Hi,


I access my email using Thunderbird. My mail account is hosted on 
Mindspring.com (Earthlink). It worked fine on Saturday evening, but on 
Sunday morning I received an error attempting to access my incoming mail 
server (pop.mindspring.com). The error said invalid user name or 
password. I have not changed my password. (Note: I have no trouble 
accessing the outgoing SMTP mail server, which is 
smtpauth.earthlink.net, as witnessed by this message.)


Also, I have no trouble downloading and accessing my incoming messages 
using my iPhone.


I poked around in the Thunderbird account settings but didn't see any 
obvious problems. Now when I attempt to download my incoming mail 
messages I am prompted to enter a password. I think that by poking 
around in the account settings I may have reset something and now 
Thunderbird is prompting me for the account password.


But, I am suspicious and before I enter the password I want to be sure 
this is not a malicious software virus or bot attempting to steal my 
password. I have no idea why Thunderbird would have suddenly had trouble 
accessing my incoming mail server, unless there was a problem on the 
mail server itself. My anti-virus program (eSet NOD 32) has not raised 
any alarms.


So, I am wondering if it is safe for me to enter that password when I am 
attempting to download email messages? Thoughts, anyone?


Thanks,

Duane


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