Google 2 step verification

jon81uk

derrick said:

jon81uk said:

Why not just go to gmail.com and manage your email on the website?

Because the website is dire, I cannot do most of the things that I can on WLM.

What are you trying to do that the website can’t?
I can flag (star) email, sort it into folders and write messages. What else is needed?

getmore4less

I used to like WLM but that was back in vista days

I did look at migrating onto W10 but it was suggested it may break on W10 updates hence needing more attention.

I migrated everything to Thunderbird and been happy with that

Multiple email accounts  all the folder structure and historic emails going back years(2002  might be more)
its got a bit big 10GB+  needs a clear out.   

Neil_Jones

derrick said:

Neil_Jones said:

All the details you need and how to do it are here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail

I have just tried this and got as far as allowing Thunderbird to access Google, but I keep getting the message "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password". I have changed password but still get the same message.

Well I don't know what you're doing but I've just downloaded Thunderbird, followed the instructions on the website and I didn't have to do anything beside put my name, Gmail address and Google password in, then sign into Google again as per the pop-up, confirmed 2 factor authentication on my phone and that's all there was to it.

As per your error message, this might be of interest:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1278417

The key thing is though:  Thunderbird does work with Gmail.  If it doesn't for you then you're doing something wrong.

derrick

Neil_Jones said:

derrick said:

Neil_Jones said:

All the details you need and how to do it are here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail

I have just tried this and got as far as allowing Thunderbird to access Google, but I keep getting the message "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password". I have changed password but still get the same message.

Well I don't know what you're doing but I've just downloaded Thunderbird, followed the instructions on the website and I didn't have to do anything beside put my name, Gmail address and Google password in, then sign into Google again as per the pop-up, confirmed 2 factor authentication on my phone and that's all there was to it.

As per your error message, this might be of interest:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1278417

The key thing is though:  Thunderbird does work with Gmail.  If it doesn't for you then you're doing something wrong.

I agree that I have probably done something wrong but I don't know what.

I think I should start again, remove Thunderbird and reinstall. Question, how do I remove Thunderbird?

derrick

jon81uk said:

derrick said:

jon81uk said:

Why not just go to gmail.com and manage your email on the website?

Because the website is dire, I cannot do most of the things that I can on WLM.

What are you trying to do that the website can’t?
I can flag (star) email, sort it into folders and write messages. What else is needed?

I am not sure, I am a creature of habit don't like change and WML suits me.

I have a lot of folders that I do not want to lose the contents and can't see if I could move those folders to Gmail.

debitcardmayhem

derrick said:

I am not sure, I am a creature of habit don't like change and WML suits me.

I have a lot of folders that I do not want to lose the contents and can't see if I could move those folders to Gmail.

I’m confused , but what have the folders have do with gmail? Or thunderbird or wml.

derrick

debitcardmayhem said:

I’m confused , but what have the folders have do with gmail? Or thunderbird or wml.

I have used WLM for years, for me it is easy, if I use Gmail on it's own for sending and receiving, all of my folders and the emails within WLM will not be available within Gmail, so I will not be able to call them  up for quotes, attaching, etc.

debitcardmayhem

derrick said:

debitcardmayhem said:

I’m confused , but what have the folders have do with gmail? Or thunderbird or wml.

I have used WLM for years, for me it is easy, if I use Gmail on it's own for sending and receiving, all of my folders and the emails within WLM will not be available within Gmail, so I will not be able to call them  up for quotes, attaching, etc.

Yes but as advised earlier you could have imported all your wlm stuff in TB , but you are confusing me and everyone else.

derrick

I have tried setting up TB and it will not let me in, as said above, I get this message:- "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password".

Can't see where confusion sets in.

debitcardmayhem

Gives up in frustration 🤦‍♂️