Having a similar problem with K-9 Mail Version 5.010 on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-i545) running Android 4.3. I cannot send / receive email from any of my accessory gmail accounts (different from the main account I have linked to my android operating system). As an exception to this rule, I AM successful in receiving and sending email in my accessory gmail accounts while connected to WiFi. I was getting the same error message when my phone attempted to send email from my accessory gmail accounts... "Negative SMTP reply: 534 5.7.14"
This was a tremendous problem that I did not detect immediately. I would go throughout my work day with 4G or 3G connectivity, and when I got home and connected to my home WiFi, a few new emails would show up. Because these accessory email accounts are not quite as active as my main gmail account, I didn't receive all that many emails with WiFi connection, so I probably didn't detect the pattern right away. Until one weekend trip when I was away from WiFi for a few days, then it became obvious. When i reconnected to wifi after the trip, i was slammed with a bunch of emails that I had missed. I suspect this is related to security changes on Google's side. They have made a lot of changes lately. *Temprary workaround*: I installed BOOMERANG email client on my phone. this application sucks compared to K-9, but it has no trouble polling all of the gmail accounts you point it to. One thing you'll notice during email account setup with Boomerang is that, with the addition of each new gmail account to the application, you'll be linked to google to log in and sync the account. I do not suggest this hack, but it worked for me until i could figure this out. *More Durable Fix*: After some tooling around, I added my accessory gmail accounts to the android operating system's linked accounts, and was able to resurrect full functionality of my K-9 application. Here's how i did it: from the home screen, I opened Settings >> Accounts >> +Add account >> Google >> Existing in the Sign in field, i entered my [email protected] and my password. Then clicked OK at the agreement popop. Then I couldn't sign in, so i clicked NEXT to sign in via browser. a "signing in" message appears, the phone chugs along for a bit, and then i get a screen that says Google services / Communication [ ] keep me up to date with news and offers from google play. I unchecked this box (don't like spam) and clicked the right arrow at the bottom of the screen. At the "Account Sign-in successful" page, I unchecked all sync boxes aside from "Sync Gmail" conversely, I only sync contacts, calendar, app data, docs, drive, etc. for my Main gmail account. You can repeat this for each of you gmail account. It is important to note that the Gmail application on your phone will go nuts. You'll need to disable notifications inside the Gmail application for each of the gmail accounts that you sync into android with the aforementioned protocol. To disable notifications in Gmail app, go to settings, then select the newly added account, uncheck "Notifications" I just did this a few hours ago. It seems to work OK. If i detect problems with this hack, i'll report back. Hope it works for you -Avery On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:35:16 AM UTC-5, dan k wrote: > > I have several gmail accounts but have been only able to get one to work > with K9. And unfortunately that was a while back so I don't know if I did > anything special. > I've looked at a lot of the advice on how to get it to connect. > imap.gmail.com > SSL/TLS > Plain > 993 > smtp.gmail.com > SSL/TLS > plain > 465 > > I made sure to use my full email address. > I've tried version 5.002 and 4.803 > However I still get an incorrect username/password error or > "Cannot connect to server. (negative SMTP reply: 534 5.7.14... and gives a > website that was unhelpful. > I do not have the less secure apps access enabled > I do not have 2-step access turned on. > > I've also logged in through firefox on my phone to use the captcha unlock > Is this a user error or is Google trying to make life diffigult for me? Is > K9 actually compatible with gmail? > HTC desire X. > android 4.1.1 > > Thanks in advance. > Daniel > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
