Problem configuring GMail in Thunderbird on Leap 15.5
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail. However Thunderbird shows a message that it does not know how to do that. Thunderbird is installed from from the Main repository and has version 102.10.1. Anybody having more success? -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
* Freek de Kruijf <freek@opensuse.org> [06-07-23 12:52]:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail. However Thunderbird shows a message that it does not know how to do that.
Thunderbird is installed from from the Main repository and has version 102.10.1.
Anybody having more success?
works for me just following prompts. did you configure tb account? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc
On 07.06.2023 19:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail.
That has been disabled since at least a year. You need OAuth2.
However Thunderbird shows a message that it does not know how to do that.
Thunderbird is installed from from the Main repository and has version 102.10.1.
Anybody having more success?
Op woensdag 7 juni 2023 19:10:04 CEST schreef Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.06.2023 19:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail. That has been disabled since at least a year. You need OAuth2.
According to the documentation you only need these two items and Thunderbird will do the rest. I tried it on another 15.5 system and it works for another GMail account. And yes IMAP has been enabled in the GMail account, which also works on the smartphone. After entering the email address and password, where the name of the user already is present, the blue button Continue does not get activated. On the other system with the other GMail account that button did its work.
However Thunderbird shows a message that it does not know how to do that.
Thunderbird is installed from from the Main repository and has version 102.10.1.
Anybody having more success?
-- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
On 2023-06-07 23:38, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 7 juni 2023 19:10:04 CEST schreef Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.06.2023 19:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail. That has been disabled since at least a year. You need OAuth2.
According to the documentation you only need these two items and Thunderbird will do the rest. I tried it on another 15.5 system and it works for another GMail account. And yes IMAP has been enabled in the GMail account, which also works on the smartphone.
After entering the email address and password, where the name of the user already is present, the blue button Continue does not get activated. On the other system with the other GMail account that button did its work.
Maybe you have javascript disabled. It is needed. It is in the config editor. In gmail web page, you may have that computer disabled. If you have a phone associated with the address, you may get a question whether to authorize the new computer or new software, in the phone. If not, you may get it on the recovery mail account. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Op donderdag 8 juni 2023 00:24:15 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-07 23:38, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 7 juni 2023 19:10:04 CEST schreef Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.06.2023 19:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail.
That has been disabled since at least a year. You need OAuth2.
According to the documentation you only need these two items and Thunderbird will do the rest. I tried it on another 15.5 system and it works for another GMail account. And yes IMAP has been enabled in the GMail account, which also works on the smartphone.
After entering the email address and password, where the name of the user already is present, the blue button Continue does not get activated. On the other system with the other GMail account that button did its work.
Maybe you have javascript disabled. It is needed. It is in the config editor.
I do not know what you mean by the config editor, but I added the javascript extension in Firefox, did not find a javascript extension in Thunderbird, but did a reboot and now the Continue button in Thunderbird works. Shouldn't Thunderbird show a warning or document that javascript is needed to perform this automated configuration?
In gmail web page, you may have that computer disabled.
If you have a phone associated with the address, you may get a question whether to authorize the new computer or new software, in the phone. If not, you may get it on the recovery mail account.
-- Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
-- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
On 2023-06-08 10:22, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op donderdag 8 juni 2023 00:24:15 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-07 23:38, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 7 juni 2023 19:10:04 CEST schreef Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.06.2023 19:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail.
That has been disabled since at least a year. You need OAuth2.
According to the documentation you only need these two items and Thunderbird will do the rest. I tried it on another 15.5 system and it works for another GMail account. And yes IMAP has been enabled in the GMail account, which also works on the smartphone.
After entering the email address and password, where the name of the user already is present, the blue button Continue does not get activated. On the other system with the other GMail account that button did its work.
Maybe you have javascript disabled. It is needed. It is in the config editor.
I do not know what you mean by the config editor,
Edit / Settings / Search for "editor"
but I added the javascript extension in Firefox, did not find a javascript extension in Thunderbird, but did a reboot and now the Continue button in Thunderbird works.
This is not what I meant. I don't have any javascript addon.
Shouldn't Thunderbird show a warning or document that javascript is needed to perform this automated configuration?
It is documented. Maybe if there is no javascript, the code to to tell there is no javascript can not run :-P -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2023-06-08 10:22, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
I do not know what you mean by the config editor,
Edit / Settings / Search for "editor"
but I added the javascript extension in Firefox, did not find a javascript extension in Thunderbird, but did a reboot and now the Continue button in Thunderbird works.
