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By changing email password does thunderbird syncronize with the new one?

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brinsiguer
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I lost my computer where i had thunderbird installed with email accounts with saved password, i already changed the email addres password my question is if thunderbird assumes the new one or is asks again? Also The previous emails that i had in my inboxes can still be visualized?

thanks in advance

I lost my computer where i had thunderbird installed with email accounts with saved password, i already changed the email addres password my question is if thunderbird assumes the new one or is ''asks'' again? Also The previous emails that i had in my inboxes can still be visualized? thanks in advance

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Zenos
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Thunderbird cannot know your new password.

But yes, your old emails can be seen without any password. But without the new password, the person who has acquired your machine cannot download new messages nor send messages via your accounts.

Thunderbird's design assumes that if privacy is important to you, you would use the features provided by your OS; user accounts, disk encryption and so forth.