I use Thunderbird on an iMac to retrieve my emails from various sources (Apple, gmail and Talktalk). The TalkTalk accounts keep getting either timed out or the server doesn't recognise the password. This is very frustrating and is making me consider going elsewhere for my email provider. It has been going on for some time.
Previously I use Apple Mail instead of Thunderbird and the same problems occured. I moved to Thunderbird because it is a huge improvement over the Apple Mail.
I have tried all the usual solutions, ie tying in the password manually and deleting the account from Thunderbird and reinstalling it. None of this works. In the process of deleting and reinstalling I have changed the POP accounts to IMAP but this make no difference whatsoever. When did Talktalk move to IMAP? I dont recall any announcements!
I find it very significant that neither the Apple server or the gmail have this issue.