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My gmail account has stopped synchronising with Thunderbird

Alan Rhodes

My @googlemail.com account has been working in Thunderbird for years. Two days ago it stopped. No incoming e-mails and attempts to send e-mails from Thunderbird result in the outgoing server timing out. I can access direct at gmail.

Please note that my previous e-mail: alan.rhodes@talktalk.net is no longer available The replacement: alan-rhodes@outlook.com has been blocked by MS-AI (It didn't like a circulation e-mail to 60 members of my local history group) The only working e-mail I have is the current problem one: rhodes.alan1@googlemail.com

My @googlemail.com account has been working in Thunderbird for years. Two days ago it stopped. No incoming e-mails and attempts to send e-mails from Thunderbird result in the outgoing server timing out. I can access direct at gmail. Please note that my previous e-mail: alan.rhodes@talktalk.net is no longer available The replacement: alan-rhodes@outlook.com has been blocked by MS-AI (It didn't like a circulation e-mail to 60 members of my local history group) The only working e-mail I have is the current problem one: rhodes.alan1@googlemail.com

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- What version of Thunderbird?

- What is your operating system?

- What anti-virus, Internet security, or VPN software do you use, if any?

- Please quote all error messages you see, precisely and in full. Screen shots would suffice.

- Does this still happen when you restart Thunderbird in Troubleshoot Mode? (see <Help | Troubleshoot Mode>.)

Confirm that you are using the correct server settings. Here are my working Gmail settings - how do they compare with yours?

Incoming Server Type: IMAP Mail Server Incoming Server Name: imap.gmail.com Port: 993 User Name: <my email address> Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2

SMTP Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 465 Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2 User Name: <my email address>

If your incoming is a POP3 account, you would use these settings:

Incoming Server Type: POP Mail Server Incoming Server Name: pop.gmail.com Port: 995 User Name: <my email address> Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2

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