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how do I correct error on e mail? Authenticatiom failed

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I cannot receive or send e-mail. Was working ok till got email from Verizon with new settings. I did that and now I get: Sending of password for user nettiew1 did not succeed. mail serve pop.verizon.net responded;Authentication failed. I don't remember what was there before, to put it back the way it was. ready to throw out the window


Sending of password for user nettiew1@verizon.net did not succeed. Mail server pop.verizon.net responded: Authentication failed

Login to server pop.verizon.net failed. Retry enter new password cancel

I cannot receive or send e-mail. Was working ok till got email from Verizon with new settings. I did that and now I get: Sending of password for user nettiew1 did not succeed. mail serve pop.verizon.net responded;Authentication failed. I don't remember what was there before, to put it back the way it was. ready to throw out the window Sending of password for user nettiew1@verizon.net did not succeed. Mail server pop.verizon.net responded: Authentication failed Login to server pop.verizon.net failed. Retry enter new password cancel

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Post your troubleshooting info so we do not have to guess what you have now. You can do that from the Help menu. Help-Troubleshooting Info Copy all to Clipboard Come back and paste into a reply window.