Interesting Thunderbird/GMail Issue

All,

Over the last couple of weeks, I established a new Gmail account for some updated hobby interests. On my Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon system, I use Thunderbird 60.2.1 as my mail client, because I have or monitor for my family seven or eight other Gmail accounts. When I tried to set up the new account, GMail barked at me and denied access to the new account b/c the client I was connecting with "is not secure enough". However, none of the other email accounts have any issues logging in. Has anyone else seen this, and/or know a way around it?

Thanks in advance.

Ian Kahn

I realize you said

none of the other email accounts have any issues logging in

but have you turned on "allow less secure apps"?

When signed into your gmail account click on the 3x3 grid and select "account". A new page will open. Click on "Sign-in & security". Scroll down to the section "Apps with account access" and turn on "Allow less secure apps" if it isn't already.

All, I tried the "allow less secure apps" route. Google's help itself told me that only applies to enterprise Google Docs/Gmail accounts, not individual personal accounts. I'm still open to other suggestions. What really puzzles me is that I have about a half-dozen other accounts that have no issue. I am only having issues with this newest account.

Thanks, everyone, for your help and suggestions.

Ian Kahn

You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Google's help itself told me that only applies to enterprise Google Docs/Gmail accounts, not individual personal accounts.

Well, I have a non-enterprise gmail account that I use with Alpine and mailx and in order to do so, I must have "allow less secure apps" turned on.

So, I should have known better than to question the authority of the replies on this forum. Last night I finally found the proper "allow less secure applications" setting in the Gmail configuration for my new mailbox. I enabled it. And, voila! My new email account configured beautifully in Thunderbird.

Thank you all for the assistance. I appreciate it!

Ian Kahn

No worries. Happy to help.

Iankahn, you can use the Thread Tools to mark the thread solved...and use the Rep link to give Mechanikx some "attaboy" points, if you wish.