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thunderbird email installation issues

david replied
Altona

Just after installation, and before going any further like adding the email account, ; google: Error 400 "the server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That's all we know"

Just after installation, and before going any further like adding the email account, ; google: Error 400 "the server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That's all we know"

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Go to settings>privacy&security and make sure that cookies are accepted. That sometimes helps.

Also, be sure to enable IMAP on the gmail website.