Thunderbird not receiving new messages for RSS feeds

Recently a lot of my RSS feeds in Thunderbird were not updated. There seems to be some issue with receiving new messages, a lot of my feeds were affected, though not all. Here's what I did to resolve the issue.

1. Right-click the affected feed and choose "Properties.." .


2. Under the "General Information" tab, tick the checkbox "Check this folder for new messages".


3. Click the "Rebuild Indexes" button.


4. Click the "OK" button.


5. From the toolbar, click the "Get Mail" button.

That managed to solve the problem, but you have to do steps 1 to 4 for each affected feed, before proceeding to step 5. It can be a pain if you have dozens of affected feeds, but I don't know of a better way.