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Master password must
be used in Mozialla Thunderbird to protect list of saved password in
thunderbird. Any user can see and use passwords which are saved in
thunderbird. Master password will prompt at every time
when anyone tries to open password protected item.
If you lost master password then you could not
open any password protected items in this situation thunderbird master
password recovery is required by a
mail password recovery software to get access all password protected
items.
Here I am going to explain, how to set, change,
remove and recover master password of Mozilla thunderbird. Follow the
steps given below.
How to set master
password:
It is quite easy to set master password on
Mozilla thunderbird
1. Launch Mozilla
thunderbird
2. Click on Tools.
3. In Tools click on
Options.
4. In option popup
windows click on Privacy tab.
5. In privacy tab click
on Password.
6. And then Set Master
Password.
Change Master
Password: To change master password follow first 5 steps from setting
master password but in 6th step click on Change Master Password. And
enter new password and confirm new password.
Remove Master Password:
7. Launch Mozilla thunderbird
8. Click on Tools.
9. In Tools click on Options.
10. In option popup windows click on Privacy tab.
11. In privacy tab click on Password.
12. And then Remove Master Password.
Reset Master
Password: If you lost or forget master password then there is easy way
to disable master password feature from Mozilla thunderbird. But note
one thing that “By resetting master password will remove
all information of stored password”.
Choose Tools ->
Error Console, paste the expression:
openDialog("chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul") and press the
Evaluate button. That will open a dialog asking you if you want to reset
your password.
If your master
password still not reset by above procedure then you need to use
Email
password recovery software to reset your lost password.
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