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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
