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Log in failure on Thunderbird with different accounts in gmail and att.net

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witchys1
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Before the update, on certain email accounts, both gmail and att.net, I get error messages log in to server, and passwords not recognized. When I checked passwords, Thunderbird switched passwords for certain accounts, and I don't know what to do. This is only on 2 of the att/bellsouth.net accounts and both the gmail accounts.

The ATT.net message errors reads: Sending of password for user hxxx@bellsouth.net did not succeed. Mail server inbound.att.net responded: Server error - Please try again later. and: sending of password for user ssxxxxxxxx@bellsouth.net did not succeed. Mail server inboud.att.net responded: Server error - Please try again later.

The errors for the gmail accounts read: Login to server imap.gmail.com with username sxxxxxx@gmail.com failed.

Before the update, on ''certain'' email accounts, both gmail and att.net, I get error messages log in to server, and passwords not recognized. When I checked passwords, Thunderbird switched passwords for certain accounts, and I don't know what to do. This is only on 2 of the att/bellsouth.net accounts and both the gmail accounts. The ATT.net message errors reads: Sending of password for user hxxx@bellsouth.net did not succeed. Mail server inbound.att.net responded: Server error - Please try again later. and: sending of password for user ssxxxxxxxx@bellsouth.net did not succeed. Mail server inboud.att.net responded: Server error - Please try again later. The errors for the gmail accounts read: Login to server imap.gmail.com with username sxxxxxx@gmail.com failed.

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sfhowes
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With AT&T accounts, replace the password with a secure mail key:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1334109

For gmail, check that the authentication on the incoming and outgoing is OAuth2, accept cookies in TB Options/Privacy & Security, remove passwords from Saved Passwords, restart TB, enter the account password in the OAuth window when asked.

witchys1
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For Gmail changing from SSL to OAuth2 does not resolve anything. Nor does the secure mail key for the yahoo/att email accounts. I removed all the passwords, but I can get and send mail from 1 of each, but the others will not work, no matter what server settings I change to.

This happened recently, before I installed the TB 78, been a couple of months.

Please help!