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G Suite tells me that Thunderbird's security system is not to a modern standard and will not let me log in using your program. Is this to be fixed soon?

Cheers Evan Williams

G Suite tells me that Thunderbird's security system is not to a modern standard and will not let me log in using your program. Is this to be fixed soon? Cheers Evan Williams

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Thunderbird will handle any security Google wants it to. If you are using a Gmail address, then you need to understand and use a Google App password in Thunderbird. This is part of Google's 2-Step Verification.

Google: 2-Step Verification info Sign in using App Passwords App passwords

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