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To Whom Concerned,

I recently changed Internet providers and thus my email address. My old email address under Shaw was matthew2523@shaw.ca . My new email address is matthew4246@telus.net . Also, with Telus I was able to establish Thunderbird on this computer through Google gmail which Telus uses for its email program.

However, when I installed Thunderbird on my other computer it was still connected with the Shaw system and therefore, I could not get into Thunderbird to make the necessary changes that I did with this computer. And so, I don't know what to do to solve this problem.

Do you have any ideas?

Regards,

Allen Wild

I've been having this problem for probably about a year now. I have 9 accounts (5 Pop3 and 4 IMAP), and the passwords are stored by Thunderbird. I click the send/recieve button and everything downloads...until it doesn't. I go the settings/ saved passwords and what was a long list is very short...it has the MS oauth stuff for outlook.com emails and nothing else.

Over time I've found a relatively easy workaround. if I click the offline button in the lower corner, eventually it will prompt me for all the missing passwords and I'll be ok. But I have to exit and re-enter Thunderbird for that to work. If I do it in the instance after a download failure...it just hangs.

I use Firefox, and I noticed it happened one time after a Firefox update and I thought that might be an issue, but that didn't happen on the next update. There is nothing overt or obvious with my computer that would explain it...no dropped connections or errors...

I will note that I generally keep the computer and Thunderbird updated...but not necessarily immediately after the latest update is released. Thunderbird is at 128.4.2esr now. Windows 11, 1 yr old computer.

I do he the Thunderbird data on a NAS accessed over a LAN. I've been doing that for a long time with no issues.

No other changes on my end see to be the issue. Any ideas?

Thanks for any advice.

For years I used Thunderbird to process my Earthlink emails. Thunderbird suddenly stopped accepting my Earthlink password, which I repeatedly tried and reset. Is something wrong with my Thunderbird settings? Mac IOS 13.7.1

I have not changed my email accounts or my Google & Microsoft usernames or passwords. A few days ago when I started Thunderbird, two Google pop-ups arrive reading "Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account" demanding that I deny or allow it. Why might this be happening and how do I stop it? This does not occur with other email apps such as Outlook for Windows.

I have used Thunderbird for a long time and it's the best. However, I made a donation and all fell apart. Then I made another donation and still nothing works. Then I made another donation and it got worse. I am continually being asked for my password and when I type it in, it says that the password "failed". My password was changed by Comcast so I changed Thunderbird settings to the new password and it's not working at all. I haven't had email now for about 3 months. I've gone to Comcast and they say that all is well on their end. Could my settings be off on Thunderbird. I'm 83-years old and I really need help. My personal email address is SillySam@comcast.net. I also have LatonHigh@comcast.net used for historical research. Please help me.

Linda Collison van der Veur Clovis, California