On 07.02.2015 00:15, poma wrote: > On 06.02.2015 11:56, Markus Schönhaber wrote: >> Am 06.02.2015 um 05:31 schrieb poma: >> >>> Send Message Error >>> >>> Sending of message failed. The SMTP server smtp.gmail.com does not >>> seem to support encrypted passwords. If you just set up this account, >>> please try changing to 'Normal password' as the 'Authentication >>> method' in the 'Account Settings | Server settings'. If it used to >>> work and now suddenly fails, please contact your email administrator >>> or provider. >> >> AFAICT, what recent Thunderbird versions call "encrypted password" does >> mean that some challenge-response authentication mechanism (like >> CRAM-MD5) is used, so that the client can prove to the server that it >> really knows the correct password, without sending it in plain text. >> These mechanisms were useful, when no encrypted connection to the server >> was available. >> BUT, if you use a TLS-secured communication channel to the server (as >> you should!), the use of challenge-response mechanisms is pointless (and >> not supported by gmail), since the communication is already encrypted. >> Therefore, choosing "Normal password" is the way to go. >> > > I followed up on what Tim wrote. ;) > > OK read it for yourself what it's all about: > Log in to Google Talk (XMPP) and Gmail (IMAP/SMTP) using OAuth > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=849540 > >
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