Why is it that I figure it out right after I post the issue to the forum?! :)
You have to go into your google account, and set it to allow less secure apps. On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 8:25:24 AM UTC-6, Bo Vine wrote: > > I recently updated to k9 5.202 on Android, but I updated AFTER I started > seeing this problem a couple of days ago. > > I have several accounts set up on my K-9, haven't changed that for a > couple years. Two of them are gmail accounts. All of a sudden I am > getting an authentication error for one of my gmail accounts, the other is > fine. > It's not the password, I can log into it on the web and even in the > browser on my phone. > > I even tried to re-add the account, but it fails right away. > > Here is the error: > Username or password incorrect. (Command: > *sensitive*;response:#3#[NO,[ALERT], Please log in via your web browser: > https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754(Failure)]) > > I am thinking that it's not a gmail issue, since my other account works > just fine. So I am wondering if this is a K-9 bug. Anyone have any ideas? > -- 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.
