Amnesia

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Andrew42
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Amnesia

Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:24 am

Mailwasher recently got amnesia and I lost my accounts in Mailwasher mobile. I went into Desktop Pro and reset the sync details, rebooted my IPad and IPhone and one of my accounts synced across. However gmail did not and will not

Advice please.
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Re: Amnesia

Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:25 am

You have to go to the GMail site and authorize the accent shortly after attempting to connect.
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nick.bolton
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Re: Amnesia

Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:38 am

Gmail introduced a new way to authenticate your password called OAUTH. MailWasher has the ability to use OAUTH to access the account, however MW Mobile doesn't.

Anyway, you need to make a change in your Google Account to make this work.

If you logon here https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps >> change the selector for 'Allow less secure apps' to ON.

Now, try and add your Gmail account again. It may still block access as it's coming from a different location, so check your gmail inbox and allow this location as well.

You may need to also create an application specific password if the above doesn't work: https://support.google.com/a/answer/1032419?hl=en
Andrew42
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Re: Amnesia

Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:53 pm

Thanks Nick,
Once my pea brain had worked out that first I needed two step verification set up on Google the rest became quite easy.
Thanks again for your help

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