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Originally Posted by Quoth
Maybe Google is turning off ordinary IMAP & POP3 access by 3rd party clients by region, or you added it long ago. Go Account Settings and see.
Server Settings > Security Settings
Is Authentication method "Normal password" or "OAuth2"?
Certainly here Google sent emails warning this would happen and eventually blocked "Normal password". Now only OAuth2 can be used, but setup gives the OAuth2 provider (e.g. Google) too much personal information and difficult not to use SAME setting and link all Google accounts.
It only makes a difference at a Public WiFi point running malware (or maybe some Mobile Networks), and I started using a VPN to my router at home when using public WiFi about 15 years ago.
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So...I looked through my settings for my account, and I don't see anything that says "Server Settings". I do have "Security" when I click on "Other Google account settings" under "Accounts and Import", but there is nothing that I can see about setting authentication method to either OAuth2 or Normal Password.
...and I *definitely* use Thunderbird to access my gmail and my google calendars for 3 different gmail accounts with no problems at all, and have been for many years.
Shari