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Adding email accounts failing on new PC

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ju.col
ju.col

I have a new PC. I have added five email accounts, three different hosts, with some difficulty. Thunderbird finds the details for others but then refuses with the message Authentication error. Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password.

I added Thunderbird by copying from my old PC. The hosts for those not yet added are the same as those added.

I have a new PC. I have added five email accounts, three different hosts, with some difficulty. Thunderbird finds the details for others but then refuses with the message Authentication error. Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password. I added Thunderbird by copying from my old PC. The hosts for those not yet added are the same as those added.

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david
david
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If the accounts on new PC are the same as on old PC, it is simpler to just copy the profile. See this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer

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