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The Thunderbird password I've used for YEARS (and is stored in "Saved Passwords") no longer works. I have two laptops with the same password, and they both ceased (on the same day) allowing downloads (or sending) of emails. This occurs on both my laptops -- one has TB version 115.10.1 w/ Windows 10, and the other has 140.5.0esr w/ Windows 11. It also occurs on my iPhone when trying to access the mail server.

Could the problem be the mail server itself?

Please Advise

Bob Hawkins

i have tried updating my pass word for Xfinity i have tried several passwords that work in Xfinity when try to change to Thunder bird it keeps asking me for the password i have tried several times to add it. i saw strange names and emails on my Xfinity account so i tried removing the password and every time Thunderbird keeps asking me for the xfinity pass wor. it works in xfinity but cn not get it to work in thunder bird Please help i do not know what do do i fi delete thiunder bird and stt over i lose alll my contacts and do not know how to SAVE THEM PLEASE HELP not sure i can get the email unless i go to xfinity mail

I'm using Thunderbird on Windows 11 with my Outlook email account. I can receive email, but when I try to send an email, it tells me the password is wrong.

[moderator note, the following is unrelated] When I check the password in the Privacy and Security settings, Thunderbird has changed the password to a long string of letters, numbers, and symbols. I enter the correct password, but it keeps changing back to the incorrect password. I have tried deleting and re-adding the account. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird. Same result.

Hello,

I have to add the Password every time I open Thunderbird because I removed the Password myself after I read this:

<<<< ThundaMike Mozilla Staff 7/28/25, 9:15 PM more options Sounds like you are almost there.

Building off what @david said above, try this:

In Thunderbird, go to Settings > Privacy & Security.

Scroll down to the Passwords section and click Saved Passwords….

Find your email account in the list and remove the saved password.

Restart Thunderbird.

When prompted, enter your new password. >>>

My doing this it removed the .twc password Log In totally in that Settings. I do not see the "my twc.com" in the settings of Tools, Privacy & Security, then Saved Passwords in the list, I only see the Hotmail account settings I have in Thunderbird. Removing it like ThundaMike wrote really removed all the TWC Password and Information.

Can someone help me restoring or re-enter my Mozilla Thunderbird info back into Tools, Privacy & Security, then Saved Passwords so I do not have to type in the Password every time I open Thunderbird.

Thank you so much for your time and efforts I truly appreciate it.

Spectrum had me change my password for one of my accounts on Thunderbird. I changed it with Spectrum. That account was working fine from Nov. 6 until today, Nov. 16; today, it decided that my password wouldn't work. I tried to change it when it asked at the time I was trying to send an email; it wouldn't take. I then went into "saved passwords" and tried to change it; it wanted a pin. This is my** first problem;** Norton has no idea what that is. Thunderbird asked for other sign-in methods including a Yahoo email, but I have no idea what it wants as it doesn't want the password for that Yahoo account. What is it looking for????

I deleted the account from Thunderbird's password manager. After my shutting down and reopening Thunderbird a few times, it finally worked --however, it didn't ask for a password and sent and received email just fine. Thunderbird now doesn't have that account listed in its password manager, but is giving me my mail and sending my mail out without asking me for a password. **This is my second problem.**

Since this is all combined, I'm sending both questions together; otherwise, I wouldn't do so. Does anyone know what's happening and how to get a password back as a necessity for that email account?

Hi,

I am trying to connect my account to RedTail so I can send a broadcast email through RedTail. When I try to put in my email password, it will not save. I have confirmed the email, tried copying and pasting, typed the email and I can't figure out what else to do. RedTail is saying it's because it doesn't recognize the password and that I need to reach out to Thunderbird. Please help.

Thank you

Hey,

I am seeing the creation of a file "logins.db" when opening thunderbird.

When I open the file with textedit, it begins with "SQLite format 3". It looks like a script to me, including things like "ON loginsL (is_deleted, origin)" and "idx_loginsM_is_overridden_origin".

I can delete and it's recreated when launching Thunderbird.

Is this file legit? Can anyone confirm having this file, too? I'm running Mac OS 15.7.1 with Thunderbird 145.

Thanks for listening

Hello, I received an email from Spectrum (.TWC) that I needed to change my password by Nov. 11th. I did change it last evening. Now today I cannot receive my email via Mozilla Thunderbird, I receive the pop up to Enter the Password when I open it.

Then a second submit I added: -I came to search helps as to why I need to add the password every time I open Thunderbird's password. I searched and found something similar to what I am having problems with here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1525666

I removed the password that was there for years, I then shut Thunderbird, retyped the new password and it still does not work, and in the Settings Security Password there is no more the TWC in the list but only the hotmail account I have also in the list. Now I do not know how to ADD a new Password in the Settings Password. I am stuck there. No more emails coming in for two days now.-

Then the third submit I added: -I still cannot set the Password that the support above said to remove, I cannot add a new password and the settings shows that .twc is not on the list any more for Setting Security.

