I had a problem with K9 not authenticating to fetch or send email. I logged into google mail from my laptop Then I change the Allow less secure apps setting to ON.
Once you have logged into gmail from a laptop Goto Settings Accounts & Imports Under Change Account Settings: choose Other Google Account Settings Sign-In & Security Apps with account access Turn Allow less secure apps: ON On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 3:29:00 PM UTC-6, Tony M wrote: > I have been tinkering with K-9 mail and like it. There seems to be a lost > of settings so I will have to learn it > Big problem is that I can not get it to add my gmail account. No matter > what I do this error pops up when I try to add it. I am positive my account > info is correct. > > Setup could not finish > Username or password incorrect. > (Command: AUTHENTICATE PLAIN;response: #2# [NO,[ALERT], Please log in via > your web browser: > http://support.google.com/mail/accou...y?answer=78754 > <http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754> > (Failure)]) > -- 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.
