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Account shows in Thunderbird - but password is missing (randomly)

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andrzejbania
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Thunderbird working fine with 3x accounts, but the password for my Hotmail account keeps disappearing/re-appearing. So half the time, Hotmail syncs messages - like the other accounts. Half the time, it won't and prompts me to re-enter the password.... and that does not work. It simply says that the password is wrong. This morning, I searched through some articles and ended up on the PASSWORDS page for Thunderbird. Guess what? There is NO ENTRY password entry for Hotmail at all... ??? So... I HAVE Hotmail listed as an account (along with all of my other emails)... but I do NOT have a password entry for Hotmail. Not "It is incorrect", but literally there is no option for it in the list.

I am completely confused - any help/suggestions welcome :-)

Thunderbird working fine with 3x accounts, but the password for my Hotmail account keeps disappearing/re-appearing. So half the time, Hotmail syncs messages - like the other accounts. Half the time, it won't and prompts me to re-enter the password.... and that does not work. It simply says that the password is wrong. This morning, I searched through some articles and ended up on the PASSWORDS page for Thunderbird. Guess what? There is NO ENTRY password entry for Hotmail at all... ??? So... I HAVE Hotmail listed as an account (along with all of my other emails)... but I do NOT have a password entry for Hotmail. Not "It is incorrect", but literally there is no option for it in the list. I am completely confused - any help/suggestions welcome :-)

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