Charter authentication in Thunderbird
When installing charter email on a new computer under windows11, I get the following message:
The IMAP server mobile.charter.net does not support the selected authentication method. Please change the ‘Authentication method’ in the ‘Account settings | Server settings’.
Charter requires authentication t/b "Yes, or checked"
Thunderbird has no option for this and none of the available options work
Please advise!
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What error message are you receiving? TB doesn't generally store passwords until they are accepted.
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Every website I located about your account setup specified port 993 and SSL/TLS for incoming and 587 SSL/TLS for outgoing. Please share the URL where that info appears. My guess is their intent is that you do specify authentication.
I have the correct ports as you stated. The Incoming and Outgoing Email Servers are: mobile.charter.net Thunderbird does not offer a "Yes, or checked" option for the Required Authentication. There must be another option to validate the authentication - do I need to delete the Charter "Password" listing in Thunderbird ?
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What error message are you receiving? TB doesn't generally store passwords until they are accepted.
Although I'm now able to receive and send Charter emails, I have the following problems: 1. When logging into Charter I'M ASKED TO ENTER MY PASSWORD. 2. When entering the password, I get an error message: LOGIN TO SERVER MOBILE.CHARTER.NET WITH USERNAME chris0713@charter.net FAILED. 3. When SENDING mail, I'm asked for a PW again which is rejected BUT message is sent and the message doesn't get copied to Sent folder. I get another message: "Your message was sent but a copy was not placed in your sent folder (Sent) due to network or file access errors. You can retry or save the message locally to Local/Folders/Sent-chris0713@charter.net". Do I have an incorrect setting in Thunderbird? How is mail being received and sent with the above problems?