How to setup email and smtp which have different passwords?
How can one setup a sending email server with same address and username but different passwords?
When trying to setup 2 different accounts i find a thunderbird limitation using API email password which have same smtp server address and username and only differs in password.
Is there a workaround?
Muudetud Wayne Mery poolt
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Thunderbird does not have "an account" as is the case with many mail clients, it has incoming accounts and outgoing accounts and they are linked via the identity information on the incoming account (there is also no limit on the number of distinct identities you can have on and incoming account.)
I therefore really do not follow your line of thought. There is no limit to the number of SMTP servers that can be configured and each can have it's own used name and password. The SMTP to be used with an identity is set in the account settings for the incoming account on the identity pane (the one above server settings)
Check the outgoing server(SMTP) entry in account settings for configured outgoing servers and add whatever you need.
Hi! Thank you for your reply.
I understand, but i keep trying to setup 2 outgoing servers with the same credentials: Name of the server, port, security and username, and there's no password field to fill. (So, 2 identical outgoing servers) - this is because API email provider has the same username and smtp address, and the API key is the password.
I setup 2 incoming accounts and each uses the outgoing server defined previously. I've check the profile identity and made sure that each one uses their own smtp server profile.
When i send an email with one account for the first time I'm prompt to insert the outgoing server password. The email is sent. But when trying to send a new email with the other account i get an error from the provider. So i was wondering since the password was not requested when i sent an email with this account if it's maybe using the already setup outgoing server from the other account, which could be confused because it's the same credentials... i hope it makes sense.
Anyway, for debug, i switch the order of email setup from scratch so that i can confirm that the error is not on the provider side. And the issue remains: The second account does not prompt me for password and maybe tries to send with the first account credentials.
How can i provide more info?
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