Dale, I already have my gmail accounts set to allow less secure apps to connect.
Which port are you using. I'm using the suggested port of 995. Still getting "failed to connect to server pop.gmail.com" when attempting to download messages. I haven't used Eudora in years but since you seem to have it working I think I'll give it a whirl. Funny thing is I'm not getting any messages about blocked attempts. It just fails to connect. Strangely everything was working as expected until May 3, when the last message downloaded was received at 12:02 AM. Maybe years of working in IT have made me paranoid, but that seems like just the date and time for a software feature to be disabled. Usually some notification is given to users but this is Google we're dealing with here. It would surely help if Thunderbird had a logging feature that could be easily enabled, but if it does it's well hidden. The previous instructions on connecting to the the gmail pop server seem to have disappeared from the Thunderbird help pages. both at Mozilla and Google. Only imap instructions are currently available for Thunderbird. There are only generic instructions for using the pop server, though the settings are those I'm already using. Now the unfortunate thing... Mozilla is the sole support, such as it is, for Eudora, to use it I have to uninstall Thunderbird. What version of Eudora are you using? What platform? If it's not Windows even that might not solve my problem. On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 5:51 AM, Dale H. Cook <radiot...@plymouthcolony.net> wrote: > Okay, here's the deal. Even though my POP3 settings for all three Gmail > accounts are using SSL with the alternate port I still had to sign into > Gmail for each account, open the message with the subject "Review blocked > sign-in attempt" and choose to allow access to less secure apps. I am now > getting POP3 email from all three accounts. > > I am not worried that Google does not think that those accounts are secure > - I never use them for anything sensitive anyway, just as I never use > either of my Yahoo addresses for anything sensitive. My Gmail and Yahoo > addresses are, for me, the email equivalent of burner phones. > > Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, > Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using > colored filters for B&W gravestone photography > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
