Change Thunderbird GMail email password in Thunderbird

Changed my gmail password for email account when put on my new phone.

Now how do I change it in Thunderbird ?

In Thunderbird when I try to access it opens up a gmail dialog but
clicking on anything there does nothing.

On Win XP Pro laptop.

Thunderbird newsgroup is usually useless so I come to the gurus here.
Thanks !

On 13/07/2019 18:28, OtherGuy wrote:



Thunderbird newsgroup is usually useless so I come to the gurus here.

It's useless for people like you who are nym-shifter serial spammers.

Thanks !

No thanks.

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On 7/13/2019 10:28 AM, OtherGuy wrote:

Changed my gmail password for email account when put on my new phone.

Now how do I change it in Thunderbird ?

In Thunderbird when I try to access it opens up a gmail dialog but
clicking on anything there does nothing.

On Win XP Pro laptop.

Thunderbird newsgroup is usually useless so I come to the gurus here.
Thanks !


If you have protected your Thunderbird passwords with a master password,
you will have to enter that master password at some point in the
following.

1. On the Thunderbird menu bar, select [Tools Options].

2. On the Options window, select [Security Passwords].

3. On the Passwords pane, select the Saved Passwords button.

4. On the Saved Logins window, select the Show Passwords button and
select the Yes button on the confirmation popup.

5. On the Saved Logins window, right-click on the mailbox entry for
E-mail account and select Edit Password from the pull-down context menu.

6. Enter you new password.

7. Repeats steps #5 and #6 for the smtp entry for the E-mail account.

8. On the Saved Logins window, select the Close button.

9. On the Options window, select the OK button.

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OtherGuy wrote:

Changed my gmail password for email account when put on my new phone.

Now how do I change it in Thunderbird ?

In Thunderbird when I try to access it opens up a gmail dialog but
clicking on anything there does nothing.

On Win XP Pro laptop.

Thunderbird newsgroup is usually useless so I come to the gurus here.
Thanks !

You *should* be able to enter the new password when Thunderbird
requests it during the next 'pull'/send of mail.

But in my experience, that method often fails in non-obvious ways, so
I prefer to manually change the password in the 'Saved Logins' window:

Tools - Options - 'Security' tab - 'Passwords' tab - Saved
Passwords... - full screen window - Show Passwords - Yes

Now find the 'Site' entries (probably two, one for POP or IMAP and one
for SMTP) for the account ('User name' column) in question. Right-click
the old password - Edit Password to change the password.

Elementary, dear Watson! :-)