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  • From: Tim Oppenheim <timopp AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Thunderbird problem
  • Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:03:18 -0600


On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:53 AM, EarthNSky wrote:

>
> Ok amigos...after all that bragging about Thunderbird, I am now having a
> problem. Ever since I have been using it, I have never had it ask me
> for my mail password. I set it up originally for it to remember the
> password and when I open T-bird it automatically downloads my mail and
> when I hit send, it automatically sends it, just the way I think it
> ought to work. For some reason, since I now can send out via gmail, as
> with this post, the password for my bellsouth account has been lost or
> something. I seem to be able to receive mail fine. It downloads fine
> when I open the app or hit get mail. However, after I compose a message
> and hit send, it connects to the server, then prompts for my password.
> I enter it, check the box for TBird to remember it, and hit enter...two
> seconds later, it prompts for the password again. It will do this
> sometimes 5 or 6 times, then it will finally send, or sometimes it will
> take 10+ times, and right now, it is just not transmitting the password
> or remembering it at all. The Gmail portion is operating wonderfully
> under Thunderbird, but I need to log back on to the website and see if
> it is storing mail like the problem Glo has. I don't like webmail
> because of security....not that I have that much to hide, but it is the
> principle of the matter. Can anyone help with this password thing?
>
> --
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;
> nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will
> not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world
> is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are
> omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the
> problems of the human race"
>
> ~ Calvin Coolidge
>
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