Thunderbird doesn't accept password/username

[Ed Greshko]

On 01/28/16 15:48, Martin Skjöldebrand wrote:
> Before the community sighing begins.
> Yes I've double, triple and quadruple checked that the setting to the server are correct.
> And googled umpteen hits starting with Account can not be verified - most of them
> telling me GMail changed their login routine ...
> No, it's not a Gmail account, it's a regular mail server.
> Yes, other clients (Evolution, KMail) are able to connect and yes I've tried accessing
> my mail account through webmail.
>
> I still get "Account can not be verified - are you sure your username or password are
> correct" in Thunderbird.
>
> Any ideas before I apply to the loony bin?

You're talking about a connection to read your email as opposed to sending, correct?  IMAP
or POP3?

And what do you have set for "Connection Security" and "Authentication Method"?


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