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Primary Password

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Penny Sorokes
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I haven't been able to use my Mozilla Thunderbird emails for over a week because I have no idea what a "primary password" is!!! I have several email addresses in my T-bird account but my primary address is sorokespso@outlook.com. I don't know where it came up with pennysorokes@gmail.com. Please help cuz I HATE Outlook and miss my T-bird!

I haven't been able to use my Mozilla Thunderbird emails for over a week because I have no idea what a "primary password" is!!! I have several email addresses in my T-bird account but my primary address is sorokespso@outlook.com. I don't know where it came up with pennysorokes@gmail.com. Please help cuz I HATE Outlook and miss my T-bird!

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Matt
Matt
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if it has a primary password, you must have set it. It does not just make them up.

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/protect-your-thunderbird-passwords-primary-password

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