I would suspect it is best to turn your computer off, make a cup of coffee, and then try again.

It would be almost impossible to you to change your password with your provider and achieve anything useful in this scenario unless you are unable to log into their webmail service using your web browser and your phone and tablet are also having issues with the password.

If giving you system a cold reset does not help. try disabling your antivirus.

Hi Matt Thanks for taking the time to respond. Switching it off and leaving it overnight hasn't solved the problem unfortunately. Just discovered, however, that although new genuine mail coming to my email address isn't appearing in my inbox but that there was about a dozen scam emails in my junk box this morning so obviously something is getting through. Did that offer any clue as to what the problem could be? Mike

Matt All of sudden it sorted itself. Again thanks for your input.

This started a couple of days ago on all my accounts (about six). Constantly hitting 'Retry' eventually gets it to accept the password without re-entering anything, but something has definitely changed recently. It shouldn't be necessary.

Thanks Pauly. reassuring to know that I am not the only one and that it is not something stupid I have done!

And something else - this seems to only be affecting outlook/hotmail accounts, not gmail.

I, too have Mike's problem and it all started after the "upgrade" on 25 January.

Thunderbird launches, asks me to put in a password, which I do. It then rejects that password and asks me to try again which becomes a constant jerk circle.

I can actually send messages but nothing has come in since 3.24AM on the 25th.

At This stage i am seriously considering parting ways with this programme.

PS: Glory be!! Thunderbird has just woken up and downloaded 2 days worth of messages so maybe, the gremlins have been purged from the system.

By The Way, my provider is Outlook and I wonder if the trouble stems from Microsoft. Lately their upgrades seem designed to cause glitches with any third party software

Hi Colin Thought it was solved but problem as recurred today. Yes it does seem to be Outlook only as Gmail is working fine. Guess I will just have to hope it sorts itself out.

Mine now appears to be working properly but on startup it still throws up the "unable to connect...." litany for eash of my 3 addresses. if I close the boxes by using the x that gets rid of them .

Thunderbird definitely seems to be getting a bit glitchy lately.

I've been having the same problems for three days. Made many attempts to log in, to no avail. Unfortunately, I uninstalled Thunderbird to do a reinstall. I now have the following problem: my PC has been upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Installer now shows that the system requirements do not meet (supposedly I have Windows 7 version). In reality I have all the requirements for Thunderbird. (Thunderbird on this PC and second PC for 6 years). Can you help me.

Yours sincerely, Hans

Just pressing 'Retry' several times for each account seems to clear it. I suspect the issue will be resolved in a week or so. That's normally what happens.

Sorry Hans but I am not technically gifted to answer your query. Perhaps you should start a new post particular to your problem as my situation arose suddenly without involving any change in the Word operating system or altering Thunderbird. I am still having a problem although I am able to receive and send emails from my outlook account by doing as pauly_c suggested by constantly pressing the retry button.

Today, the issue seems to have resolved. It did not occur when I booted up. Might be a one-off, or hopefully is now fixed, as I suspected.

Today, the issue seems to have resolved. It did not occur when I booted up. Might be a one-off, or hopefully is now fixed, as I suspected.

Yes, definitely fixed now.