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12/04/2023 1:29 AM

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Thunderbird error message LessSecureAuthDisabled

I have several Comcast email addresses & they all used to work with Thunderbird.

I changed my Comcast email password on one secondary email & now Thunderbird cannot access the email.

I changed the password in Thunderbird & get an error message when trying to receive email:
“Sending of password for user xxxxx at comcast.net did not succeed. Mail server pop3.comcast.net responded: LessSecureAuthDisabled”.

Also changed PW for sending email and get this:
“Login to server ssmtp.comcast.net with username xxxxx at comcast.net failed”.

Thunderbird settings are the same on all accounts.

How do I fix this problem?

Thanks

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Retired Employee

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3 years ago

Hello @user_793642. Thanks for reaching our team on Forums regarding the email concerns. Can you attempt following these steps and let us know if that helps?

Contributor

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68 Messages

You beat me to posting the solution. I did that last night & so far it still works.

Thanks.

 

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@user_793642. Thanks for letting us know. I am glad to hear that. Feel free to create a new public submission if you need anything else! 

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