On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> 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
