Google couldn't verify that this account belongs to youĪny idea what I'm doing wrong? I have tried many other permutations on the above, no joy. Thunderbird then displays another dialog asking for my Gmail email address, and another asking for my password - here I enter the normal password for my Gmail account. Thunderbird automatically selects IMAP and detects the gmail servers. Following the advice on this page, I enter here the app password (not the normal password of my Gmail account). On the dialog that pops up I enter my name, and the email address of my gmail account.

The email client lists sub-folders under your accounts, it's a. Don't worry, this is normal and how Thunderbird works by default. The directory may appear to be empty, i.e. Go to the main screen of Thunderbird, and you'll see the folder on the side panel. Then in Thunderbird I click on the 'hamburger' menu button and from there I do + New | Existing Mail Account. That's it, your local folder is ready to use. javascript.enabled is already set to true, and cookies are already enabled. In Google accounts, I have generated an app password.įollowing the advice at this link, I have set to true. I am able to access my Gmail account in the browser. I am trying to use Thunderbird 68.5.0 to access Gmail, on which I have enabled two factor authentication.

Using thunderbird with gmail