Thunderbird and Gmail -

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 21/08/15 10:16, Temlakos wrote:
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>
> 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

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