Thunderbird authentication

[siawacsh]

Hello, hope some one can help me. For no reason whatever I am getting login problems downloading gamil on to my thunderbird. Incoming mail server is
pop.gmail.com
Port 995.

outgoing is:
smtp.gmail.com
Port 565

This is the way it has been for seven years without problems. Can any one hint what it maybe?

Siawacsh

[kukamuumuka]

I have different smtp settings for GMAIL.

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[LogMan]

Could be a number of things but I would try changing from Pop to imap.gmail.com ?

IMAP is what I've had for ages, been a long time since I used a Pop/Pop3 setting.

Have you tried gmail from your web browser to see if that works ?

[siawacsh]

Yes, I can access gmail from the browswer. OK, I will try IMAP and see how it goes. But I have these settings for years without problems.
siawacsh

[siawacsh]

It is a known problem but without a unified solution. One guy says he solved it by resetting cookies. I tried it without success.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254958

[siawacsh]

I set it to IMAP and getting a different error

[siawacsh]

I was not able to upload an attachment of my incoming mail server setting (file too big error) so I am sending a link to the tutorial I used

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/ ... en-GB&rd=1

I set it up to IMAP but getting

an error ocurred with pop3 mail server. Mail server imap.gmail.com responded

[LogMan]

I notice you have Port 995 in the first post, did you try 993 as per Google recommendation ?

[siawacsh]

Yes, I tried both that cause the error message to change. 993 ilicits the first error messae. 995 the latter

Do you think reinstalling Thunderbird would do it?

[LogMan]

Worth a try to reinstall, I assume you have things backed up anyway ?

Is Mint the only OS you are using Thunderbird for ?

[siawacsh]

Yes, Mint 18.3 is the only one. And I don't intend to reinstall the OS. At least not yet. I am merely going to reinstall the mail client.

And if I do go for the drastic measure I might opt for Mint 19. Has any one experienced bugs with 19?

Do I have to install nvidia driver manually in compatibility mode?

[LogMan]

Yes, Mint 18.3 is the only one. And I don't intend to reinstall the OS. At least not yet. I am merely going to reinstall the mail client.

Well I am using Mint 19.1, and Thunderbird 60.7.0 (64bit) and have had zero issues.

I guess I was assuming you were on 19.1 too

I did a clean install of 19.1 and it is so much better that other versions of Mint I used.

I run multiple OS's, WIn10, Ubuntu 18.4 and Mint 19.1 on this computer, and am finding I'm running Mint most of the time now.

[siawacsh]

My platform has been fine since installing it two years ago. Never had a problem with any version of thunderbird. Seems a very drastic and time consuming solution to the authentication problem.

Siawacsh

[LogMan]

I'm assuming you don't have a backup from before this happened ?

I do at least weekly bkups, more if I change something.

You could try setting up a different user Gmail account, see if that works, or even try a different email program.

[siawacsh]

I have backups. But even with backups (locally and cloud) in the past I have lost data.

For example, I always backup the ./thunderbird folder. So when I install a new system I copy and paste into home folder and 8 times out of 10 I have everything up and running as before. But with each iteration of the OS there are new things to learn and with it potential loss of data. Last time I upgraded from Mint 17 to 18 I lost a lot. You would think backing up should be straight forward. The backup tools are the worse for this. That is why I do it manually copy and paste.

Siawacsh

[kukamuumuka]

Your smtp port (565) is wrong.

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
smtp.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Requires TLS: Yes (if available)

Requires Authentication: Yes

Port for SSL: 465

Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587

[siawacsh]

I will try this when I get the chance.

Thanks!

Siawacsh

[siawacsh]

Just tried that. Now I am back to the intial error above.

sending of password did not succeed. Mail server imap.gmail.com responded: password not accepted.

If you remember on recommendation I set gmail to imap.

[greerd]

I think you're going to have to log into your google account and relax the security for third party email clients. I'll see if I can find out what I did when I get home later on today.

[siawacsh]

Sure thanks