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Thunderbird 60, Gmail, and oAuth

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jonuk1978
jonuk1978
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Since the "lesser apps" changes of May 31st I have not been able to get emails through, I have used Gmail and Thunderbird for many years with a few different Gmail email accounts. I use Thunderbird 60 because I have extensions I like that don't work with newer versions. I know I can't use "App password" given the age of Thunderbird but I thought oAuth should still work ? But in the security settings there isn't any option for oAuth in receiving emails, only in SMTP. The only security options I have are 'Normal Password, 'Encrypted Password', 'Kerberos/GSSAPI', and 'NTLM'.

Any help ?

If I have to upgrade, the below are the add-ons I use that I am worried won't work with 90+. Those are........

1. Identity Chooser (automatically chooses the email address to reply from that email was sent to) 2. Manually Sort Folders (as name suggests) 3. Import/Export Tools (as name suggests) 4. SMTP Select (allows me to select which SMTP server to use from a very simple drop down menu)

Any add-ons that do all those things for 90+ Thunderbird ?

Thanks !!

Since the "lesser apps" changes of May 31st I have not been able to get emails through, I have used Gmail and Thunderbird for many years with a few different Gmail email accounts. I use Thunderbird 60 because I have extensions I like that don't work with newer versions. I know I can't use "App password" given the age of Thunderbird but I thought oAuth should still work ? But in the security settings there isn't any option for oAuth in receiving emails, only in SMTP. The only security options I have are 'Normal Password, 'Encrypted Password', 'Kerberos/GSSAPI', and 'NTLM'. Any help ? If I have to upgrade, the below are the add-ons I use that I am worried won't work with 90+. Those are........ 1. Identity Chooser (automatically chooses the email address to reply from that email was sent to) 2. Manually Sort Folders (as name suggests) 3. Import/Export Tools (as name suggests) 4. SMTP Select (allows me to select which SMTP server to use from a very simple drop down menu) Any add-ons that do all those things for 90+ Thunderbird ? Thanks !!

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jonuk1978
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Just replying to my own message with a solution in case anyone else needs it.

Seems oAuth is IMAP only, hence why it is not showing up in my security settings as I use POP.

So instead I managed to do App Password, I didn't think it would work on v60 but it does. It has a limitation of 5 gmail accounts per phone number (Googles limitation, not Thunderbirds) but that is good enough for what I need. It does mean you need to activate 2fa but that is a small issue.

arandor
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I was using v60 as well and my Gmail stopped working today (I use POP). I updated to the latest version of Thunderbird (91) and changed the following settings. It solved the problem.

1. Select the `Account Settings` menu item from the `Tools` menu.

2. Click on your Gmail account and choose `Server Settings`.

3. Change the `Authentication method` pop-up menu to `OAuth2`.

4. Click on your `Outgoing Server`. Click the `Edit` button and change the `Authentication method` pop-up menu to `OAuth2`.