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email sign in issues

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david replied 4 years ago
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I cannot sign in to my gmail account or icloud account with thunderbird. made sure the information is correct and double checked firewall settings

I cannot sign in to my gmail account or icloud account with thunderbird. made sure the information is correct and double checked firewall settings

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david
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Here are the basics:

- if not done already, change your security authorization to Oauth2 (do this for the incoming server settings and also for the Outgoing (SMTP) server - two places - remove the password entries for the account (remove the entire entries both incoming and outgoing) - that password info is at Tools>Preferences>Privacy&Security - click 'saved passwords' Then click 'show passwords' then highlight the rows with incoming and outgoing gmail servers and click DELete. - check to ensure that TB is set to accept cookies (that setting is just above the Passwords section) - DO NOT enter password. - Google will then step you through the authentication process for your PC.

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