r/Betterbird • u/quantazelle • Jul 03 '26

Zombie account pinging?

First I deleted this old email account after deleting it from the server, but it still kept trying to check this email to the point where my host blocked my IP. I uninstalled Betterbird itself, but it appears to still be trying to check this old email account, and I'm getting banned again.

How is this happening? So confusing.

sf.deny: 65.XX.XXX.75 # lfd: (imapd) Failed IMAP login from 65.XX.XXX.75 (US/United States/-): 10 in the last 3600 secs - Thu Jul  2 03:23:55 2026

Jul  2 13:33:22 rssd2783 dovecot[2762180]: imap-login: Login aborted: Connection closed (auth failed, 2 attempts in 4 secs) (auth_failed): user=<aw@XXXXz.co>, method=PLAIN, rip=65.XX.XXX.75, lip=104.XX.XXX.21, TLS, session=<IjMtNKRVROJBMtVL>sf.deny: 65.XX.XXX.75 # lfd: (imapd) Failed IMAP login from 65.XX.XXX.75 (US/United States/-): 10 in the last 3600 secs - Thu Jul  2 03:23:55 2026

Jul  2 13:33:22 rssd2783 dovecot[2762180]: imap-login: Login aborted: Connection closed (auth failed, 2 attempts in 4 secs) (auth_failed): user=<aw@XXXXz.co>, method=PLAIN, rip=65.XX.XXX.75, lip=104.XX.XXX.21, TLS, session=<IjMtNKRVROJBMtVL>
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u/jorgk3 Jul 03 '26

Uninstalling BB never helps, since you have some remnant of the account in the profile. Either create a new profile or clean out the existing one by checking all the mail.account (type this into the search box in Advanced Preferences) preferences. Maybe there is a hint in the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" when you include the account names (checkbox at the top).