question on mail clients

[Phil Marsh]

Hi David,
Thanks,
I have OAuth set in my Thunderbird. I checked my password and the server
and they are correct. Still cannot authenticate when sending emails from
Thunderbird. Thanks

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 12:06 PM David E. Auter via NCLUG <nclug at nclug.org>
wrote:

> Have you checked out the Mozilla support page for thunderbird and gmail?
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail
>
> Google no longer supports "less secure apps" for gmail, and this means
> that use of OAuth is required. The support page mentioned about talks
> about updating your gmail account to use OAuth if it's not done
> automatically.
>
> I've seen blogs on this issue with some people indicating success,
> others still having trouble. So you may need to do some additional
> searches for tips provided by those that have done it (if no one on the
> nclug mailing list has any for you.)
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:18:33AM -0600, Phil Marsh wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone been able to send email via Thunderbird? I have been trying
> for
> > months to get Thunderbird to work on gmail but no luck sending emails via
> > Thunderbird.
> > Maybe it's impossible?
> > Thanks!
> > Phil
>
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