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I just installed Thunderbird but it cannot accept the password that I used which I thought would be the PW for my email account. Please let me know if this is incorrect and what password it is looking for.

Hello,

Just the other day I noticed my Thunderbird doesn't log into my Yahoo account and as a result doesn't update the mailbox.

I get a pop up that asks for Yahoo mail address and then password. When I put the correct info there, all I get is "Something went wrong" message.

I've tried removing cookies, removing saved passwords, removing the account and restarting the PC. None of these helped.

I've also checked the IMAP and SMTP server addresses and ports are ok and it uses the SSL/TLS and OAuth2 for authentication.

Any idea what to try?

The STAT command did not succeed. Error getting message number and sizes. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: [AUTH] Username and password not accepted.

This actually tells me nothing I can work with. Is this for the senders account (gmail).

I sporadically get messages through, but have to check in the gmail account as some do not go through.

How can this be fixed?

I am trying to add a gmail account to Thunderbird and at the Account Hub I get an authentication error. I suspect I entered the account's password incorrectly but have no way to edit it. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling Thunderbird, but the account info is still there. How do I fix this?? Thanks!

I use this account every day but today I am unable to use it. A box appears saying I need to enter my new password to gain entry, I have tried new passwords and old passwords but with no success. I can get my emails through Virginmedia but would rather use Thunderbird

Until yesterday, I had no issues accessing my Yahoo account. However, all of a sudden, the Yahoo login popup has started appearing.

After entering the password, I get the error: "Something went wrong. We could not sign you in. Try again from a different device."

I checked and tried following:

• The authentication method is set to OAuth2.
• Cookies are enabled in settings
• Tried Yahoo account password and app one time password
• Deleted account in Thunderbird and created from scratch. The same login popup appears but fails the same.
• Deleted all cookies from yahoo in the "Show cookies" dialog in the setting.

Any help is appreciated.

T-Bird one Yahoo of six accts, repetitive “ENTER CREDENTIALS” My T-bird release: 144.0.1 (64-bit) Desktop: WIN 11 Pro – with all updates

For the last few days, I have not been able to obtain emails on my desktop T-Bird for one of my six Yahoo accounts. And, I cannot send any emails from the account

BUT, I can access the target Yahoo email account via my desktop Firefox, via Android T-Bird and via Android/Firefox. And all incoming and outgoing emails are present. Stymied, I changed the Yahoo acct password. After the change, these three work domains perfectly as before. And again, all incoming and outgoing emails are present.

BUT, the repetitive error with my desktop T-Bird for the one Yahoo account persists. The POP-UP provides a long string in the URL window and the only text shows: “Edge: Too Many Requests” >>>>>>>> I’m not using EDGE [Yahoo must use EDGE for the login error POP-UP] The window in the bottom Task Bar displays: “Enter credentials” [repetitively – ad nauseum].

This is the copy of the Yahoo URL in the POP-UP: https://login.yahoo.com/?src=thunderbird&client_id=dj0yJmk9NUtCTWFMNVpTaVJmJmQ9WVdrOVJ6UjVTa2xJTXpRbWNHbzlNQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD0yYw--&crumb=mdAGY49jGd8&login_hint=name_of_email_acct%40yahoo.com&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost&pspid=954010027&activity=thunderbird-imap&done=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.login.yahoo.com%2Foauth2%2Fauthorize%3F.scrumb%3D0%26client_id%3Ddj0yJmk9NUtCTWFMNVpTaVJmJmQ9WVdrOVJ6UjVTa2xJTXpRbWNHbzlNQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD0yYw--%26redirect_uri%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flocalhost%26response_type%3Dcode%26scope%3Dmail-w I changed my email account name in the display above to: name_of_email_acct; all else is verbatim.

For clarity all six accounts work without encountering "Enter credentials" on the desktop via Firefox, my android via T-Bird app, my android via Firefox. Five of the six work on my desktop T-bird.

I did not add any extensions in the last week. I did disable all extensions (and restarted) with no change in behavior. I put a 25 cent piece on the keyboard to appease the computer gods – no change.

Yup: cleared cache and cookies. Deleted password from desktop T-Bird repository, but the new one is not recorded. Changed authentication from OAuth2 to Normal and back again- no change

Yes, I waited multiple hours to try again, with no luck.

Thoughts ????

Hello I have been using Thunderbird forever it seems I am having issues with signing in to my email accounts, I have two main emails, one is: shaker0442@gmail.com, and other is: 0442taterhead@gmail.com My main email is shaker0442@gmail.com and I can't get Thunderbird to recognize my password, and I can't get it to load, and I don't know why, do you have the shaker0442 locked out?? Please help!!! I can only get email from 0442taterhead@gmail.com.... Thank You Bob Jack

Hello Thunderbird Support,

I’m having a recurring issue with Thunderbird continuously showing a Google login popup, even though I’ve already removed the Gmail account from Thunderbird.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

Deleted all Gmail accounts from Account Settings.

Removed all saved passwords (including OAuth tokens) from the Password Manager.

Deleted these files in the Thunderbird profile folder: logins.json, logins-backup.json, key4.db, cert9.db, pkcs11.txt

Deleted Gmail folders from ImapMail and Mail.

Checked “Manage Identities” and “Outgoing Server (SMTP)” — no Gmail entries remain.

Restarted Thunderbird multiple times.

Despite all this, the Google verification window (accounts.google.com) still appears when Thunderbird starts.

It looks like Thunderbird is keeping a hidden OAuth reference to the old Gmail account somewhere in the configuration files. Could you please help me identify how to fully remove this cached Gmail authentication so the popup no longer appears?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Best regards, Khaled Ben Ali info@baktradingtn.com