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cannot get into my email accoint at all

wildeyes

As of Oct 12 2026 I also have this issue. About a week before the 12th I was getting messages that I needed to sign into my RCN account which I would do and it just kept asking me. A few times each night to start then right before it shut me out I had over 50 of these messages just flooding my screen. I never did get a screen shot of that message, but did for the 2 error messages I got later once it shut me out. I shut down my computer the night of the 11th then when I signed back in on the 12th I could not send or recieve any emails. SOmething similar had happened before, but when I shut down again it went away. This time it did not. I then tried to access my emails thru the webmail I can access, but that also had shut me out. I also tried my tablet, a borrowed smart phone, but I could not access anything for my emails. I troubleshooted with my email company and my internet company, but they found nothing. Then I shut off the wi-fi on the smart phone and bin go I could access the webmail. But I still cannot find anything on what to do to fix this. I use RCN for my email, Spectrum for my internet. It is a POP3. Running Thunderbird version 153.5 Oesr (32 bit) Meadow, which says it is up to date. I have norton 360 anti virus & do not use VPN. I disabled my Auto-protect and firewall on the Norton and that did not change anything. I have sent the error messages to RCN and also troubleshot with Microsoft and had some hints, but nothing has come of that yet. Here are the screen shots of the only 2 things I ould capture. The error message was when I was trying to access my email thru Thunderbird. And it came up every time I tried to send messages, not that does not show up anymore and nothing happens when I try and send anything. The second one was when I was trying to access the RCN webmail and it would not let me in on anything I used. Until I shout off the WI-Fi. Then the smart phone could access my webmail account.

As of Oct 12 2026 I also have this issue. About a week before the 12th I was getting messages that I needed to sign into my RCN account which I would do and it just kept asking me. A few times each night to start then right before it shut me out I had over 50 of these messages just flooding my screen. I never did get a screen shot of that message, but did for the 2 error messages I got later once it shut me out. I shut down my computer the night of the 11th then when I signed back in on the 12th I could not send or recieve any emails. SOmething similar had happened before, but when I shut down again it went away. This time it did not. I then tried to access my emails thru the webmail I can access, but that also had shut me out. I also tried my tablet, a borrowed smart phone, but I could not access anything for my emails. I troubleshooted with my email company and my internet company, but they found nothing. Then I shut off the wi-fi on the smart phone and bin go I could access the webmail. But I still cannot find anything on what to do to fix this. I use RCN for my email, Spectrum for my internet. It is a POP3. Running Thunderbird version 153.5 Oesr (32 bit) Meadow, which says it is up to date. I have norton 360 anti virus & do not use VPN. I disabled my Auto-protect and firewall on the Norton and that did not change anything. I have sent the error messages to RCN and also troubleshot with Microsoft and had some hints, but nothing has come of that yet. Here are the screen shots of the only 2 things I ould capture. The error message was when I was trying to access my email thru Thunderbird. And it came up every time I tried to send messages, not that does not show up anymore and nothing happens when I try and send anything. The second one was when I was trying to access the RCN webmail and it would not let me in on anything I used. Until I shout off the WI-Fi. Then the smart phone could access my webmail account.
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Can you better describe what you mean by "shut you out"? Did you get some sort of notice that said "you cannot do that"?

If you were having email trouble with only your desktop computer I would first blame Norton. They are notorious for interfering with Thunderbird and other email programs. But since you say you are having trouble accessing the Internet with all the devices in your house, you have a problem with your Internet provider, Spectrum. You might ALSO have an email issue, but until you solve your network problems, any possible email issue cannot be addressed.

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