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T-Bird refuses to accept my CORRECT password. It did so yesterday, but not to-day, and NOTHING HAS CHANGED

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OwenRoberts
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As above in the simple description. My GMail account password is no longer accepted by T-Bird; and yet the self same password is accepted via web-mail. I have done the Tools; Options; Security; Display Password, and it is the same. I have gone into GMail direct & cut & paste direct from the login screen and that too is regected It worked yesterday but not to-day, and I have changed NOTHING in either GMail nor T-Bird

As above in the simple description. My GMail account password is no longer accepted by T-Bird; and yet the self same password is accepted via web-mail. I have done the Tools; Options; Security; Display Password, and it is the same. I have gone into GMail direct & cut & paste direct from the login screen and that too is regected It worked yesterday but not to-day, and I have changed NOTHING in either GMail nor T-Bird

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Matt
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go here https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps?pli=1 Turn the setting on.