that mail account from other computers or devices, or by other means (e.g. webmail), when it happens?
Could it be that you have more than one copy of the Mail application running? How many Mail icons do you see in the Dock?
Have you tried restarting the computer?

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Can not receive messages - user mailbox locked

Suddenly my incoming messages stopped coming and a dialogue box appeard, saying: "The sending of password failed. The e-mail server (pop3) answered user mailbox locked."
I've been in contact with my internet service provider and they found nothing wrong from their side. I can access my mail on the webmail and I can send email from my account.
I've checked the way the server and the account is configured and everything seems to be ok and according to manuals from both the ISP and Thunderbird. How can I get may incoming mail working again? Hoping for help!

Yes I asked. That was the first thing I did. And there's nothing wrong on the provider's side. They didn't lock the account and found it very unusual. They didn't know much about Thunderbird, however...
But I got hands-on-help from my son yesterday and that might have (almost) solved it. Seems that Thunderbird can't have both IMAP and POP3 accounts running and there might have been something in this that disturbed the flow. He made a new inbox and things started to work again. But it's still not working 100 %.

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My emails are not filtering through to the 'mail' application on my mac.
I use Virgin, also have a blackberry. I can get the emails from the Virgin site, the emails are coming through on my blackberry.
I can send emails from 'mail'
The error is - The mail server denied access to the account "xxxx" because an administrator or other mail client was using it when Mail tried to log in. Please try again later.
The server error encountered was: user mailbox locked
When I look at connection doctor the error is POP account failed, please make sure user name and password are correct.
As far as I am aware I have not changed anything.
I have been told that the blackberry might not be logging off?
Has anyone got any answers please?

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Hi,
According to the description, my understanding as below:
1. There are more than 1000 users on the Exchange server and working well by themselves.
2. Creating few users (working well by themselves) and adding them to a DL. If a user send emails to the DL, the DL cannot receive.
3. Re-creating users and DL, however the issue remained.
Please correct me if there is any misunderstanding.
Suggestions:
1. Please verify whether this issue occur in OWA.
2. Please verify whether the sender can find the DL from GAL via OWA.
3. Please try to compare the attribute on DL and normal user, especially the LegacyExchangeDN, Mail, ProxyAddresses, EmailAddresses, PrimarySmtpAddress via ADSIEdit.msc.
4. Please double check whether you have settings on Message Delivery Restriction on the DL.
5. If you have a large environment with multi-DCs, it seems a Replication issue between DCs. I suggest restarting the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant Services after creating the DL.
6. When the DL didn't receive the message, did the sender receive a NDR? If yes, please paste the details without sensitive information for the further troubleshooting.
Thanks
Mavis
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[email protected]
The recipient's mailbox is full and can't accept messages now. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please try resending this message later, or contact the recipient directly."
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