Re: Kmail POP3 access: problem with Gmail server

Do you have 2-Factor Auth enabled on Gmail?

On 2 July 2013 05:38, Maurice <[email protected]> wrote:

> Since moving on to Mageia-3 I'm having problems accessing the Gmail
> POP3 server (using KWallet to handle passwords; difficult to avoid!).
>
> What happens is:
>
>  (1) 1st attempt to fetch email from server:  No mail fetched
>        (even though know there is some there)
>
>   (2) 2nd attempt: Request to enter password ("Because previous
> attempt failed")
>       Enter password: Result same as (1).
>
> No problem with other POP servers - just Gmail.
>
> (No problem with Gmail on Mageia-2.)
>
> Anyone else come across this? (Better still: Know the solution?!)
>
> --
> /\/\aurice
>         (Retired in Surrey, UK)     Registered Linux User #487649
>                     Linux 32-bit Mageia-3:
>           KDE 4.10.2  Virtualbox 4.2.12   Firefox 17.0.6   KMail 4.10.2
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