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2 accounts setup, 1 POP, 1 IMAP, can not change or delete

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My boss had a problem with his email this morning, He opened his email (Thunderbird) as always but it came up to the screen to set up Thunderbird as if he had no account. I closed it and reopened from the .exe file instead of the shortcut he uses and got the same result. I then proceeded to re-set up the account but in my haste I set it up under IMAP rules instead of POP. Now the program opens and shows 2 of the same email accounts in the left pane, one with POP and the other with IMAP. I try to simply go to manage identity's and remove one of them but it tell me that there is another account with the same name and to select a different name. It will not let me edit, remove, change, delete... Nothing I can do with the accounts. It will not even let me log in to either account to check or retrieve old emails.

My boss had a problem with his email this morning, He opened his email (Thunderbird) as always but it came up to the screen to set up Thunderbird as if he had no account. I closed it and reopened from the .exe file instead of the shortcut he uses and got the same result. I then proceeded to re-set up the account but in my haste I set it up under IMAP rules instead of POP. Now the program opens and shows 2 of the same email accounts in the left pane, one with POP and the other with IMAP. I try to simply go to manage identity's and remove one of them but it tell me that there is another account with the same name and to select a different name. It will not let me edit, remove, change, delete... Nothing I can do with the accounts. It will not even let me log in to either account to check or retrieve old emails.

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Manage Identities isn't quite the right place.

Try this:

Right-click an account, select Settings. Make sure the unwanted account is selected, go to the bottom of the pane, click on Account Actions then Remove Account.

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Manage Identities isn't quite the right place.

Try this:

Right-click an account, select Settings. Make sure the unwanted account is selected, go to the bottom of the pane, click on Account Actions then Remove Account.

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Problem solved, thanks guys for all of your input!