Ask us about your TalkTalk email account and Webmail.
on 27-09-2023 04:32 PM
I have 3 email accounts that were linked to my account, but now I cant seem to access them, it keeps saying the password is wrong. I am using Thunderbird with the correct mail settings. It appears to be since changing my main password in July, and the main emails still works, but the linked ones dont. I cant seem to access them anywhere on the Dashboard. Any help gratefully received. thanks
on 29-09-2023 09:29 AM
Perfect. Have a great weekend.
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on 29-09-2023 09:19 AM
Hi Gondola,
yes have managed to add them, thank you very much for your help
Tanya
on 28-09-2023 03:12 PM
Hi jctharrington
How are you getting on? Have you successfully added the email accounts to the primary mailbox online login?
I appreciate your time to let me know. Thank you.
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on 28-09-2023 11:23 AM
First thing is to double check you have the correct password for the email account you're now adding as a secondary account to a primary login. The email account has to be currently active and not already added to that primary login.
Auto-configuration does fail so yes, select the blue button Configure manually. The settings below apply to ALL TalkTalk Mail domains including the legacy domains managed by TalkTalk Consumer on the TalkTalk Mail platform.
The Incoming server is always IMAP
Server name: mail.talktalk.net
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Server port: 993
Username: The secondary account full email address
Password: The secondary account email password
Outgoing server (SMTP)
Server name: smtp.talktalk.net
Connection security: StartTLS
Server port: 587
Authentication: As incoming e-mail server OR Use separate username and password
Username: The secondary account full email address
Password: The secondary account email password
Then scroll down to select the blue Save button.
You should see a modal indicating that the account has been successfully added.
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on 28-09-2023 10:32 AM - last edited on 28-09-2023 11:04 AM by Gondola
Hi Gondola, thank you for your comprehensive instructions, however, when I go to add the first secondary account I get an error saying that the account details are wrong. It doesnt matter whether I use the old or new password, see attached and it asks me if I want to set up manually. Should I do this, and if so, what are the manual setting for the account. Many thanks Tanya
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on 27-09-2023 06:38 PM
When you talk about the Dashboard are you talking about the customer MyAccount? In which case, from the Dashboard you scroll down to select the Manage TalkTalk Mail option. You should then see the list of your mailboxes. You can change the mailbox passwords if you wish but this isn't necessary if I've understood correctly... unless the passwords need changing for another reason.
You can sign in to each email account directly. An Internet browser will retain cookies for each mailbox session so you have to sign out of one mailbox before signing in to the next.
Select here: Sign in to TalkTalk Mail
Enter your full TalkTalk Mail email address, select Continue and enter the password, select Sign in. You can check the sign in works and once into the mailbox you can select the User Avatar top right and select the menu item Update your reset details to check you do have password recovery options saved in the case of a 'Forgotten password'.
You say the primary mailbox is working but the other two are not and that's after a password change for the primary mailbox. That suggests you're signing in to the primary mailbox via webmail and in that primary mailbox you have previously added the secondary email accounts so you have them all under one sign in.
In that scenario, the secondary email accounts have their passwords encrypted by the primary mailbox password. So when you change the primary mailbox password you can sign in using the new password but the added secondary email accounts will not work until you reinstate and save their passwords.
To reinstate and save the secondary account passwords:
Select here: Sign in to TalkTalk Mail
Enter your full TalkTalk Mail primary email address, select Continue and enter its new password, select Sign in.
What I've covered above is:
I hope I understood what the issue is with the secondary email accounts. Let me know. NB the above is a guide to the new TalkTalk Mail platform for mailboxes that have been migrated to that platform.
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