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I have used Thunderbird for a long time and have been happy with it. It
never asked me for a password. But a few days ago, when I opened
Thunderbird, it asked me for my password:

"Enter your passwrod for jfu on pop-server.tampabay.rr.com:"

I enter my password. Thunderbird then tells me that:

"Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server pop-server.tampabay.rr.com
responded: Authentication failed"

I know I entered the correct password because I called the ISP and they
confirmed that I have the correct password.

After a few more times of entering the password and getting the same error
message, I hit Cancel. Then Thunderbird picks up the incoming mail!

Can someone explain to me what is happening? I would rather not bother with
entering the password. Many thanks!

On Jan 24, 7:26 am, "Johann Fu" <j...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> I have used Thunderbird for a long time and have been happy with it. It
> never asked me for a password. But a few days ago, when I opened
> Thunderbird, it asked me for my password:
>
> "Enter your passwrod for jfu on pop-server.tampabay.rr.com:"
>
> I enter my password. Thunderbird then tells me that:
>
> "Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server pop-server.tampabay.rr.com
> responded: Authentication failed"
>
> I know I entered the correct password because I called the ISP and they
> confirmed that I have the correct password.
>
> After a few more times of entering the password and getting the same error
> message, I hit Cancel. Then Thunderbird picks up the incoming mail!
>
> Can someone explain to me what is happening? I would rather not bother with
> entering the password. Many thanks!

its a known problem

Can someone tell me how to solve this problem? Thanks!


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> On Jan 24, 7:26 am, "Johann Fu" <j...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> I have used Thunderbird for a long time and have been happy with it. It
>> never asked me for a password. But a few days ago, when I opened
>> Thunderbird, it asked me for my password:
>>
>> "Enter your passwrod for jfu on pop-server.tampabay.rr.com:"
>>
>> I enter my password. Thunderbird then tells me that:
>>
>> "Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server
>> pop-server.tampabay.rr.com
>> responded: Authentication failed"
>>
>> I know I entered the correct password because I called the ISP and they
>> confirmed that I have the correct password.
>>
>> After a few more times of entering the password and getting the same
>> error
>> message, I hit Cancel. Then Thunderbird picks up the incoming mail!
>>
>> Can someone explain to me what is happening? I would rather not bother
>> with
>> entering the password. Many thanks!
>
> its a known problem
>

On Jan 25, 8:51 am, "Johann Fu" <j...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to solve this problem? Thanks!
>

if I said its a known problem, then you can't fix it.

On Jan 25, 8:51 am, "Johann Fu" <j...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to solve this problem? Thanks!
>

if I said its a known problem, then you can't fix it.