[PLUG] Thunderbird Login Issue
Bill Barry
wabarry at gmail.com
Sat Jun 11 18:35:58 UTC 2022
On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
>
>
> Grouse, grouse. Google is always trying to be "helpful."
>
> I logged in to Google Mail via a browser, found where to turn on two
> factor authentication, and turned it on. I still can't log in from
> Thunderbird. I tried shutting down T-Bird and starting it back up, but
> that didn't help. I logged back in to Google Mail where it tells me two
> factor authentication is turned on. Sigh. Fortunately, I don't use gmail
> too often, and I can always check it in a browser, but it's annoying.
>
> Thanks for letting me know about their requirement.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
Go to this page.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
Follow the instructions for "Create & use App Passwords" create an
App password and use it in Thunderbird instead of the password you are
currently using. When you create the password it is displayed with as
4 sets of 4 characters separated by spaces. Do not use the spaces when
you enter it in Thunderbird.
Bill
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