I'm on 2.5.x I had tried 3.0, but the lack of import of settings was annoying. I'll give it another shot.
-alan -- - Alan Hoyle - [email protected] - http://www.alanhoyle.com/ - On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Mailplane Support <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Alan; > > Are you using Mailplane 2.5? If so, due to some Google changes, Mailplane > doesn't support 2 factor authentication very well any more (as you can > tell!) If you want to use 2 factor auth., you could try Mailplane 3.0. > (It does require Lion or Mountain Lion, OS X). > > You can get it here: > http://beta.mailplaneapp.com<http://beta.mailplaneapp.com> > > If you are indeed on 3.0, please let me know! > > > *Jessica* > Customer Support Ninja > http://mailplaneapp.com/ > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Alan Hoyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I use the Two Factor authentication to access my regular Gmail account. >> Mailplane has problems with this. >> >> First of all, the Mailplane FAQ for two-factor auth should also include a >> link to the generic Google auth-generation page. Here is the link: >> >> https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens >> >> That said, the application-specific passwords it generates don't actually >> work in this context. >> >> I have created an application-specific password for Mailplane. If I >> enter that into the password field, when I try to reset my Gmail session, >> it pops up another login screen saying "Please use your account password >> instead of an application-specific password." This accepts my regular >> password and then prompts me for an Authenticator number before it lets me >> in. I've attached a screenshot of the login screen with the account >> blurred. >> >> If, rather, I try to put my regular Google account password in there, >> Mailplane won't log in and prompts me repeatedly to generate an >> application-specific password. Which, as reported above, won't actually >> let me log into my Gmail without manual intervention. >> >> It appears that the application specific password acceptor is smart >> enough to know that it could use the standard password scheme and forces it >> to work that way. >> >> Google's two-factor auth may have changed somewhat since this was >> originally implemented, and now includes the ability to designate a browser >> as "trusted" (I presume it saves a cookie.) (screenshot attached.) >> >> -alan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "mailplaneapp" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mailplaneapp/-/EUu8rJKfPe8J. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mailplaneapp" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en.
