FreeMan wrote:

This is a new Win XP install.
This is a new Thunderbird install.
I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap.

Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it
allow access ?

I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time !

Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most
all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part.

FYI: The Mozilla's support newsgroup is over at ---.
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'--- Newsgroup = mozilla.support.thunderbird
NNTP server = news.mozilla.org, port 119 (they don't peer to Usenet)