Most people associate Mozilla with their popular Firefox web browser. But they also make an email client called Thunderbird that you can use with just about any POP3 or IMAP email account. It has the same look and feel as Microsoft Outlook except Thunderbird is free to use. All you need to do is download it from their website.
One thing with Mozilla Thunderbird that people seem to have a problem finding out how to do is change your email password. For some reason they don’t put it with the email account settings where you would think it would be. But don’ worry because it’s very easy to do but hard to remember if you don’t do it that often so you may want to write it down!
In the current version of Thunderbird, click the Settings (gear icon) at the bottom left or the ‘hamburger’ menu at the top right and select Settings. Navigate to Privacy & Security on the left sidebar. Scroll down to the Passwords section and click the Saved Passwords… button
Next you will click on the Saved Passwords button. If you can’t see all the information in the columns then you can expand them by dragging them from the gray toolbar on top. Then click the Show Passwords button and say Yes when it asks if you are sure you wish to show your passwords. While many users think they need to delete the entry, you can actually edit it directly. Right-click on the specific account line and select Edit Password. This allows you to update the credentials without restarting the application or waiting for a prompt.. Then click the Close button and then OK at the options window. This will remove the stored password for that account. Now close Thunderbird and re-open it and it should prompt you for a new password for that account since it doesn’t have one stored.
If your account uses OAuth2 authentication (standard for Gmail and Outlook), you won’t see a password listed in the Saved Passwords manager. Instead, you’ll see an ‘OAuth Token.’ If you changed your password on the provider’s website, Thunderbird will automatically trigger a login popup the next time it checks for mail. Just enter your new credentials there, and the token will update automatically
