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I have updated Thunderbird, have entered all server settings (both incoming and outgoing using IMAP) and OAuth2 authentication. Can't log in.

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Get redirected to Google sign in (my account is gmail) but no 'special OAuth2 token' issued, system just times out and will go no further. Any suggestions??

Get redirected to Google sign in (my account is gmail) but no 'special OAuth2 token' issued, system just times out and will go no further. Any suggestions??

Chosen solution

Version: 45.8.0

Update to the latest version. OAuth2 is broken in versions before 52. https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/

INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext

OAuth2 authentication is not used. Change 'Authentication type' to 'OAuth2' in your account settings once you're running the latest version. This goes for both, incoming, and outgoing server.

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Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 45.8.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20170305125302
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
 Crash Reports
 Extensions
   Bitdefender Antispam Toolbar, 7.0, true, bdThunderbird@bitdefender.com
   Lightning, 4.7.8, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
 Important Modified Preferences
   Name: Value
     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     dom.apps.reset-permissions: true
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 45.8.0
     font.name.monospace.el: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas
     font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri
     font.name.serif.el: Cambria
     font.name.serif.tr: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria
     font.size.fixed.el: 14
     font.size.fixed.tr: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-western: 14
     font.size.variable.el: 17
     font.size.variable.tr: 17
     font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17
     font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17
     font.size.variable.x-western: 17
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.appVersion: 45.8.0
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.deviceID: 0x0166
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.driverVersion: 10.18.10.4358
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.direct3d11-angle: true
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle: true
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-d3d11: false
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-force-warp: false
     gfx.crash-guard.glcontext.gfx.driver-init.webgl-angle-try-d3d11: true
     gfx.crash-guard.status.glcontext: 2
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.enable: true
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mail.winsearch.global_reindex_time: 1504356622
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: 01397469-12f4-433b-ab3c-93cbc09f838
     mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1519830703
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
     plugin.importedState: true
 Graphics
     Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
     Vendor ID: 0x8086
     Device ID: 0x0166
     Adapter RAM: Unknown
     Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32
     Driver Version: 10.18.10.4358
     Driver Date: 12-21-2015
     Direct2D Enabled: false
     DirectWrite Enabled: false (10.0.16299.15)
     ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found
     WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.316930d51ea9)
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0
     AzureCanvasBackend: skia
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: cairo
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.12
     4.12
     NSS
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.21.3
     3.21.3
     NSS SSL
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
     3.21.3 Basic ECC
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Chosen Solution

Version: 45.8.0

Update to the latest version. OAuth2 is broken in versions before 52. https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/

INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext

OAuth2 authentication is not used. Change 'Authentication type' to 'OAuth2' in your account settings once you're running the latest version. This goes for both, incoming, and outgoing server.

Modified by christ1