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Automatic conversion to OAUTH2 for gmail did not happen and manual configuration does not help

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My gmail account was configured for POP access and worked perfectly for years. Today, I can no longer receive or send email. Upon checking account settings, they still showed normal password. I changed them to OAUTH2 and made sure cookie settings were correct. I restarted TB and it still does not work. I am presented with the enter credentials screen. I do that and then click allow. At that point, the deny and allow buttons remain gray and the credentials screen does not go away unless I manually close it. I have attached screen grabs of my settings.

TIA for any suggestions.

My gmail account was configured for POP access and worked perfectly for years. Today, I can no longer receive or send email. Upon checking account settings, they still showed normal password. I changed them to OAUTH2 and made sure cookie settings were correct. I restarted TB and it still does not work. I am presented with the enter credentials screen. I do that and then click allow. At that point, the deny and allow buttons remain gray and the credentials screen does not go away unless I manually close it. I have attached screen grabs of my settings. TIA for any suggestions.
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HP42Fan
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Problem solved. I found that javascript.allow.mailnews must be set to "true" for this to work.

Matt
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So you had disabled javascript. Was that you or some software you installed?

Matt
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On reflection. That preferences was removed in V3. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248280

Javascript is managed with Javascript.enabled. So perhaps you could expand on what you have said.

HP42Fan
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Matt, 

  I did see where that setting was to be removed long ago, yet it still exists in my v91.10.0 Windows x64 installation

along with javascript.enabled true. It was when I flipped the "removed" setting that my mail began working again. HOWEVER, one of my three gmail accounts is back to not working today. I deleted the password for that account and restarted TB yet I am back to the credentials screen hanging after clicking "Allow". I have attached all settings with java as a keyword. Hopefully someone much smarter than I can quickly spot the trouble. In summary, two of three accounts ARE still working, one has stopped working.

Thanks again.

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