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Why cant Thunderbird add my Email account "@gmail"?

burnsi1982
burnsi1982
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When trying to add a gmail email account or any other email account, thunderbird gives an error message saying "thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account".

When trying to add a gmail email account or any other email account, thunderbird gives an error message saying "thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account".

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iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars
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Turn off your antivirus and Firewall and check it out.

Thunderbird may be failed to get the gmail account. Try it manually.

Gmail IMAP and POP3 settings