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Cannot send mails via gmail account. It works in Safe Mode though

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I'm not able to send mail using any of gmail accounts. It works perfectly in Safe Mode.

When sending ail I'm getting following message: Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.gmail.com for an unknown reason. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 60.7.0
   Build ID: 20190520132132
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0
   OS: Linux 5.0.17-300.fc30.x86_64
   Multiprocess Windows: 0/0 (Disabled)
   Web Content Processes:
   Stylo: content = true (enabled by default), chrome = true (enabled by default)
   Enterprise Policies:
   Google Location Service Key: Missing
   Google SafeBrowsing Key: Missing
   Mozilla Location Service Key: Missing
   Safe Mode: false
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
 Extensions
     Name
     Version
     Enabled
     ID
       Enigmail
       2.0.8
       false
       {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}
       Lightning
       6.2.7
       false
       {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
       Mail Merge
       5.6.0
       false
       mailmerge@example.net
       Manually sort folders
       1.2.1
       false
       tbsortfolders@xulforum.org
       Notification Viewer
       1.0.3beta
       false
       notificationviewer@trustedbird.org
       Password Exporter
       1.3.4
       false
       {B17C1C5A-04B1-11DB-9804-B622A1EF5492}
       Provider for Google Calendar
       4.4.2
       false
       {a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc}
 Security Software
   Type: Name
     Antivirus:
     Antispyware:
     Firewall:
 Graphics
     Features
     Compositing: Basic
     Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none
     WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: -
     WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: WebGL creation failed:
  • Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist entry:
  • Exhausted GL driver options.
     WebGL 1 Driver Version: -
     WebGL 1 Driver Extensions: -
     WebGL 1 Extensions: -
     WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: -
     WebGL 2 Driver Renderer: WebGL creation failed:
  • Refused to create WebGL2 context because of blacklist entry:
     WebGL 2 Driver Version: -
     WebGL 2 Driver Extensions: -
     WebGL 2 Extensions: -
   GPU #1
   GPU #2
     Diagnostics
     AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0
     AzureCanvasBackend: skia
     AzureContentBackend: skia
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
     CairoUseXRender: 0
     Decision Log
     HW_COMPOSITING: blocked by default: Acceleration blocked by platform
     OPENGL_COMPOSITING: unavailable by default: Hardware compositing is disabled
     WEBRENDER: opt-in by default: WebRender is an opt-in featureunavailable by runtime: Build doesn't include WebRender
     OMTP: disabled by default: Disabled by default
   Crash Guard Disabled Features
   Workarounds
   Failure Log
 Media
     Audio Backend: remote
     Max Channels: 2
     Preferred Channel Layout: stereo
     Preferred Sample Rate: 48000
     Output Devices
       Name
       Group
       Vendor
       State
       Preferred
       Format
       Channels
       Rate
       Latency
       Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
       /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0
       Intel Corporation
       Enabled
       All
       default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE
       2
       default: 48000, support: 1 - 384000
       0 - 0
     Input Devices
       Name
       Group
       Vendor
       State
       Preferred
       Format
       Channels
       Rate
       Latency
       Monitor of Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
       /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0
       Intel Corporation
       Enabled
       None
       default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE
       2
       default: 48000, support: 1 - 384000
       0 - 0
       Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
       /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0
       Intel Corporation
       Enabled
       All
       default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE
       2
       default: 44100, support: 1 - 384000
       0 - 0
 Important Modified Preferences
   accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
   browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
   browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1
   browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
   browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
   browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
   extensions.lastAppVersion: 60.7.0
   font.internaluseonly.changed: true
   media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1
   network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
   network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
   places.database.lastMaintenance: 1559861253
   places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 42112
   plugin.importedState: true
   plugin.state.flash: 0
   print.print_bgcolor: false
   print.print_bgimages: false
   print.print_colorspace: default
   print.print_downloadfonts: false
   print.print_duplex: 0
   print.print_evenpages: true
   print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5
   print.print_margin_left: 0.5
   print.print_margin_right: 0.5
   print.print_margin_top: 0.5
   print.print_oddpages: true
   print.print_orientation: 0
   print.print_page_delay: 50
   print.print_paper_data: 0
   print.print_paper_height: 279,40
   print.print_paper_name: na_letter
   print.print_paper_size_type: 1
   print.print_paper_size_unit: 1
   print.print_paper_width: 215,90
   print.print_plex_name: default
   print.print_printer: LaserJet_zszo
   print.print_resolution_name: default
   print.print_scaling: 0,80
   print.print_shrink_to_fit: false
   print.print_to_file: false
   print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 56
   print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 25
   print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 25
   print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 25
   privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true
   security.disable_button.openCertManager: false
   security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false
   security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl: false
   storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
   storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1559861248
