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I don't need Master Password. I would like for Thunderbird to remember my password like it was set to do instead of requiring me to enter it to download mail.

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Thunderbird remembered my password for several years before starting to request a password and giving the option to establish an Master Password. I may have caused the problem. If so, I don't know what to do to change it back. Thanks, Pat

Thunderbird remembered my password for several years before starting to request a password and giving the option to establish an Master Password. I may have caused the problem. If so, I don't know what to do to change it back. Thanks, Pat

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Matt
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What anti virus are you using? Does it have a password "vault" like Nortons? which regularly fails to get the message you have a new password and silently replaces the one Thunderbird sends (which you have just saved) with their old stale and incorrect one.

Best approach is reboot into Windows safe mode with Networking and see if that works.

Click on your operating system for instructions on how to start in safe mode: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, OSX