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Thunderbird not asking for new email password

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D B Kelly
D B Kelly

I changed my email password on the providers web site, my phone, tablet both asked for the new password but Thunderbird has not, why can I still send and receive email ?

And don't see a place to change the server password either, I thought it would just ask.

I changed my email password on the providers web site, my phone, tablet both asked for the new password but Thunderbird has not, why can I still send and receive email ? And don't see a place to change the server password either, I thought it would just ask.

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Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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What is your email domain and who is your mail provider?

D B Kelly
D B Kelly Question owner

I use Fastmail.com imap.fastmail.com

Even after a few days now Thunderbird is still working. The first time I used the Fastmail app on my phone and tablet it said I was logged out and had to log in with my new password.

I should say that I changed the email password in Firefox at the Fastmail.com web site.

Could Firefox pass the password on to Thunderbird. I did look at the password vault in Firefox, the entry for Fastmail still had the old password.

Thanks for your help.

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