Thunderbird and security

[Peter Smout]

On 01/10/14 00:29, Phil wrote:
> Thank you for reading this.
>
> I have a need for a Gmail account but I'm blocked from accessing it from
> Thunderbird. Google considers Thunderbird to be less secure that their
> own mail client but there is an option to allow for less secure mail
> clients. Of course Google dose not recommend this option.
>
> Is accessing Gmail from Thunderbird really a security? I suspect that
> it's not.
>
FTIW I have a Gmail account and I'm sending this using t-bird and 
they've never told me anything of the kind!! From day 1 I put the 
settings into t-bird and it just worked (tm)!

Not a security guru just my 0.02p

Pete S