1268339 - Google blocks connection to Gmail account for chat

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1238631

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, defect)

Description

[Don Moldover]

Attachment: Chat_Sign-in attempt prevented.eml

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
Build ID: 20160407164938

Steps to reproduce:

1. create a chat account within Thunderbird and selected Gmail chat.  
2. Configured this account with gmail user name and password.
3. Select the connect button and get an error message suggesting that password error.
4. Receive an email from Google attached.


Actual results:

Chat status indicated that I am not connected and the error message suggested that there was a UserID/password error but the password was correct.  Google sent me an email proudly defending their failure to connect because the app which tried to connect using my ID and password is not up to their 'modern security standards'.


Expected results:

Thunderbird should have been able to connect to my Gmail account for the purpose of chat (or else not include the option in the user interface).

Comment 1

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

There is an option somewhere (well hidden unfortunately) in the Google account settings to allow "legacy applications" to connect.

The real fix here would be to implement OAuth for Google Talk (see also bug 1238631).

Comment 2

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Thanks for filing, work for this is being tracked in bug 1258255!

Comment 3

[Don Moldover]

There is a work-around, based on Florian's comment:

The setting appears to be part of My Account --> Sign-in & Security --> Connected apps & sites
 ---> Allow less secure apps: ON

As soon as I flipped this switch, I am able to connect via Google Chat.  Thanks for that comment