 Important Locked Preferences
 Places Database
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: true
 Accessibility
   Activated: false
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.21
     4.21
     NSS
     3.43
     3.44
     NSSSMIME
     3.43
     3.44
     NSSSSL
     3.43
     3.44
     NSSUTIL
     3.43
     3.44
 Sandbox
   Seccomp-BPF (System Call Filtering): true
   Seccomp Thread Synchronization: true
   User Namespaces: true
   Content Process Sandboxing: true
   Media Plugin Sandboxing: true
   Content Process Sandbox Level: 0
   Effective Content Process Sandbox Level: 0
 Rejected System Calls
     #
     Seconds Ago
     PID
     TID
     Process Type
     Syscall
     Arguments
 Internationalization & Localization
     Application Settings
     Requested Locales: ["pl-PL","en-US"]
     Available Locales: ["en-US"]
     App Locales: ["en-US","und"]
     Regional Preferences: ["pl-PL"]
     Default Locale: "und"
     Operating System
     System Locales: ["pl-PL"]
     Regional Preferences: ["pl-PL"]
I'm not able to send mail using any of gmail accounts. It works perfectly in Safe Mode. When sending ail I'm getting following message: Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.gmail.com for an unknown reason. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again. Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 60.7.0 Build ID: 20190520132132 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 OS: Linux 5.0.17-300.fc30.x86_64 Multiprocess Windows: 0/0 (Disabled) Web Content Processes: Stylo: content = true (enabled by default), chrome = true (enabled by default) Enterprise Policies: Google Location Service Key: Missing Google SafeBrowsing Key: Missing Mozilla Location Service Key: Missing Safe Mode: false Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext account2: INCOMING: account2, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true Extensions Name Version Enabled ID Enigmail 2.0.8 false {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5} Lightning 6.2.7 false {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} Mail Merge 5.6.0 false mailmerge@example.net Manually sort folders 1.2.1 false tbsortfolders@xulforum.org Notification Viewer 1.0.3beta false notificationviewer@trustedbird.org Password Exporter 1.3.4 false {B17C1C5A-04B1-11DB-9804-B622A1EF5492} Provider for Google Calendar 4.4.2 false {a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc} Security Software Type: Name Antivirus: Antispyware: Firewall: Graphics Features Compositing: Basic Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: - WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: WebGL creation failed: * Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist entry: * Exhausted GL driver options. WebGL 1 Driver Version: - WebGL 1 Driver Extensions: - WebGL 1 Extensions: - WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: - WebGL 2 Driver Renderer: WebGL creation failed: * Refused to create WebGL2 context because of blacklist entry: WebGL 2 Driver Version: - WebGL 2 Driver Extensions: - WebGL 2 Extensions: - GPU #1 GPU #2 Diagnostics AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0 AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: skia AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none CairoUseXRender: 0 Decision Log HW_COMPOSITING: blocked by default: Acceleration blocked by platform OPENGL_COMPOSITING: unavailable by default: Hardware compositing is disabled WEBRENDER: opt-in by default: WebRender is an opt-in featureunavailable by runtime: Build doesn't include WebRender OMTP: disabled by default: Disabled by default Crash Guard Disabled Features Workarounds Failure Log Media Audio Backend: remote Max Channels: 2 Preferred Channel Layout: stereo Preferred Sample Rate: 48000 Output Devices Name Group Vendor State Preferred Format Channels Rate Latency Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 Intel Corporation Enabled All default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE 2 default: 48000, support: 1 - 384000 0 - 0 Input Devices Name Group Vendor State Preferred Format Channels Rate Latency Monitor of Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 Intel Corporation Enabled None default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE 2 default: 48000, support: 1 - 384000 0 - 0 Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 Intel Corporation Enabled All default: S16LE, support: S16LE S16BE F32LE F32BE 2 default: 44100, support: 1 - 384000 0 - 0 Important Modified Preferences accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 60.7.0 font.internaluseonly.changed: true media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1559861253 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 42112 plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.flash: 0 print.print_bgcolor: false print.print_bgimages: false print.print_colorspace: default print.print_downloadfonts: false print.print_duplex: 0 print.print_evenpages: true print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.print_oddpages: true print.print_orientation: 0 print.print_page_delay: 50 print.print_paper_data: 0 print.print_paper_height: 279,40 print.print_paper_name: na_letter print.print_paper_size_type: 1 print.print_paper_size_unit: 1 print.print_paper_width: 215,90 print.print_plex_name: default print.print_printer: LaserJet_zszo print.print_resolution_name: default print.print_scaling: 0,80 print.print_shrink_to_fit: false print.print_to_file: false print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 56 print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 25 print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 25 print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 25 privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true security.disable_button.openCertManager: false security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1559861248 Important Locked Preferences Places Database JavaScript Incremental GC: true Accessibility Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.21 4.21 NSS 3.43 3.44 NSSSMIME 3.43 3.44 NSSSSL 3.43 3.44 NSSUTIL 3.43 3.44 Sandbox Seccomp-BPF (System Call Filtering): true Seccomp Thread Synchronization: true User Namespaces: true Content Process Sandboxing: true Media Plugin Sandboxing: true Content Process Sandbox Level: 0 Effective Content Process Sandbox Level: 0 Rejected System Calls # Seconds Ago PID TID Process Type Syscall Arguments Internationalization & Localization Application Settings Requested Locales: ["pl-PL","en-US"] Available Locales: ["en-US"] App Locales: ["en-US","und"] Regional Preferences: ["pl-PL"] Default Locale: "und" Operating System System Locales: ["pl-PL"] Regional Preferences: ["pl-PL"]

