Gmail not accetping Thunderbird as app
Hello I have using Thunderbird to manage 5 email accounts of which one is from gmail. yesterday, I created a second gmail account, that I am trying to add to Thunderbird. I have the correct gmail config setup for the new account using OAUTH2. I have turned on the Less secure App pref in Gmail. But when thunderbird offers to login to this account, I eventually get to the accept Thunderbird as app gmail page and accept, the connection fails. I do not have this issue with the first gmail account. If I understand correctly, OAUTH2 used a token system to avoid passwords. Is it possible that trying to have 2 OAUTH2 gmail accounts is causing a conflict? Any ideas are most welcome
Chosen solution
Hello The workaround works a treat. Thank you Currently on centos 7 , yum offers 68.2.0 as the latest version, so I will keep as is and use the workaround. Many thanks for solving this
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Application Basics
Name: Thunderbird Version: 68.2.0 Build ID: 20191029144511 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.2.0 OS: Linux 3.10.0-1062.4.1.el7.x86_64
Multiprocess Windows: 0/0
Disabled
Remote Processes: 0
Enterprise Policies: Inactive
Google Location Service Key: Found
Google Safebrowsing Key: Found
Mozilla Location Service Key: Found
Safe Mode: false
Mail and News Accounts
account1:
INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.dumdumfilms.com:143, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext
OUTGOING: , smtp.dumdumfilms.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account2:
INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
account3:
INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, OAuth2, true
account4:
INCOMING: account4, , (owl) outlook.office365.com:443, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.dumdumfilms.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account5:
INCOMING: account5, , (imap) mail.gandi.net:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
OUTGOING: , smtp.dumdumfilms.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account6:
INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.mail.yahoo.com:993, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465, SSL, OAuth2, true
account7:
INCOMING: account7, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, OAuth2, true
Remote Processes
Type: Count
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Amazon.co.uk 1.1 true amazon@search.mozilla.org
Bing
1.0
true
bing@search.mozilla.org
DuckDuckGo
1.0
true
ddg@search.mozilla.org
Google
1.0
true
google@search.mozilla.org
ImportExportTools NG
4.0.4
true
ImportExportToolsNG@cleidigh.kokkini.net
Lightning
68.2.0
true
{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
Owl for Exchange
0.7.1.1
true
owl@beonex.com
Twitter
1.0
true
twitter@search.mozilla.org
Wikipedia (en)
1.0
true
wikipedia@search.mozilla.org
Security Software
Type: Name
Antivirus:
Antispyware:
Firewall:
Graphics
Features
Compositing: Basic
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none
Account 7 is the account I cannot make work.
You'll need to upgrade to v68.2.1 at least. That fixes a Google OAuth issue. In the meantime, there is a workaround.
Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General/Config. editor, double-click general.useragent.compatMode.firefox to true.
Note, the current release version is Thunderbird 68.2.2.
Chosen Solution
Hello The workaround works a treat. Thank you Currently on centos 7 , yum offers 68.2.0 as the latest version, so I will keep as is and use the workaround. Many thanks for solving this