Sending out notices to some Yahoo users, but not others, that they needed to change their password.ģ. Security breach that they didn't know about, and took a long time to fix when they were notified of it.Ģ. This is a matter of Yahoo not doing things properly in many respects:ġ. I have discovered that the solution to the problem is to change your Yahoo account password. '''17.''' Click the "OK" button in the Account Settings window. '''16.''' Click the "Account Actions" button on the bottom left and choose, "Remove Account". '''15.''' Click to select the account "Faulty" on the left side. '''14.''' Open the "Account Settings" again, like instructed in step 1. '''13.''' Move (click, drag & drop), all the e-mails from the account called "Faulty" to the new account. '''12.''' Now you will see a new set of folders on the left side of the Thunderbird window for the new account you just set up. '''11.''' Click the "OK" button in the Account Settings window. Just like in it, you need to change the setting to POP3. '''9.''' Enter your name, e-mail address, and password, then press the "Continue" button. See my second screenshot below again to see this. '''8.''' Click the "Account Actions" button on the bottom left and choose, "Add Mail Account". '''7.''' Open the "Account Settings" again, like instructed in step 1. '''6.''' Click the "OK" button in the bottom right of this "Account Settings" window. This is necessary so then Thunderbird will not check for e-mails for this account anymore. '''5.''' Where I have my orange box, disable (remove the checkmarks), from all the options. This is necessary so then when we create the new account, Thunderbird won't complain that the server is already being used in another account. '''4.''' Where I have my orange arrow, change "" to "". You will see settings like I show in my second screenshot below. '''3.''' Select "Server Settings" under your account on the left side. '''2.''' Click to select your e-mail account on the left side, then change the name of it on the right side to "Faulty". '''1.''' From the Thunderbird menu: Tools: Account Settings. Click the "OK" button in the Account Settings window. Click the "Account Actions" button on the bottom left and choose, "Remove Account".ġ7. Click to select the account "Faulty" on the left side.ġ6. Open the "Account Settings" again, like instructed in step 1.ġ5. Move (click, drag & drop), all the e-mails from the account called "Faulty" to the new account.ġ4. Now you will see a new set of folders on the left side of the Thunderbird window for the new account you just set up.ġ3. Click the "OK" button in the Account Settings window.ġ2. Enter your name, e-mail address, and password, then press the "Continue" button.ġ0. See my second screenshot below again to see this.ĩ.
Click the "Account Actions" button on the bottom left and choose, "Add Mail Account". Open the "Account Settings" again, like instructed in step 1.Ĩ. That save the settings we just changed.ħ. Click the "OK" button in the bottom right of this "Account Settings" window. This is necessary so then Thunderbird will not check for e-mails for this account anymore.Ħ. Where I have my orange box, disable (remove the checkmarks), from all the options. This is necessary so then when we create the new account, Thunderbird won't complain that the server is already being used in another account.ĥ. Where I have my orange arrow, change " " to "". You will see settings like I show in my second screenshot below.Ĥ. Select "Server Settings" under your account on the left side. Click to select your e-mail account on the left side, then change the name of it on the right side to "Faulty". (If you cannot see the Thunderbird menu, press the Alt key or F10 key on your keyboard to show the menu)Ģ. From the Thunderbird menu: Tools: Account Settings. If you have trouble following them, then please find someone there who is better with computers to help you with this.ġ. I will try to give as detailed instructions here as I can to do this. Then you will move all the e-mail that you currently have under the faulty account in Thunderbird to the new account. The problem is that the current "account" in Thunderbird for your e-mail address has a glitch, so is faulty.įirst you will create a new "account" in Thunderbird for your e-mail address. OK, the other person had success with creating a new "account" in Thunderbird for the same e-mail address, and it works properly.
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