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Why do i have to enter a pw twice, once to send and once to receive?

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bill331
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I've been using Thunderbird for a long time. I presently have version 115.4.3

I have always had to enter my pw to receive emails, and always have to enter it again to send emails. Why do I have to enter it twice?

Every other email client I have ever used only requires I enter it once.

I don't want to use Thunderbird to save my passwords.

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

- Bill

I've been using Thunderbird for a long time. I presently have version 115.4.3 I have always had to enter my pw to receive emails, and always have to enter it again to send emails. Why do I have to enter it twice? Every other email client I have ever used only requires I enter it once. I don't want to use Thunderbird to save my passwords. Thanks for any help/suggestions. - Bill

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Matt
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because sending and receiving are two different things and on most mail servers use two different physical servers, potentially with two different passwords. So they are requested and stored separately.

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