We have included the ability to import settings now, so hopefully you'll
love it!

*Jessica*
Customer Support Ninja
http://mailplaneapp.com/


On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Alan Hoyle <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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