[Users] Gmail blocking Claws at IMAP auth

[claws-mail at fy3.co.uk]

Everything other than the Gmail web interface or a "gmail app" that Google have 'approved' is a "less secure" application. if you go into your Gmail settings you can set security to "allow insecure apps", then you can use Claws or Thunderbird or even Outlook if you really must.

Chris Hirst




On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:01:41 +0100 (CET)
"Piotr" <ps.claws at smyrak.com> wrote:

> On Śr Listopada 4 2015, 8:52 am, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> > Hi Piotr,
> >
> > Le Wed, 4 Nov 2015 08:41:01 +0100 (CET)
> > "Piotr" <ps.claws at smyrak.com> a ĂŠcrit:
> >  
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Am I the only one to face Gmail refusing to accept IMAP logins from
> >> Claws?
> >>
> >> [21:36:36] IMAP4> Logging ***@***.com to imap.gmail.com using LOGIN
> >> [21:36:37] IMAP4< Please log in via your web browser:
> >> https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)
> >> [21:36:37] *** error: IMAP4< Alert: Please log in via your web
> >> browser: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754
> >> (Failure) [21:36:37] ** warning: IMAP error on imap.gmail.com:
> >> LOGIN error [21:36:37] IMAP4< Error logging in to imap.gmail.com
> >>
> >> I am using version 3.11.1-1ubuntu1ppa1 from Ubuntu's PPA:
> >> https://launchpad.net/~claws-mail/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
> >>
> >> Are you guys aware of the issue? It seems that Claws has been put
> >> by Google into "less secure apps" category for some reason.
> >>
> >> There is a workaround to the problem that allows users of "less
> >> secure apps" to disable the block.
> >> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
> >>
> >> Although I really would like to understand what's wrong with Claws.
> >> Anybody?  
> >
> > Did you read the URL sent back by the GMail server above, about
> > logging in on the Web first? This might be needed so that GMail
> > trusts your IP address, you never know.  
> 
> Yes. I was trying to login from company network where dozens of
> people log in from the very same externally visible IP.
> 
> > Also, I have recently hit a slightly different error message for
> > GMail POP when I recreated my gmail account in Claws: at first I
> > used my "main" GMail password, and this was rejected with an
> > indication that I had to generate and use an "app password"
> > instead. Maybe the same applies to IMAP.  
> 
> It's likely not my case, since I have no 2 factor auth turned on.
> 
> Thanks,
> Piotr
> 
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