Please clarify, as Wordpress already can send emails with no plugins and the FluentSMTP plugin appears to use regular SMTP server settings as do email clients. How does Thunderbird fit into this? Thank you.

Please clarify, as Wordpress already can send emails with no plugins and the FluentSMTP plugin appears to use regular SMTP server settings as do email clients. How does Thunderbird fit into this? Thank you.

WordPress can't send email via Gmail. I want to send WordPress email via google mail. FluentSMPT plugin can send email via Gmail, but Gmail APP I create expires every 15 days. Thunderbird Gmail APP doesn't expire but I can't use it without Thunderbird.

I guess I could modify FluentSMTP, or add new email provider, but I don't have Thunderbird Gmail APP details.

Is it Thunderbird Gmail APP open source and where to find it?

I have tried to find Thunderbird Gmail APP details in Thunderbird source, but no success so far.

Thank you for your replay.

As an infrequent user of Wordpress, there are several SMTP plugins that state they support gmail. And I confess, I have never heard of a Thunderbird Gmail app.

As an infrequent user of Wordpress, there are several SMTP plugins that state they support gmail. And I confess, I have never heard of a Thunderbird Gmail app.

Thank You for support

1) For those WordPress to Gmail plugins, one has to create OAuth app in Gmail, which does not work long for free Gmail accounts.

2) I'm sure you have already seen and used Thunderbird Gmail app if you have connected Thunderbird to Gmail account, ever. It appears as the screen in which Gmail ask you to allow/enable Thunderbird (OAuth Gmail App) to access your Gmail account.

What I'm trying to achieve is, to use (via Thunderbird account configuration) enabled Thunderbird (OAuth Gmail App) instead of creating my app as described in 1)

I cannot envision the data flow to use an email app to interface with Wordpress. Wordpress would need to invoke thunderbird, create a message, and then send it, and then exit back to Wordpress.

I cannot envision the data flow to use an email app to interface with Wordpress. Wordpress would need to invoke thunderbird, create a message, and then send it, and then exit back to Wordpress.

Thank You for support.

My idea (vision) is to use (and if necessary modify) one of WordPress to GMail plugins to use Thunderbird-Gmail-OAuth App. What I'm missing so far is "Authorized Redirect URI" for "Thunderbird-Gmail-OAuth App".

I looked up here ... https://github.com/mozilla/releases-comm-central/blob/master/mailnews/base/src/OAuth2Providers.sys.mjs

... and I'm missing "Authorized Redirect URI" which is actually urlredirectionEndpoint: "https://localhost" because it seems that source is running on some (to me unknown) server/URL.

Thanks

I cannot envision the data flow to use an email app to interface with Wordpress. Wordpress would need to invoke thunderbird, create a message, and then send it, and then exit back to Wordpress.

Sorry David, I have logged in to another account by mistake. :)

BTW, Is there any way I could undo "helpful answer" flag?

So the one click method at https://wpforms.com/how-to-securely-send-wordpress-emails-using-gmail-smtp/ will not work, or will expire frequently, for free gmail accounts?

david said

I cannot envision the data flow to use an email app to interface with Wordpress. Wordpress would need to invoke thunderbird, create a message, and then send it, and then exit back to Wordpress.

Thank You for support.

My idea (vision) is to use (and if necessary modify) one of WordPress to GMail plugins to use Thunderbird-Gmail-OAuth App. What I'm missing so far is "Authorized Redirect URI" for "Thunderbird-Gmail-OAuth App".

I looked up here ... https://github.com/mozilla/releases-comm-central/blob/master/mailnews/base/src/OAuth2Providers.sys.mjs

Using Thunderbird's client credentials (or anyone else's other than your own) is both unethical and a misuse of what has been provided by Google. DO NOT DO THIS.

You should follow Google's rules. Further, Google might have ways to detect unrelated webapps misusing client credentials, and so you might risking IP or device bans from all Google properties and worse.

Using Thunderbird's client credentials (or anyone else's other than your own) is both unethical and a misuse of what has been provided by Google. DO NOT DO THIS. You should follow Google's rules. Further, Google might have ways to detect unrelated webapps misusing client credentials, and so you might risking IP or device bans from all Google properties and worse.

Yes, I agree, it may be true. But in order to do that, I must first use my Thunderbird with created connection to my Gmail account via enabled Thunderbird Gmail-App. So it seems to me to be legitimate use (for sporadic transactional email only, not for spamming).

Thanks anyway.

I guess, anyone else's Thunderbird - Gmail connection will receive different client authorization code. So, using other people Gmail is not viable, should not be possible.