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Constant authentication failures to send IMAP Gmail via Thunderbird

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david.odden
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For some time, I have had problems sending email through Tbird, set up for IMAP to my Gmail account. I'm using 102.8.0 (32-bit) and it is set up for SSL/TLS using OAuth2. It often hangs at the stage of "sending login information", reporting eventually that it timed out. It didn't used to be that way, now it is (maybe for over a year), and I often have to retry a few times. Recently, I had to bang my head against the wall a dozen times which is more than usual, and that happened twice in the day. It could be that Google was just too busy and I should go away and try another day; but maybe y'all know about this issue and have a fix.

Thanx, Dave Odden

For some time, I have had problems sending email through Tbird, set up for IMAP to my Gmail account. I'm using 102.8.0 (32-bit) and it is set up for SSL/TLS using OAuth2. It often hangs at the stage of "sending login information", reporting eventually that it timed out. It didn't used to be that way, now it is (maybe for over a year), and I often have to retry a few times. Recently, I had to bang my head against the wall a dozen times which is more than usual, and that happened twice in the day. It could be that Google was just too busy and I should go away and try another day; but maybe y'all know about this issue and have a fix. Thanx, Dave Odden