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Cant access emails from Thunderbird, sign in says browser not excepting cookies when entering password

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I have successfully installed Thunderbird and installed one email account but when I go to add another account it takes me to the Google sign in page to enter my password, but when I enter the correct password, I get a window saying that my browser has cookies disabled I have tried with settings both on and off and it doesnt seem to work! I have no problems accessing the email from a web page by logging in, just through Thunderbird

My first email account added works fine, so I have managed to do it once so I am confused

Any ideas???

I have successfully installed Thunderbird and installed one email account but when I go to add another account it takes me to the Google sign in page to enter my password, but when I enter the correct password, I get a window saying that my browser has cookies disabled I have tried with settings both on and off and it doesnt seem to work! I have no problems accessing the email from a web page by logging in, just through Thunderbird My first email account added works fine, so I have managed to do it once so I am confused Any ideas???
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Thunderbird is the browser in question here. It is one of those things Gmail force on everyone by being the 10000 pound Gorilla in the room.

Tools menu (alt+T) >options > Privacy> and turn on accepting cookies.

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Matt
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Thunderbird is the browser in question here. It is one of those things Gmail force on everyone by being the 10000 pound Gorilla in the room.

Tools menu (alt+T) >options > Privacy> and turn on accepting cookies.

fordy1969
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fordy1969 said

I have successfully installed Thunderbird and installed one email account but when I go to add another account it takes me to the Google sign in page to enter my password, but when I enter the correct password, I get a window saying that my browser has cookies disabled I have tried with settings both on and off and it doesnt seem to work! I have no problems accessing the email from a web page by logging in, just through Thunderbird My first email account added works fine, so I have managed to do it once so I am confused Any ideas???

Perfect, thankyou very much!