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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: New authorization required for only ONE account |
| Date | 2025-05-14 13:26 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <1002ua0$2mblm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <10029e7$2i3a3$1@dont-email.me> <1jocf25bkcamg.dlg@v.nguard.lh> |
On 5/14/25 11:52 AM, VanguardLH wrote: > The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> 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 > > Have you retried 4+ hours after you've since you posted here? If so, is > there still a problem? > > The error you showed looks to be a problem with the OAUTH2 token stored > in Thunderbird for your Gmail account. All OAUTH2 tokens expire. When > the client gets an OAUTH2 token, it also gets a renew token it is > supposed to use with the OAUTH2 server to get new OAUTH2 and renew > tokens. That should work in the background without the user knowing > about the new token retrieves, but it can fail. > > Thunderbird stores the OAUTH2 tokens in its password manager. When you > first setup an OAUTH2 account in Thunderbird, there will be a point in > the handshaking that has the client use a web interface to the OAUTH2 > server to validate you authorize that client to access that account. > When the tokens are erased from Thunderbird's password store, it has to > go through the handshaking again with the OAUTH2 server. Go into > Thunderbird's password manager, delete the password for the Gmail > account, and when Thunderbird next tries to connect you should see the > save process as when you first added the OAUTH2 account to Thunderbird. > > If Thunderbird, after removing the password and having it perform > another mail poll, doesn't initiate the OAUTH2 setup on its next mail > poll or when you manually start one, you have to delete the account to > recreate it, and then go through the initial OAUTH2 process. That's > okay for IMAP accounts, because what you'll see in the new account will > be the same as was in the old account, because all the messages are > still in the same folders up on the IMAP server. With POP, you have to > export your local message store for the account before deleting it to > recreate it. Account is POP so I can keep all my email on my machine. Trying to recreate it by flailing in the dark is terrifying. This account was NOT the first oauth2 thing, so it shouldn't be the first to expire, right? So I assume some sort of accidental corruption. Cosmic ray? I suspect that the safest thing is to copy the current profile to a new one, rename it, and then copy the month-old profile from the other partition (same name as current profile) to the /root/.thunderbird subdirectory. What's wrong with this? -- Cheers, Bev Real life doesn't always provide spoiler alerts and there's a limit to how much sensitivity one is allowed to inflict on others.
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New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 07:30 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-14 16:48 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-05-14 16:53 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2025-05-15 00:04 +0000
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-05-15 12:27 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 10:32 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-14 18:01 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-15 10:53 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-05-15 12:35 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-16 07:46 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-15 06:22 -0400
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-15 14:01 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-05-16 11:44 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-14 13:52 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 13:26 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-14 23:53 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-15 00:11 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-15 09:37 -0400
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Jack Lemmon <Jack.Lemmon@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-15 22:54 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-15 18:31 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-14 21:50 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 13:14 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-14 22:32 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-14 21:46 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 14:59 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-15 00:02 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-14 23:21 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-15 03:18 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-15 14:23 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-16 08:10 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-16 09:08 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-16 10:07 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-16 10:45 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-16 11:31 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 22:12 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-16 13:47 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-17 06:13 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 22:22 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 22:10 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-18 08:22 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-18 18:55 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-18 18:04 +0100
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-18 12:10 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-17 11:30 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-17 06:28 -0500
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 22:31 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-18 11:51 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-18 08:05 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-18 18:57 +0200
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Operation Sindoor <operation.sindoor@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-18 22:36 +0000
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-18 20:31 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 22:18 -0700
Re: New authorization required for only ONE account "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-15 13:01 +0200
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