Thunderbird email account setup for Gmail will not accept my password for the account
I installed Thunderbird and set up my Outlook account with no problem. However, every time I try to add my Gmail account I get an error message "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username, or password." This happens whether I try to set up the account using either Thunderbird's automatic configuration by doing a manual configuration. Can anyone help? I can log into Gmail on the web with this email address and password with no problem.
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Are you using a VPN? If disabling it solves the problem, check whether it has an option called split tunneling you may use to let Thunderbird bypass the VPN.
mjw,
did you solve the problem?
This is the reason I left Thunderbird before ... I had issues with using Google Mail with my Thunderbird ... that, and it just couldn't seem to handle a headshot image in my eMail signature.
I discovered that Google, as of May 2025, will no longer allow "low security apps" to access it's services. As a result, Thunderbird now has in the configuration for your email the oAuth feature that Google requires. Just go to where your SSL is selected, and look at the options. Choose the oAuth option and you're in. Google will prompt you to login and viola' !!
Problem solved.
Now, to get GoogleTALK or chatting working. (uggh!) Even 'jabber.org' doesn't seem to work. (yet)