Can no longer send gmail from Thunderbird

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 at 02:07, Phil Fraser <phillor9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've been using gmail and Thunderbird for years and now, as from yesterday, outgoing gmail no longer works. No problem with incoming mail. There was a recent Thunderbird update, I wonder if that's the cause?

Were you using an "app password" for T'bird?

These days I think you must have OAuth.

I tried but had no success _changing_ an existing account from
something else to OAuth. But removing the account and re-adding it
using OAuth worked reliably.


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