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A sub-account of mine on BTinternet.com cannot send or receive emails, it always asks says 'Login to server mail.btinternet.com failed.'. My main account works.

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This BT sub-account has the same outgoing and incoming server settings as my main account has set up in Thunderbird but under a different user i.e. IMAP 993 SMTP 465, etc, etc. This sub-account used by my wife under her login has previously been working for some years and now suddenly doesn't send or recieve emails without asking for the password to connect to the BT Mail Server which it never does however many times I input the correct password - the same password I use for my main account I might add.

I use BitDefender for both users and settings look to be the same.

One difference might be in the update history of Thunderbird - the sub-account has Automatic Updates set and in it's history had installed version 38.2.0 successfully where as the instance in my own user does not have this update in its history but quotes that it was updated via another instance. Indeed, Help shows both instances as being on 38.2.0.

Driving me mad so any help will be greatly appreciated.

This BT sub-account has the same outgoing and incoming server settings as my main account has set up in Thunderbird but under a different user i.e. IMAP 993 SMTP 465, etc, etc. This sub-account used by my wife under her login has previously been working for some years and now suddenly doesn't send or recieve emails without asking for the password to connect to the BT Mail Server which it never does however many times I input the correct password - the same password I use for my main account I might add. I use BitDefender for both users and settings look to be the same. One difference might be in the update history of Thunderbird - the sub-account has Automatic Updates set and in it's history had installed version 38.2.0 successfully where as the instance in my own user does not have this update in its history but quotes that it was updated via another instance. Indeed, Help shows both instances as being on 38.2.0. Driving me mad so any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Can you login via webmail?

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I input the correct password - the same password I use for my main account

I'm not sure what a BT sub-account is, and this may be necessary. However, reusing the same password for multiple accounts is bad practice.

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Yes, webmail works using my login details - you can't login using sub-account details as it's just one repository for all emails in main and sub-accounts. By sub-account I mean BT gives you use of something like 11 email accounts linked to the main bill payers account so family members can all get their own email address. So I have my main account and one hanging off that for my wife - she has her own email address but I think it is more like putting a rule in that re-directs email from mine to hers if it is addressed to her. I might be wrong but that's how I think it works. And at initial set-up of sub-accounts it doesn't ask for a separate password.

Troubleshooting Details:

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 40.0.3 Build ID: 20150826023504 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false)

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Extensions


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Name: Lightbeam Version: 1.2.1.1-signed Enabled: true ID: jid1-F9UJ2thwoAm5gQ@jetpack

Name: Motive Extension Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: mcciwbch@motive.com

Name: Bitdefender Wallet Version: 2.0 Enabled: false ID: bdwteff@bitdefender.com

Graphics


Adapter Description: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: R ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 50 Device ID: 0x2a42 Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version. DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 2-11-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2302 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 11 (OMTC) Subsys ID: 02aa1028 Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: true Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 (#0) Error: OpenSharedResource failed for format 65

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JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.8 Version in use: 4.10.8

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC

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NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Version in use: 3.19.2

Experimental Features


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Please post the Troubleshooting Information for Thunderbird.

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I already did - but here it is again:


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 38.2.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150813074416
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (imap) mail.btinternet.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.btinternet.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
 Crash Reports
   http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-6a347bcb-c45c-4d28-b9d7-eb70f2140918 (18/09/2014)
 Extensions
   Bitdefender Antispam Toolbar, 7.0, true, bdThunderbird@bitdefender.com
   Lightning, 4.0.2, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
 Important Modified Preferences
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 Graphics
     Adapter Description: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
     Vendor ID: 0x8086
     Device ID: 0x2a42
     Adapter RAM: Unknown
     Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32
     Driver Version: 8.15.10.2302
     Driver Date: 2-11-2011
     Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version.
     DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.16571)
     ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: R ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 50
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0
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     AzureContentBackend: cairo
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
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   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.10.8
     4.10.8
     NSS
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.19.2
     3.19.2
     NSS SSL
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
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I already did - but here it is again:

Thanks. The first attempt was the Troubleshooting Information for Firefox.

Your server settings look good. Can you confirm the username is your email address including the @btinternet or @btopenworld.com part?

Beyond that try to disable Bitdefender and get rid of the 'Bitdefender Antispam Toolbar' extension. Thunderbird has a built-in spam filter.