This method works for both 1.x and 2.x versions of Thunderbird.
#Thunderbird email change password password#
For a Mac that menu path starts with Thunderbird → Preferences. Changing a password in Thunderbird is not very difficult.
Sometimes the Junk, Email Scams, AntiVirus and Passwords tabs underneath the Security tab may look like words and not a tab, because they're not clearly delineated. Thunderbird introduced support for encrypting emails using OpenPGP in the major version 78. Technique No.3- Check the Program that leads to Thunderbird Won’t Send Email. Thunderbird email client users who use the program's built-in email encryption functionality need to set a master password in Thunderbird to properly protect their encryption keys. If you are using Linux that menu path starts with Edit → Preferences. After changing the password make sure to add it in Thunderbird.
#Thunderbird email change password windows#
You can delete the password on a Windows installation using Tools → Options → Security → Passwords → View Saved Passwords, selecting the password and then pressing the Remove button. The only way to change a password saved by the password manager is to delete it, close and restart Thunderbird (because the deleted password was still in memory), get prompted for the new password the next time it needs it, and then tell it again to save that password. You typically have to use a browser and login to webmail to change the password that the mail server expects. When you change a password using Thunderbird you're merely changing Thunderbird's copy of the password. When it does that you can check the checkbox to save the password using the password manager if you want Thunderbird to remember the password. Thunderbird will prompt for a password the first time it needs one.
This frequently confuses new users who expect to be able to do that because they did that with their previous email client. This frequently confuses new users who expect to be able to do that because they did that with their previous email client. Thunderbird doesnt provide a way for a user to enter the POP/IMAP/SMTP servers password when configuring a account.
Thunderbird doesn't provide a way for a user to enter the POP/IMAP/SMTP servers password when configuring a account. This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey (though some menu sequences may differ).
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