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Johann Fu

2007-01-24, 1:12 pm

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!





Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com

2007-01-24, 1:12 pm



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

Johann Fu

2007-01-25, 1:13 pm

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


<Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169659752.921027.104150@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> On Jan 24, 7:26 am, "Johann Fu" <j...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> its a known problem
>



Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com

2007-01-25, 1:13 pm



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.

Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com

2007-01-25, 1:13 pm



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.

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