I know that this was addressed in 2019, but has come back with Google taking away the less secure accounts option. I noticed a post that said that an app password was needed, but this is happening on my desktop. It happened last week on several of my gmail accounts and then came back the next day. It is back again, and I am wondering if it is just Google servers down, or the end of mailwasher for gmail.
Thunderbird and iphone mail have no problems accessing the emails, complete with all the spam I used to remove with Mailwasher.
Comments, anyone?
Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
- Paulas
- Rattled Rabbit
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
Exactly what has happened to me here in Australia. Any solutions?
- rusticdog
- Firetrust Monkey
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ThunderBIrd uses OAUTH which MailWasher does not support, to get around that, is when the App Password is needed.
Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
Yes, you need an App Password. Ignore the phrasing App versus PC, it doesn't matter in this instance.longta359 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:25 amI know that this was addressed in 2019, but has come back with Google taking away the less secure accounts option. I noticed a post that said that an app password was needed, but this is happening on my desktop. It happened last week on several of my gmail accounts and then came back the next day. It is back again, and I am wondering if it is just Google servers down, or the end of mailwasher for gmail.
Thunderbird and iphone mail have no problems accessing the emails, complete with all the spam I used to remove with Mailwasher.
Comments, anyone?
ThunderBIrd uses OAUTH which MailWasher does not support, to get around that, is when the App Password is needed.
- dsicon
- Travelling Tuatara
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
me too, google does not allow any longer the lower security allowance workaround
- Paulas
- Rattled Rabbit
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
Without a working solution, I am faced with either changing my gmail address or cancelling my MailWasher program after ten years.
- W8TTS
- Mystified Moa
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
I'm in the same FIX! Thanks, Google. Not!
Hope there'll be a workaround soon.
Ted
Hope there'll be a workaround soon.
Ted
- bubbismith
- Student Sheep
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
Yes, PITA.
I went thru it yesterday, so thought I'd recap. There is no more 'less secure app' which we used with POP3/SMTP. So, the only option is to go with '2 Step Verification' and then an "App Password".
It's a PITA, but hopefully only need to do once(ish).
Here's the page you need:
https://myaccount.google.com/security
Do the 2 step, then get the App Password.
Then just paste that into the password field of MailWasher and Outlook if you use that, t-bird, etc
I was happy to see the same password works for both, so just need the one for each gmail account you have. I thought Outlook 2010 would not work anymore so I updated to 2021, which I wouldn't have done had I known I could just use APs.
This was a helpful page, the link above takes you to Step 3
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
Happy MailWashing...
I went thru it yesterday, so thought I'd recap. There is no more 'less secure app' which we used with POP3/SMTP. So, the only option is to go with '2 Step Verification' and then an "App Password".
It's a PITA, but hopefully only need to do once(ish).
Here's the page you need:
https://myaccount.google.com/security
Do the 2 step, then get the App Password.
Then just paste that into the password field of MailWasher and Outlook if you use that, t-bird, etc
I was happy to see the same password works for both, so just need the one for each gmail account you have. I thought Outlook 2010 would not work anymore so I updated to 2021, which I wouldn't have done had I known I could just use APs.
This was a helpful page, the link above takes you to Step 3
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
Happy MailWashing...
- Paulas
- Rattled Rabbit
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Re: Failed to log into Pop3 gmail accounts revisit 2022
Thanks for that advice. I would never have got there without it.
PITA indeed.
PITA indeed.