KenK wrote:

I'm not that fond of Thunderbird!

What about another email ap other tham Gmail? I mainly use it as a backup
for daily Gmail email messages to my sister who also uses Gmail who
wishes me to send them to ease her mind. Sending emails with Gmail has
failed in the past - thus the backup.I used to use Eudora but it quit
working too a year or two ago. Someone elsewere suggested Opera? I'm
begining to think this may be a major problem with my XP. And I'd prefer
to continue using XP.

TIA

When you log into GMail on the web and check the settings,
is "less secure application" still enabled ? As that's
what allows Thunderbird to log in.

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There are a couple tools which are "software suites" with
more than one function inside.

I'm using an older version of Opera (12.16), and I wouldn't say it's
that wonderful for email. It still feels like using a web browser
to do mail. Thunderbird still "feels" like an email client (three
pane view, no monkey business). Later versions of Opera are based
on Chrome code. And Chrome stops at V49 or so on WinXP, so at some
point the "newer" Opera should be a problem too.

http://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/win/

http://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/win/1216/en/

I don't know why I downloaded this, but it's in my download
history. The Chrome it's based on is getting pretty close
to the end of WinXP era. So this (if the download is still
there) would be the newest Opera you could get and test on
WinXP, at a guess.

https://download3.operacdn.com/pub/o...0.65_Setup.exe

https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2016...130-65-update/

"Chromium is updated to version 49.0.2623.110"

Seamonkey would contain some of the code that Thunderbird
uses, so should have some similarities. But it would be
in the "less secure" (Google terminology) realm and need
the setting in "GMail settings" to function. It shows 2.49
when you visit the site from WinXP at least.

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Google uses OAuth2 as an authentication protocol. Which
is a web protocol glued onto email clients. It was a hard
sell for the Thunderbird designers at the time, since it's
a coupling of something "somewhat incompatible" with how
email clients work.

As a result, the GMail "less secure application" setting
allows older clients without OAuth2 support, to work properly.

Paul