Thunderbird doesnt let me add Gmail business account.

Question

I've tried everything. Gmail Account Permissions "Apps and Websites" is blank.
Less Secure Apps = This setting is not available for Google Apps accounts.
Google themselves say that Some examples of apps that do not support the latest security standards include: Thunderbird
I've even tried this and it did Not work:
Go to https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha on your device's browser.
Enter your username and password, then type the letters on the screen.
Go back to the app and try signing in again.
All i want is to migrate my work email from Mozilla Thunderbird to Gmail. Any information to assist me is most appreciated.
Thanks
Julia

Answer 1

I suspect that other regulars here, like me, wince at phrases such as "thunderbird emails" and "thunderbird account".
We sort of know what you mean, but often it signals some confusion in the mind of the poster. And that doesn't usually augur well for a smooth discussion. ;-)
Thunderbird doesn't offer or provide email accounts, so I take it you have an arrangement for your business's email service that you operate via Thunderbird. It may help if you were to tell us who provided your account.
And now, are you setting up afresh with a new email address, or are you attempting or intending to transfer the working email address/account from one provider to another?
Here at my place of work I use a business gmail account. (Well, I think that's what it is; it is hosted by gmail, but uses our own domain, and it's very handy to give visitors and subcontractors temporary email accounts whilst they're here, given that we have a finite (i.e. fixed and limited) number of licences on the works Exchange server.)
The Gmail account is useful as a fallback if/when our own internally run server falls over. And it's a useful resource, in the cloud, so to speak, for stuff that I might like to look at when away from the company LAN.
But it was set up long ago enough that I can't remember any details about it. I do recall needing to acquire a temporary passkey to "authenticate" it in Thunderbird.
Bottom line: if what I am using is a gmail business account, then it can and ought to work in Thunderbird; the main hurdle is the two-step authentication process. It's possible that google have "improved" it (read: fubar) but we are still adding users to it here, though, admittedly, most will be using Outlook and a few odd souls seem to actually like the web interface.