evolution popmail is blocked by gmail OAuth2 security

[Wade Smart]

Oh.. never mind. I misread what you said.

I ran six accounts thru gmail with thunderbird and
in the past only pop would work. Never good get
imap to work.

I just installed Thunderbird and set it up to check
email.   I used my std gmail password, I do have 2
step on so it notified me via my phone, I was right
in. Took all of a min. It did get all my mail folder, etc.
I really wish it was this easy in the past :)   It setup
to imap by default - probably because its on as I
check from my phone.

Question: could it be your internet connection?
Even fast connections can have high latency.

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:09 AM Charles Irons <irons.charles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply Karl.
> Because all my efforts below failed, I probably messed up Evolution by Enabling IMAP as well as POP on Gmail.
> Even activated a Google online account , then removed the online account.
> Then could not remove IMAP from Evolution.
> Switched Evolution offline, Installed Thunderbird.
> Gmail is still rejecting my login. The details follow.
>
> I repeated all Gmail set up instructions:
> I set up 2 stage verification and registered an app password.
> I edit Evolution preferences to change Receiving to Password and Sending to Plain instead of OAuth2.
> Evolution did not save these changes.
> I Removed Evolution from Ubuntu Software, Cleared History and Installed Evolution again.
>
> I switched Evolution to work offline.
> Installed Thunderbird from Ubunto Software.
> Repeated the set up for Thunderbird including a new App Password.
> Stiil get a System failure message.
>
> Gmail only allows me to see email online without any Client.
> Sent emails were added to Thunderbird.
> Trash folder in Thunderbird is full of mails I deleted from Gmail webserver INBOX.
> NOW I have just seen 2 new emails arrived from the Gmail webserver.
> The webserver Inbox still holds 34 other emails that have not arrived in Thunderbird.
>
> This long story will go to Gmail feedback if I can make that work.
> Have a very good weekend. Thanks for trying.
> irons.charles at gmail.com
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>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 10:19 AM Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2020-09-02 at 08:54 +0200, Charles Irons wrote:
>> > Evolution is unable to receive or send my gmail messages.I get error
>> > "Failed to authenticate on POP server pop.gmail.com: Data source
>> > “Chas-gmail” does not support OAuth 2.0 authentication"
>>
>> Google for "gmail allow less secure apps".
>>
>> Regards, K.
>>
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