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Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5

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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."

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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
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        Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-08-12 10:35 -0400
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