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Thunderbird frequently asks me to re-enter password

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I just upgraded from Thunderbird 68 to 102, and now it frequently asks me to re-enter my email passwords when I open a folder or send a message - but not every time, just sometimes (several times a day at least). I don't want it to save the passwords (I don't want it to automatically be logged in when I open Thunderbird), but I do want it to stay logged in to a given account once I enter the password, like my old installation of Thunderbird did. I believe this is only happening for accounts that use "normal password" authentication (not the accounts that use OAuth2). I have the settings configured to always accept cookies and to keep them until I close Thunderbird, so I guess that's not the relevant setting. Any ideas what I should change to fix this?

I just upgraded from Thunderbird 68 to 102, and now it frequently asks me to re-enter my email passwords when I open a folder or send a message - but not every time, just sometimes (several times a day at least). I don't want it to save the passwords (I don't want it to automatically be logged in when I open Thunderbird), but I do want it to stay logged in to a given account once I enter the password, like my old installation of Thunderbird did. I believe this is only happening for accounts that use "normal password" authentication (not the accounts that use OAuth2). I have the settings configured to always accept cookies and to keep them until I close Thunderbird, so I guess that's not the relevant setting. Any ideas what I should change to fix this?