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I get my Internet service through Xfinity but the account is in my wife's name & email. How does this affect the email/password I use when I set up a account? I have tried every combination I can think of and cannot get logged into TB! Very frustrating. Wouldn't it be easier to set up a TB User and PW and forget about the email provider? Seems to cause a lot of problems. Thanks!

My account email address has changed, but I cannot find out how to change it to my new email address.

The Help article didn't make sense because it said: go to the Menu button, but I couldn't find a Menu button.

I am getting this error message when opening Thunderbird: Login to server imap.xfinity.com with username at @comcast.net failed. I need to reset my password for the imap server. Thanks, Kevin

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Thunderbird email is not recognizing my password - it has worked for years and tonight I cannot download mine or my husband's emails. It says my password does not match, but I have not changed it!

How do I update my password to email on thunderbird? I don't have this window that appears and ask you to put new password in. I also don't have any password saved in "saved password".

Please help!

I have just re-installed the latest Thunderbird. Authentication Oauth2. I have given gmail my phone number to call for authentication. After the first test, gmail will not call my phone and will not log Thunderbird in. I cannot get in Thunderbird messages recently sent through the online browser into Thunderbird.

recently offered the Primary Password as simple security to all my programs. filled in my choice , wrote it down and put it "safe". now neither password nor backup can be retrieved. is there a recovery path?

it seems imay have excluded help by this foolishness? my i phone picks up emails...so far. maloona112@gmail.com Any suggestions welcomed. fairly immune to ridicule, I understand little about jargon nd clever stuff.

Background: I realize that synchronizing a cellphone with Gmail accounts has great value for the vast majority of people, but it is a great annoyance for me. Gmail has loaded hundreds of email addresses into Contacts on my new cellphone. Since only a few of the entries have phone numbers recorded I would like to remove all the Gmail contacts from the cellphone and enter a very small number of contacts manually.

Question: Is there a setting in Thunderbird which severs a connection between Gmail contacts and Thunderbird contacts so I can delete them from the cellphone without fear of deleting them from Thunderbird. (I'll deal with Google Support to find out if I can sever a connection between Contacts on the cell phone and Gmail.)

I suspect this has something to do with our old mail-server and changing the minimum level for TLS to TLSv1.2

In version 91 there is no ≡ > Options > Find in Options to get to the Config Editor. How is that done now ?

I can't use Gmail in Thunderbird. I get the error "Login to server imap.googlemail.com with username failed" Gmail works on other devices, but not on my PC windows/10. I have set up a POP3 account with the same name and it works in Thunderbird, but my imap account will not accept my password. Keeps asking for new password. What can I do??

I keep getting the error "Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 25KGq41h048594 This message has been blocked for containing SPAM-like characteristics.. Please check the message and try again." when I am trying to send regular emails.

How can I fix this!?

I just received a malware spam that had an ISO malware attachment (filename something.pdf.iso). The email was not flagged as spam nor junk by Thunderbird.

Shouldn't Thunderbird be smart enough to flag any email with an ISO attachment as suspicious?

I using Thuderbird 60.9.0 (32-bit), as I'm stuck on 32-bit Ubuntu which is no longer updated. My Gmail accounts no longer accept the "Normal password" authentication method and are insisting on OAuth 2.0.

I've found the page that claims OAuth2 was added to Thunderbird 38.0. I also found instructions for setting up OAuth 2.0 in Thunderbird.

However, when I go to Account Setting : Sever Settings the ONLY options are Normal password, Encrypted password, Kerberos / GSSAPI. and NTLM. That, in spite of the fact that the SMTP server has those options PLUS OAuth2.

How can I download mail from my Gmail accounts?

I am running Windows 7 and have Thunderbird 91.10. Just went through your instructions to update to OAuth 2.0 (Well done BTW). When I try to get new documents I am immediately diverted to the log in page for my Google Account. Any suggestions on ways to avoid this? Thanks.

I have TB 91. set to a pop server using SSL/TLS but got a message from gmx saying I will not be able to receive emails on TB AS IT USES OUTDATED SECURITY ... After the protocols TLS1.0 and TLS1.1 have been deactivated, the transfer of emails between your affected device or program and our GMX servers will no longer work; i.e. no emails will be transmitted to or from your GMX email account using TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1. Third-party email programs such as Outlook, Thunderbird or pre-installed apps in which you have set up your GMX email account.We recommend that you only use newer devices and programs that support the latest TLS 1.2 or 1.3 encryption protocols and transfer your emails securely. How do I change this in TB to continue to receive emails please? M Hunt

Thunderbird is coming up with password does not match imap passcode, I have changed the password and know its right. I cant get any emails or send. this has been going on for days now, help please.