On 21/08/15 10:16, Temlakos wrote:
You need to configure a Gmail account to use IMAP, not POP/SMTP. IMAP synchronizes with the server and lets you manage the on-line storage of your e-mail on-the-fly.
. I have not tried imap, since the problems did not seep specific to pop, smtp.gmail.com doesn't accept the password either. However I am willing to give that a try also out of desperation.
Furthermore, you should be able to set up the account to configure automatically.
. Yes, Thunderbird 38.1.0 does try to do that ...
Are you using the current build of Thunderbird? That's what it does: configures everything for you. It works for me--and I mean, it "just works."
Temlakos
. I rarely have any problem setting up thunderbird accounts, this one is probably a first. I too expected it to just work.
Thanks,
Bob