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dasha293
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Hi, I've recently changed my password on Gmail and when entering my new password into Thunderbird I receive a message to go to: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (failure) . When looking into this, I established that for Thunderbird to work I need to tick “Allow” to let less secure apps access my Google account. Obviously for safety reasons this is not a recommended option. Is there anything I can do for Thunderbird to work without worrying that my gmail account can get hacked into?

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Dasha

Hi, I've recently changed my password on Gmail and when entering my new password into Thunderbird I receive a message to go to: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (failure) . When looking into this, I established that for Thunderbird to work I need to tick “Allow” to let less secure apps access my Google account. Obviously for safety reasons this is not a recommended option. Is there anything I can do for Thunderbird to work without worrying that my gmail account can get hacked into? Many thanks, Dasha

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Matt
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Two issues here. 1. Less secure is entirety subjective. Google call is less secure. Everyone else on the planet involved with email call it standard. THey are in fact forcing a web authentication standard oAuth2.0. So now mail clients not designed as web browsers are forced to do so. A far more risky arrangment then a standard username and password arrangement.

2. Thunderbird 38 supports oAuth2.0 for Gmail IMAP mail accounts. Be it for better or worse.

Your choice really. I do not use oAuth2.0.