You will want to use oauth2 support from Gmail: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Gmail_with_Thunderbird_and_Mozilla_Suite
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1201406 Hope that helps! On 1/31/20 11:55 AM, Klaus Maas wrote: > I am a bit puzzeld by the expression "less secure". > > Does it mean it is kinda known that gmail carries away any metadata and > content while Thunderbird doesn't? > > Which one is meant to be the "less secure" app again? > > Or are my wires crossed? It's Friday evening after all. ;-) > > Nevetheless, thank you for relaying the fix! > > Klaus > > email signature Klaus Maas > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On 31/01/2020 17.30, Karel P Coors wrote: >> Enabled "allow less secure apps" in Google Settings >> No change in Thunderbird >> Cheers >> >> K P Coors >> 0999 462 168 >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 17:22 Karel P Coors <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good day >>> I use Ubuntu 18.04 with Thunderbird. First time today receive message >>> Thunderbird cannot connect to imap.googlemail.com. Under Help found >>> diagnostics center. Followed recommendation. No result. >>> Uninstalled Thunderbird. Restarted PC. Downloaded latest version >>> Thunderbird. No result. >>> What would be the solution? >>> Best regards >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Karel P Coors >>> >>> Mobile +593 999 462 168 >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- ________ Robert Freeman-Day https://launchpad.net/~presgas https://keybase.io/robertfreemanday GPG Public Key: https://keybase.io/robertfreemanday/pgp_keys.asc Pronoun: He or E/Em - https://pronoun.is/he?or=e -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
