Here's how it used to work and how I would like it to work:
I start Thunderbird, it requests password(s). After I enter them correctly, Thunderbird scans for new mail a… (funda kabanzi)
Here's how it used to work and how I would like it to work:
I start Thunderbird, it requests password(s). After I enter them correctly, Thunderbird scans for new mail and will periodically scan for new mail. I could scan sub-folders like sent or trash without entering a password. Sending email requires inputting the password the first time. This behavior used to persist until I closed Thunderbird.
Here's how it is working now:
I start Thunderbird, it requests password(s). After I enter them correctly, Thunderbird scans for new mail. Initially I can enter sub-folders soon after startup without entering a password. After some number of minutes if I click on the inbox or do a "get new mail" or enter a sub-folder, it requires I enter the password again. Thunderbird no longer checks for new mail as it seems to have forgotten the password(s) I entered. Sending an email requires entering the password every time to send, and entering the password again every time so it can be copied to the sent folder.
I've been using Thunderbird for decades and this new behavior is very frustrating.
I recently converted one of my emails (yahoo) to oauth2 as yahoo imap will soon be disabled. I noticed the new behavior after this change, but cannot definitely attribute the undesirable behaviour to this change. After this change, the yahoo account no longer requires entering the password upon opening Thunderbird, for entering sub-folders or sending mail. This appears to be persistent.
What I've tried with no success:
Run Thunderbird with addons disabled - undesired behaviour.
Reinstall current version of Thunderbird - undesired behaviour.
Reinstall older version of Thunderbird (clean profile forced) - undesired behaviour.
Reinstall current version of Thunderbird with no yahoo account - undesired behaviour.
Reinstall older version of Thunderbird (clean profile forced) with no yahoo account - undesired behaviour.
Any assistance that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
Here's the pertinent troubleshooting info:
Name Thunderbird
Version 68.12.0
Build ID 20200820223055
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0
OS Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64
Profile Directory
(Local drive)
Build Configuration about:buildconfig
Memory Use about:memory
Performance about:performance
Registered Service Workers about:serviceworkers
Multiprocess Windows 0/0 Disabled
Remote Processes 0
Enterprise Policies Inactive
Google Location Service Key Missing
Google Safebrowsing Key Missing
Mozilla Location Service Key Missing
Safe Mode false
Profiles about:profiles
Mail and News Accounts
ID Incoming server Outgoing servers
Name Connection security Authentication method Name Connection security Authentication method Default?
account2 (none) Local Folders None Normal password
account3 (imap) imap.gmx.net:993 SSL/TLS Normal password mail.gmx.net:587 SSL/TLS Normal password true
account4 (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993 SSL/TLS Normal password smtp.googlemail.com:587 SSL/TLS Normal password true
account5 (imap) imap.mail.yahoo.com:993 SSL/TLS OAuth2 smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465 SSL/TLS Normal password true