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Login to server imap.googlemail.com failed. Even though I know the password is correct and it worked fine a few days ago.

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MACHOUSE
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Thunderbird has been working fine for gmail for years, now all of the sudden it keeps telling me Login to server imap.googlemail.com failed. I tried to change my password, this did not work either. If I log in thru IE using the same password it works fine.

Thunderbird has been working fine for gmail for years, now all of the sudden it keeps telling me Login to server imap.googlemail.com failed. I tried to change my password, this did not work either. If I log in thru IE using the same password it works fine.

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christ1
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See if that helps. https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6009563?hl=en