What am I doing wrong? - Page 3

John F · 08-01-2022, 06:28 AM

FWIW I use Thunderbird and gmail. I usually don't keep Thunderbird up to date.

A couple of weeks ago, I was unable to receive email. Doing a Google, it looked like an OAuth2 problem. I updated Thunderbird, changed to OAuth2, and things worked after that. I'm also using POP with gmail.

Quoth · 08-01-2022, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by John F

FWIW I use Thunderbird and gmail. I usually don't keep Thunderbird up to date.

A couple of weeks ago, I was unable to receive email. Doing a Google, it looked like an OAuth2 problem. I updated Thunderbird, changed to OAuth2, and things worked after that. I'm also using POP with gmail.

Didn't you have to give extra private info to setup OAuth2?

I'm not going to use it.

John F · 08-01-2022, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Didn't you have to give extra private info to setup OAuth2?

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What do you mean by private info?

Quoth · 08-01-2022, 11:28 AM

No way am I giving Google a phone number and linking all my gmail accounts to it, or for ANYONE installing an App so I can do email on a desktop. Both are broken ideas.

shalym · 08-02-2022, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

No way am I giving Google a phone number and linking all my gmail accounts to it, or for ANYONE installing an App so I can do email on a desktop. Both are broken ideas.

I have an alternate non-google email linked to my gmail for recovery purposes, but I don't have all of my other gmail accounts tied to it. I had never heard of needing to do that?

Shari

Quoth · 08-02-2022, 06:33 AM

All my gmail is setup via the Google web interface to forward to non-gmail accounts.
If my domain provider's DNS goes down, or my hosting goes down, then I can use the Web Interface.
Naturally the Domain Services company and Hosting company have either gmail addresses for me or also a gmail address! Though both have a login web portal to report issues, the replies would go to gmail.

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08-01-2022, 06:28 AM	#31
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,943 Karma: 70766125 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	FWIW I use Thunderbird and gmail. I usually don't keep Thunderbird up to date. A couple of weeks ago, I was unable to receive email. Doing a Google, it looked like an OAuth2 problem. I updated Thunderbird, changed to OAuth2, and things worked after that. I'm also using POP with gmail.

08-01-2022, 11:28 AM	#34
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,048 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	No way am I giving Google a phone number and linking all my gmail accounts to it, or for ANYONE installing an App so I can do email on a desktop. Both are broken ideas.

08-02-2022, 06:33 AM	#36
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,048 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	All my gmail is setup via the Google web interface to forward to non-gmail accounts. If my domain provider's DNS goes down, or my hosting goes down, then I can use the Web Interface. Naturally the Domain Services company and Hosting company have either gmail addresses for me or also a gmail address! Though both have a login web portal to report issues, the replies would go to gmail.

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