[pjphilli (Peter)]

I started using gmail several years ago because it is so readily available. I have been using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email application as this has a lot of very useful features. Previously I was able to attach to Google gmail using single verification via a common password (Googles two stage verification did not work). However, early this month Google stopped access to Thunderbird since they now consider it a "less secure app". A couple of hours searching was unable to find a cure for this problem. I have now fallen back to Google's gmail application which is truly awful but at least it keeps my email alive.
Question: does anybody know a solution to the above problem or perhaps suggest a good email application that can interface with gmail (verification appears to be the main problem). Peter