Google forced turned on 2Factor Authentication today (Nov 9).
I cannot get Thunderbird (current version 91.3.0) to work with it.
Both Gmail and Thunderbird support has old info does not work.
Any assist would be most appreciated.
It's years since I messed with 2FA and gmail on non-compliant apps, have you tried an application password?
Sign in with App Passwords - Google Account Help
You can go onto Google account settings and turn it off that's what I did and thunderbird works
Would not recommend turning 2FA off as it is good protection. There must be a way.
Then don't use Thunderbird. It's not meant as a 2FA protection client. That's why GMail via web access works that way.
Once the account is setup in TBird (using the 2FA verification) it's of no further use - TBird is not interested in it.
Does any other email client use 2FA for GMail access (after the account has been setup) ... I don't know of any?
Thus far I can still access my gmail account using an email client. However I have been expecting this problem to occur since gmail published it.
Open Google Account, generate App Password. Copy it,
Open Thunderbird, Tools > Preferences > Privacy&Security > Saved Password.
Klick "Show Passwords" Look for your Google Account, Edit both Passwords (IMAP, SMTP) and paste the code you got from Google.
That's what I did with a few Outlook Accounts and it works perfectly. It should be the same procedure that works also for Google.
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