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Gaining access to Thunderbird mailbox after canceling request for password

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Has anyone noticed a bug with Thunderbird if you repeatedly click cancel after the desktop app is launched. I decided I didn't want to access the mail box then clicked cancel and was represented with the password entry box multiple times and each time I clicked cancel to exit the app. After a number of repeated cancels, it eventually systematically opened each mailbox that has been unified in Thunderbird. Has anyone else had this experience?

Has anyone noticed a bug with Thunderbird if you repeatedly click cancel after the desktop app is launched. I decided I didn't want to access the mail box then clicked cancel and was represented with the password entry box multiple times and each time I clicked cancel to exit the app. After a number of repeated cancels, it eventually systematically opened each mailbox that has been unified in Thunderbird. Has anyone else had this experience?

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I decided I didn't want to access the mail box then clicked cancel and was represented with the password entry box multiple times ...

Cancelling the password prompt for your account password will prevent you from downloading new mail from the server. However, it will not prevent you from seeing the mail downloaded already.

... each time I clicked cancel to exit the app.

Cancelling the password prompt for your account password will not shut down Thunderbird.

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