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Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5

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Okay, so one time? In band camp? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> was all, like: 
 --> 	 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:35:07 -0400 <barmar-A5FA58.10350712082014@news.eternal-september.org>
> In article <c4ukhfF68m3U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On 2014-08-12, alias <scred@scred.not> wrote:
>> > In article <barmar-B6D394.18062511082014@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <110820141308368833%scred@scred.not>,
>> >>  alias <scred@scred.not> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have a gmail account that works perfectly well via the gmail/google
>> >> > website (ie., user/pass work fine)...  But upon setting it up in my
>> >> > Mail app on my Mac Pro running OSX 10.8.5, it doesn't work.  I
>> >> > consistently get the following message:
>> >> >
>> >> > "Logging in to the Google IMAP server "imap.gmail.com" failed.  Make
>> >> > sure the user name and password you entered are correct, then click
>> >> > Continue.  If the information isn't correct, you cannot receive
>> >> > messages."
>> >> >
>> >> > I imagine I'm overlooking something obvious, but I can't figure it out.
>> >> > I've reviewed and followed the setup instructions found here :
>> >> >
>> >> > http://pop2imap.com/apple-mail-gmail.php
>> >> >
>> >> > ...making sure IMAP is enabled for the gmail account online, but
>> >> > despite that, I get the same error messages.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have other email accounts setup and running fine on Mail :  me.com,
>> >> > yahoo, verizon, etc....  but the gmail account never works and I can't
>> >> > figure out what I may be missing...
>> >> >
>> >> > Any thoughts or insights would be most welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you!
>> >>
>> >> What does Connection Doctor show for imap.gmail.com?
>> >
>> > thank you for your reply...
>> >
>> > for gmail 'google imap' and 'smtp' in connection doctor, it simply says
>> > that the attempt to login to this account failed....  "verify that the
>> > username and password are correct."
>> 
>> Also check the port number and SSL connection box. Some versions
>> of Mail required the username to be the full username with the
>> '@gmail.com' appended and some didn't; try it both ways.

> The version of Mail doesn't matter -- either the server requires the 
> full address or it doesn't.

> The Google documentation, and various other websites, confirm that Gmail 
> wants @gmail.com in the username.

And yet I've been logging in to gmail without the @gamil.com since I
first got my invite to it.

-- 
Im finding's you'r mis'use of apostrophe's disturbing.

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Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 alias <scred@scred.not> - 2014-08-11 13:08 -0700
  Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-08-11 18:06 -0400
    Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 alias <scred@scred.not> - 2014-08-11 21:29 -0700
      Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 13:52 +0000
        Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-08-12 10:35 -0400
          Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 alias <scred@scred.not> - 2014-08-12 07:58 -0700
            Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 alias <scred@scred.not> - 2014-08-12 08:03 -0700
          Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-08-16 03:33 +0000
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