gmail log in failure on one account only

One of my gmail accounts has suddenly faild to log in on Thunderbird. It
works fine on the web interface so the password is correct and my wife's
account is fine on the same machine.

A message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen saying:

Web log in required error 78754

I've googled and it seems pretty common. I've tried various "solutions"
but none worked for me, nor do any seem very convincing.

Any suggestions?

Another Dave

On 16/02/2011 10:00, Another Dave wrote:
> One of my gmail accounts has suddenly faild to log in on Thunderbird. It
> works fine on the web interface so the password is correct and my wife's
> account is fine on the same machine.
>
> A message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen saying:
>
> Web log in required error 78754
>

I'm the OP.

Forget it, the problem's gone away without any further action on my
part. On 4 machines, including 2 Linux systems. The fault must have been
at Gmail, though it's strange it only affected one account.

Another Dave

On 16/02/11 15:05, Another Dave wrote:
> On 16/02/2011 10:00, Another Dave wrote:
>> One of my gmail accounts has suddenly faild to log in on Thunderbird. It
>> works fine on the web interface so the password is correct and my wife's
>> account is fine on the same machine.
>>
>> A message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen saying:
>>
>> Web log in required error 78754
>>
>
> I'm the OP.
>
> Forget it, the problem's gone away without any further action on my
> part. On 4 machines, including 2 Linux systems. The fault must have been
> at Gmail, though it's strange it only affected one account.
>
> Another Dave
>

Gmail is a strange beast. I've had the same happen here on 3 different
accounts at some time or another.

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