This is not what I meant. I don't have any javascript addon.
Shouldn't Thunderbird show a warning or document that javascript is needed to
Op donderdag 8 juni 2023 12:34:21 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.: perform this automated configuration?
It is documented.
Maybe if there is no javascript, the code to to tell there is no javascript can not run :-P
I finally found the Config Editor more or less hidden at the end of a large page with Settings (not very convenient or obvious). Anyway thanks for all your help. -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
On 2023-06-10 14:29, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op donderdag 8 juni 2023 12:34:21 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-08 10:22, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
I do not know what you mean by the config editor,
Edit / Settings / Search for "editor"
...
I finally found the Config Editor more or less hidden at the end of a large page with Settings (not very convenient or obvious).
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
Anyway thanks for all your help.
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Op zaterdag 10 juni 2023 15:14:04 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
It appears that javascript in enabled in Thunderbird (apparently standard), but still on that particular laptop with 15.5 the Continue button does not come to live after entering the GMail email address and password. Any more ideas? Bug report? -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
On 2023-06-13 11:48, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op zaterdag 10 juni 2023 15:14:04 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
It appears that javascript in enabled in Thunderbird (apparently standard), but still on that particular laptop with 15.5 the Continue button does not come to live after entering the GMail email address and password.
Any more ideas? Bug report?
I would try under a new user, or with a new Thunderbird profile. If it works, the problem is your configuration. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Op dinsdag 13 juni 2023 11:58:28 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-13 11:48, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op zaterdag 10 juni 2023 15:14:04 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
It appears that javascript in enabled in Thunderbird (apparently standard), but still on that particular laptop with 15.5 the Continue button does not come to live after entering the GMail email address and password. Any more ideas? Bug report?
I would try under a new user, or with a new Thunderbird profile. If it works, the problem is your configuration.
I already tried after removing ~/.thunderbird completely. Is there other information for configuration of Thunderbird in ~/.local or ~/.config that I should remove to start all over? AFAICS initially starting Thunderbird only collects the Comment part of the user in /etc/passwd to fill in the name of the user and asks for the GMail email address and password. -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, 13:08:45 +0200, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op dinsdag 13 juni 2023 11:58:28 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-13 11:48, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op zaterdag 10 juni 2023 15:14:04 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
It appears that javascript in enabled in Thunderbird (apparently standard), but still on that particular laptop with 15.5 the Continue button does not come to live after entering the GMail email address and password. Any more ideas? Bug report?
I would try under a new user, or with a new Thunderbird profile. If it works, the problem is your configuration.
I already tried after removing ~/.thunderbird completely. Is there other information for configuration of Thunderbird in ~/.local or ~/.config that I should remove to start all over?
I'd suggest removing ~/.cache/thunderbird, too. Cheers. l8er manfred
On 2023-06-13 14:37, Manfred Hollstein wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, 13:08:45 +0200, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op dinsdag 13 juni 2023 11:58:28 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2023-06-13 11:48, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op zaterdag 10 juni 2023 15:14:04 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.:
That's intentionally hidden, they don't want you to use it. That's why I told you to use "search".
It appears that javascript in enabled in Thunderbird (apparently standard), but still on that particular laptop with 15.5 the Continue button does not come to live after entering the GMail email address and password. Any more ideas? Bug report?
I would try under a new user, or with a new Thunderbird profile. If it works, the problem is your configuration.
I already tried after removing ~/.thunderbird completely. Is there other information for configuration of Thunderbird in ~/.local or ~/.config that I should remove to start all over?
I'd suggest removing ~/.cache/thunderbird, too.
You do not need to delete anything. Just create a new user, using YaST, login as that user, then start Thunderbird and add the gmail account. This is just a test. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2023-06-07 18:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
According to the documentation is entering the GMail mail address and password enough to let Thunderbird configure the access to the IMAP service of GMail. However Thunderbird shows a message that it does not know how to do that.
Thunderbird is installed from from the Main repository and has version 102.10.1.
Anybody having more success?
Use the wizard. Just tell Thunderbird the email you use, and it should figure out the correct settings on its own. Should turn out to be: Server settings Server type: IMAP Mail server Server name: imap.gmail.com port 993, default. (or imap.googlemail.com) user name: something@gmail.com Security settings: Connection security: SSL/TLS Authenticacion method: OAuth2 The outgoing settings would be: Server name: smtp.gmail.com port 465, default. or smtp.googlemail.com Connection security: SSL/TLS Authenticacion method: OAuth2 user name: something@gmail.com -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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