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 <[email protected]>: > 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 _______________________________________________ balsa-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list
