Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird Subject: Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:48:53 +0100 Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <10029e7$2i3a3$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net AHgwk2ZbXgCoEE7cD3wLow/UvPfHlRLMDSrd+Emts2wFCX5L1X Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZTx81vG8ks2CyRb33t9C5TBBhnE= sha256:FclkJMEIeZXWkcfEcqaXoBu5mwpqujq/3gvKL3jm/C0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <10029e7$2i3a3$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.thunderbird:16651 The Real Bev wrote: > TB 38 for linux.  I got tired of losing favorite extensions so I stopped > updating.  Suddenly a few days ago I started getting an authorization > error notice every time I try to send or download email.  When gmail > started demanding oauth2 credentials I complied, but it was NOT easy and > I don't remember what I had to do. This is my main account and I HAVE to > get it working again.  I can log in to the website with firefox with no > problem at all.  Any insight will be gratefully accepted. > > This is the notice: > https://limewire.com/d/72vIn#gftemgBIyh As I understand it, an oAuth2 client has to give an ID that says what software it is, sounds like google have cancelled the ID that older thunderbird versions use?