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Error code SEC_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE

What flavor of Linux are you running? If you're using the distribution provided package of Thunderbird try the vanilla Thunderbird version from https://www.thunderbird.net/ instead.

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Set 'Authentication method' to 'OAuth2' in your Thunderbird account settings for the Gmail account. That goes for both, incoming (IMAP) and outgoing server (SMTP).

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Hi Christ1,

thanks for prompt reply. Unfortunately it not solved it. I still see the same message when sending mails from non-safe mode.

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Your first post shows several extensions are disabled. This is standard for safe mode, but are any enabled in normal mode? Enigmail and Provider for Google Calendar would be my first guess at what is preventing sending, if they are enabled in normal mode.

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No. This output is from normal mode. I disabled all extensions including language packs.

Is there any simple way to gather debugs from TB?

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You could look at the Error Console, under Tools/Developer Tools. As you can see from the safe mode article, there a number of features that are disabled. If add-ons aren't the cause, try enabling hardware acceleration in Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General, as it appears it's disabled in normal mode. Or, at the safe mode prompt, check 'Reset toolbars and Controls' and click 'Make changes and restart'. I'd be surprised if either of these steps fixes the problem of not sending, but they are two of the factors affected by safe mode.

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Enabling hardware acceleration and resetting toolbars not helped.

I found following error in error console.

Is there any easy way to refresh TB as FF?

An error occurred during a connection to smtp.gmail.com:587.

security library failure.

Error code: <a id="errorCode" title="SEC_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE">SEC_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE</a>

Modified by bbiegun

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To refresh TB, create a new profile with Profile Manager and add the gmail account as before except with OAuth2 authentication. This appears to have cured a similar problem with Firefox - although I'm not sure why your TB works in safe mode.

If the account works in the new profile, you can transfer data from the old profile - but I recommend doing the bare minimum so as to not introduce the original, unknown source of the error.

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Chosen Solution

Error code SEC_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE

What flavor of Linux are you running? If you're using the distribution provided package of Thunderbird try the vanilla Thunderbird version from https://www.thunderbird.net/ instead.

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I'm using fedora 30.

I ran vanilla version from tb.net (60.7.0 64bit which is the same as mine) and it start working. I tell you more, even one from fedora start working after that. I'm using the same old profile.

Don't know what happened but it is working now :)

Thank you a lot for your support!

Modified by bbiegun