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Re: Mail 6.6 & Gmail with OSX 10.8.5

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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.

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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
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