To work with Thunderbird, gmail requires that you permit less secure access. I had it set up that way but about a week ago I got an alert about a possible security problem. I was advised to turn off "allow less secure access". I had forgotten that I needed that on for Thunderbird to work with gmail. I was advised to change my password for the server and I did. For a while I was receiving messages from gmail in Thunderbird, but that stopped after a day or so. I was never able to send messages using gmail. They ask for my password and I enter the new one but its not accepted. I went into Google and set "Allow less secure apps: ON". That didn't help. Google advised me go to "https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha". When I do I get a message "Sorry, we are unable to handle your request at this time, please try again later". They show a drawing of a robot that is taking itself apart. I am able to send email from another account, but kept getting the request for password, so I finally deleted gmail from my Thunderbird account. I had a Yahoo account which I hadn't been using so I attempted to add that to Thunderbird. Yahoo advised me that I could use "less secure access" as a temporary measure but they would continue to bug me to fix the problem some other way. I am now set up at the gmail web portal to forward all the incoming mail to another account. It is nice to again see my email in Thunderbird, but I consider this a temporary arrangement. Does Thunderbird have any plans to provide secure access? Is there another email provider that permits access from Thunderbird without a special non-recommended setting? Should I make an attempt to re-install gmail in Thunderbird?