Gmail to Thunderbird: Quitted

[CA Handly]

Thunderbird Users

I have used Thunderbird since it started to import my Gmail messages
into Thunderbird.

Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?


"Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"

I have not found a fix. Suggestions?

Texas Handly

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[WaltS48]

On 11/16/2015 04:24 PM, CA Handly wrote:
> Thunderbird Users
>
> I have used Thunderbird since it started to import my Gmail messages
> into Thunderbird.
>
> Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
> the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?
>
>
> "Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
> pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"
>
> I have not found a fix. Suggestions?
>
> Texas Handly
>

Did you do the Web login that was suggested in the support link?

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[Ron K.]

WaltS48 wrote on 11/16/2015 3:33 PM:
> On 11/16/2015 04:24 PM, CA Handly wrote:
>> Thunderbird Users
>>
>> I have used Thunderbird since it started to import my Gmail messages
>> into Thunderbird.
>>
>> Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
>> the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?
>>
>>
>> "Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
>> pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"
>>
>> I have not found a fix. Suggestions?
>>
>> Texas Handly
>>
>
> Did you do the Web login that was suggested in the support link?
>

Which version of TB are you using. If it is older, the build may not have
secure athentication Google expects now. A fix is visit Gmail and check
settings to activate the older connect authentication, or upgrade TB to
version 38.
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[WaltS48]

On 11/16/2015 05:28 PM, Ron K. wrote:
> WaltS48 wrote on 11/16/2015 3:33 PM:
>> On 11/16/2015 04:24 PM, CA Handly wrote:
>>> Thunderbird Users
>>>
>>> I have used Thunderbird since it started to import my Gmail messages
>>> into Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
>>> the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
>>> pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
>>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"
>>>
>>> I have not found a fix. Suggestions?
>>>
>>> Texas Handly
>>>
>>
>> Did you do the Web login that was suggested in the support link?
>>
>
> Which version of TB are you using. If it is older, the build may not
> have secure athentication Google expects now. A fix is visit Gmail and
> check settings to activate the older connect authentication, or upgrade
> TB to version 38.

Are you asking me, or CA Handly?

I don't use Gmail. Maybe you should respond to CA Handly's post.

[Mike Easter]

Ron K. wrote:
> WaltS48:

>> CA Handly wrote:

>>> Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
>>> the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?
>>>
>>> "Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
>>> pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
>>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"
>>>
>>> I have not found a fix. Suggestions?

Read the info at the gmail help link. It discusses the security issues
and the need to login to webmail with a captcha as well as sometimes
needing the settings for less secure.

>>
>> Did you do the Web login that was suggested in the support link?
>
> Which version of TB are you using. If it is older, the build may not
> have secure athentication Google expects now. A fix is visit Gmail and
> check settings to activate the older connect authentication, or upgrade
> TB to version 38.

Both of the issues and more mentioned by Ron & Walt are discussed with
helpful links from the gmail help support page referenced in the OP,
which redirects to:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14257?rd=1

If gmail's authentication becomes unhappy security-wise, it requires
solving a captcha at the webmail login to get the Tb client working
again. If gmail has a problem with the security features of the app,
the webmail settings may need to be set for lower security features. The
gmail help page and its links provide a wealth of alternative fixes to
the OP.


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[Ron K.]

WaltS48 wrote on 11/16/2015 5:33 PM:
> On 11/16/2015 05:28 PM, Ron K. wrote:
>> WaltS48 wrote on 11/16/2015 3:33 PM:
>>> On 11/16/2015 04:24 PM, CA Handly wrote:
>>>> Thunderbird Users
>>>>
>>>> I have used Thunderbird since it started to import my Gmail messages
>>>> into Thunderbird.
>>>>
>>>> Last week I suspect that I did something wrong to Gmail and now I get
>>>> the following Error message when I attempt to get my Gmail messages?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Sending of password for user brian.handly did not succeed. Mail server
>>>> pop.gmail.com responded: Web login required:
>>>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754"
>>>>
>>>> I have not found a fix. Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Texas Handly
>>>>
>>>
>>> Did you do the Web login that was suggested in the support link?
>>>
>>
>> Which version of TB are you using. If it is older, the build may not
>> have secure athentication Google expects now. A fix is visit Gmail and
>> check settings to activate the older connect authentication, or upgrade
>> TB to version 38.
>
>
> Are you asking me, or CA Handly?
>
> I don't use Gmail. Maybe you should respond to CA Handly's post.
>

Handly's message is not on the Moz news server so I posted to the portion
of the thread I can read.

[Mike Easter]

Ron K. wrote:

> Handly's message is not on the Moz news server so I posted to the
> portion of the thread I can read.

I read Handly's OP from the moz/giga nntp server.

But I understand the/your situation. I'm a bigtime 'trimmer' or editor
of my replies, so I probably would've handled the 'dilemma' differently
and trimmed Ron out.


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[Ryan P.]

On 11/16/2015 6:27 PM, Mike Easter wrote:

> Both of the issues and more mentioned by Ron & Walt are discussed with
> helpful links from the gmail help support page referenced in the OP,
> which redirects to:
>
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14257?rd=1
>
> If gmail's authentication becomes unhappy security-wise, it requires
> solving a captcha at the webmail login to get the Tb client working
> again. If gmail has a problem with the security features of the app,
> the webmail settings may need to be set for lower security features. The
> gmail help page and its links provide a wealth of alternative fixes to
> the OP.

To expand on the Google servers becoming unhappy... They got mad at
me a month or so ago when I forgot I was still connected to a work VPN
and tried accessing GMail through Thunderbird. Their security analytics
thought it was odd that I was logging in via IMAP from a different VPN,
shut down access from that computer (maybe via IP blocking?), sent an
email to my phone telling me an unusual log in was detected and to
verify that I was still in control of my account before it would let me
connect via Thunderbird again.