Also once in a while it shows a pop up at the right bottom of the page. I added it as an image.

Can someone please help me with this so I can get my .twc mail back. I tried myself and it does not work, I've read many Helps and it's not the issue that I have.-

I tried the original password, made several new ones and it still not working nor showing the .twc account password in the Settings, Security and Passwords area.

I am at a loss and need TB to work as it was before Spectrum informed that I need to change my Spectrum Password before Nov. 11.

Thank you for your time and efforts.

Hello,

We are experiencing an issue in a corporate environment. The Thunderbird mail client does not pick up the new password after it has been changed for a user on the domain controller.

Symptoms: After a password change in the domain, Thunderbird continues to use the old cached password, which leads to an authentication error.

Temporary solution: The problem is only resolved by manually deleting the mail account in Thunderbird and recreating it by entering the new password. This is inconvenient during mass password changes.

Question: Is there a way to configure Thunderbird to automatically sync with domain password changes?

When made to change my password by my email provider, instead of deleting my old password in Thunderbird I accidentally deleted the entire saved login (Thunderbird > Settings > Privacy&Security > Passwords > Saved Passwords > then deleted the entire saved login instead of only deleting the old password). When I tried adding my account login back to Thunderbird using “+ New Account”, it gives me an error message that my incoming server already exists. I'm trying to get my old saved login back without doing any more harm. I can still get into Thunderbird but it won't connect to the server (my login credentials now fail). I can still see and read my old emails but it won't retrieve any new emails. Is there a way to get my old login credentials back or re-enter them into Thunderbird? If not, are there files and folders I can copy from my old saved Thunderbird Profile directory into my active Profile directory to be able to login to my account again while keeping my local folders? I saved a lot of my email to my local folders, so I'm hesitant to overwrite my Mail folder (and even my ImapMail folder) for fear of losing my existing folders, especially my local folders.

When I went into saved passwords, I misunderstood the instructions and deleted the accounts instead of deleting the current password. The request does come up to update the password, but when I do, this message comes up. How can I fix this?

how to export complete passwords? I tried screen clipping but complete secure passwords don't display.

I need to this in case of another computer crash. It was a nightmare resetting all of my passwords. If I had copy of them it would be much easier re entering them.

here is example of what I seeing with password screen fully widen. See attached image

My wife and I have just bought a new computer running Windows 11. My Emails are working fine (IMAP) but my wife's Email only work on our iPad. I can't find the password for my wife's Thunderbird account. Her password does not come up under saved passwords. Where do I go from here?

I have used Thunderbird since vs 2.0. I currently have 7 active email accounts, but have had up to 12 on my Windows platform running with no problems. Installed: Thunderbird vs 140.3.1esr Windows 10

I have recently had problems with the password entry for three of the accounts which use verizon.net, managed by AOL.

When sending a message on that email system, I often have to enter the outgoing server password manually. I have changed password on all three verizon.net email accounts, and for a few days email sends worked fine. But now, I am back to having to enter the password in the pop-up box when sending mail.

Any reason why this problem occurs after the system has operated fine for months/years. I don't see this problem with my other accounts using different mail servers.

Hi, I just updated by account with 2FA

The stored passwords are all lost now, I can still see them in my phone (unsynced due to logged out) but cannot see any password in my PC.

Please help

I successfully updated my password on my email provider website. I can access my email on my cell phone via a Gmail client but I can't access my email on Thunderbird. I actually started having problems in July but I didn't have time to try to fix the problem at that time.

As per some other instructions (see below), I deleted the entries for my password, expecting to get prompted to re-add it after restarting Thunderbird. This doesn't happen yet. I do see a message saying that the 'Connection to server shawmail.vc.shawcable.net was reset'.

Thanks, Byron

To change an email password in Thunderbird, go to the menu icon (☰), then Settings (or Preferences), navigate to Privacy & Security > Passwords > Saved Passwords. Delete the old entry for your email account, close and restart Thunderbird, and the program will prompt for the new password when you next try to send or receive email. Steps to Change Your Email Password in Thunderbird Open Thunderbird: and click the menu icon (the three horizontal lines) in the top right. Select Settings (or Preferences on a Mac). In the settings or preferences window, select the Privacy & Security tab from the left-hand menu. Scroll down to the Passwords section and click the Saved Passwords button. In the pop-up window, locate your email account's entry in the list. Right-click: on the entry, then select Edit Password to change it, or select Remove to delete it. If you deleted the password, you can also click Remove All to clear any other stored passwords for that account. Close: the password window, then close the Thunderbird application. Restart Thunderbird . When you next try to send or receive email, a pop-up will appear asking for your new password; enter it there.