Re: Please help access gmail with IMAP

[Gerardo Ballabio <gerardo ballabio gmail com>]

Hello Peter,
the switch is in a separate page:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

I tried ticking Enable bug workarounds, but that didn't make a
difference. So I resolved to enable "less secure apps" and then I was
in.

Gerardo

2015-04-06 23:03 GMT+02:00, Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>:
> Hi Gerardo,
>
> On 04/06/2015 03:33:17 PM Mon, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> > Thanks for your answer Peter.
> >
> > In fact, when I checked my mailbox again, I found that Google sent me
> > a message to inform that they had blocked an attempt to access my
> > account and if that was really me, there's a configuration switch to
> > enable access to "less secure applications".
>
> Huh--that's odd, I don't see any switch like that on my GMail webpage--and I
> don't recall using any setting like that when I set up GMail for IMAP
> access. But that was two or three years ago--everyone's become a bit more
> focused on security since then!
>
> Please keep sharing your experience on this list!
>
> Peter