Fedora Thunderbird GMail Two Factor Authentication Setup Guide

Setting Up Thunderbird

1. 1. Access Account Settings

   First, Choose View Settings for this Account
   (If you are still in the Initial Account Creation Wizard then Hit Cancel to Escape)
   Like here below:

   

2. 2. Setting Up IMAP Auth Mode

   Then Change the IMAP Authentication Mode
   To Normal Password:

   
   

3. 3. Setting Smtp Auth Mode

   Again to Setup SendMail
   Choose Outgoing Server:

   

   Again Edit Settings:

   

   And Change the Authentication Mode
   To Normal Password:

   

   Finally, Set the Auth Mode to ‘STARTTSSL‘.