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Google redirects to localhost after allowing access

Thunderbird Troubleshooting
sdbytnar replied
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I installed Thunderbird 91.1.1 and am trying to add my gmail account. I provide my email and password, new window opens with login prompt at Google. After logging in, I am prompted to Allow access by Thunderbird. I click Allow and I am redirected to the attached screen. I am thus unable to use Thunderbird...

I installed Thunderbird 91.1.1 and am trying to add my gmail account. I provide my email and password, new window opens with login prompt at Google. After logging in, I am prompted to Allow access by Thunderbird. I click Allow and I am redirected to the attached screen. I am thus unable to use Thunderbird...
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Matt
Matt
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my guess is it is your anti virus product. perhaps try turning off scanning on encrypted connections and see how it works out.

sdbytnar
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I figured out the issue.

This will occur if one is running IIS locally. Definitely a bug in Thunderbird to not properly handle the situation when IIS is installed and running locally...