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How do I log out of thunderbird so it requires a sign on for the next session?

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dynastar_84
dynastar_84

After reading emails I do not know how to log out of Thunderbird. It is not closed and when I click on the icon it does not require logging back into e-mail with my password. How do I successfully log out so it requires authentication when I click on the icon.

After reading emails I do not know how to log out of Thunderbird. It is not closed and when I click on the icon it does not require logging back into e-mail with my password. How do I successfully log out so it requires authentication when I click on the icon.

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A Master Password (for Thunderbird) may be the way to go. Set this up and when you open TB you will be asked for your 'Master Password' which unlocks the password manager, so it can select your actual login passwords for the various sites.

As long as TB stays open, you would not usually have to re-enter the 'Master Password'. It requires that TB be fully closed and reopened before it asks for the password again.

'Tools - Options - Security - Passwords'

You could remove your mail logins from the password manager but you may have many - each POP account, each IMAP account, each SMTP account has its own password(s). My memory is not that good.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/master-password

TB38.2 Win10-PC

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Chosen Solution

A Master Password (for Thunderbird) may be the way to go. Set this up and when you open TB you will be asked for your 'Master Password' which unlocks the password manager, so it can select your actual login passwords for the various sites.

As long as TB stays open, you would not usually have to re-enter the 'Master Password'. It requires that TB be fully closed and reopened before it asks for the password again.

'Tools - Options - Security - Passwords'

You could remove your mail logins from the password manager but you may have many - each POP account, each IMAP account, each SMTP account has its own password(s). My memory is not that good.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/master-password

TB38.2 Win10-PC