I would like to use gmail.com via Thunderbird but nothing I have tried on their page seems to fix things. "Get Messages" results in the following message"
Sending of password for user Bob Goodwin did not succeed. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: Temporary system problem. Please try again later. e68mb297548332ita
My password, etc, work as expected on the gmail "web mail" page, I can send and receive, however that's not what I want, I prefer to use Thunderbird.
Perhaps someone else has been though this and can tell me what needs to be done?
Bob
On 08/21/2015 10:07 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I would like to use gmail.com via Thunderbird but nothing I have tried on their page seems to fix things. "Get Messages" results in the following message"
Sending of password for user Bob Goodwin did not succeed. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: Temporary system problem. Please try again later. e68mb297548332ita
My password, etc, work as expected on the gmail "web mail" page, I can send and receive, however that's not what I want, I prefer to use Thunderbird.
Perhaps someone else has been though this and can tell me what needs to be done?
Bob
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.
Furthermore, you should be able to set up the account to configure automatically.
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
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
On 08/21/2015 10:23 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
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
Try these settings:
Port: 993
Server name: imap.googlemail.com
Authentication: SSL/TLS, Normal Password
Temlakos
On 21/08/15 10:27, Temlakos wrote:
Try these settings:
Port: 993
Server name: imap.googlemail.com
Authentication: SSL/TLS, Normal Password
Temlakos
. As I said, out of desperation, I tried an imap account, the Thunderbird creation process was much different and it tried for messages without complaining about the password, etc.
I will need to test it further but it looks hopeful.
Problem with imap it seems to me is that it will tend to add to my usage each time I check messages whereas pop maintains the message files on my computer. I have an allotment of ViaSat usage for the month and have to pay for extra, it is already expensive, but all that I can get in this rural location, and it works well including their voip phone service.
Thanks for your help,
Bob
Problem with imap it seems to me is that it will tend to add to my usage each time I check messages whereas pop maintains the message files on my computer. I have an allotment of ViaSat usage for the month and have to pay for extra, it is already expensive, but all that I can get in this rural location, and it works well including their voip phone service.
not sure I understand.. IMAP only downloads new messages. If you want to make sure you only get new ones, create ( or use) your local folders and move all gmail emails to local folders everytime. That way they are on your computer. I just use filters to filter all emails to specific folders, or delete junk.
On 21/08/15 10:46, Paul Cartwright wrote:
Problem with imap it seems to me is that it will tend to add to my usage each time I check messages whereas pop maintains the message files on my computer. I have an allotment of ViaSat usage for the month and have to pay for extra, it is already expensive, but all that I can get in this rural location, and it works well including their voip phone service.
not sure I understand.. IMAP only downloads new messages. If you want to make sure you only get new ones, create ( or use) your local folders and move all gmail emails to local folders everytime. That way they are on your computer. I just use filters to filter all emails to specific folders, or delete junk.
. Not sure I understand how it works then, are you saying I can just change my filters to move the messages into the local folders?
I will have to see if that can be done ...
On 08/21/2015 10:52 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
Not sure I understand how it works then, are you saying I can just change my filters to move the messages into the local folders?
I will have to see if that can be done ...
in thunderbird, when you receive an email, right-click on the From: in the message, select create filter.. select Move Message to:, and use the drop-down to select a folder in your local folders..
On 21/08/15 11:05, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 08/21/2015 10:52 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
Not sure I understand how it works then, are you saying I can just change my filters to move the messages into the local folders?
I will have to see if that can be done ...
in thunderbird, when you receive an email, right-click on the From: in the message, select create filter.. select Move Message to:, and use the drop-down to select a folder in your local folders..
Yes I discovered that. It works about like the pop3 account. I have been creating filters as I need them.
So far, so good ...
On 08/21/2015 10:23 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
. 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.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail
I use it.. imap.gmail.com port 993 connection SSL/TLS
On 21/08/15 10:28, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 08/21/2015 10:23 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
. 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.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail
I use it.. imap.gmail.com port 993 connection SSL/TLS
. Wildblue recently switched to another no-name e-mail service and that has made me appreciate gmail even more. I knew it always worked and they do a good job of reducing spam, so far the new service does neither well. So here I am trying to get back where I was a week ago where e-mail was never a problem ...
Bob
On Fri, 2015-08-21 at 10:47 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 21/08/15 10:28, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 08/21/2015 10:23 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
. 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.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail
I use it.. imap.gmail.com port 993 connection SSL/TLS
. Wildblue recently switched to another no-name e-mail service and that has made me appreciate gmail even more. I knew it always worked and they do a good job of reducing spam, so far the new service does neither well. So here I am trying to get back where I was a week ago where e-mail was never a problem ...
If you're using IMAP and are concerned about bandwidth usage, note that you can also do your filtering on Gmail directly, e.g. filter unimportant stuff into a Gmail folder which you can then *not* subscribe on TBird (so it won't be downloaded). Use the webmail interface to look at it once in a while.
None of that can be done on POP.
poc
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:07:00 -0400 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I would like to use gmail.com via Thunderbird but nothing I have tried on their page seems to fix things. "Get Messages" results in the following message"
Sending of password for user Bob Goodwin did not succeed. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: Temporary system problem. Please try again later. e68mb297548332ita
My password, etc, work as expected on the gmail "web mail" page, I can send and receive, however that's not what I want, I prefer to use Thunderbird.
Perhaps someone else has been though this and can tell me what needs to be done?
Using the web access to your account you must explicitly allow the use of POP or IMAP. I highly recommend IMAP because the mails stay on the server.
--Frank
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