On 15 April 2012 15:45, Ethan Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > Lynn McLeod spake unto us the following wisdom: >> Hi - we are setting up pidgin with google talk on our laptops - windows XP, >> 7, and macs. some work fine, some do not - the error is "unauthorized". >> we're narrowing it down and believe the problem is either a windows 7 >> security setting or maybe the virus programs with fire walls that some >> people have installed. everyone has a slightly different configuration on >> their laptops. we've searched the help docs but haven't found this specific >> problem. > > Unauthorized virtually always means that you're using the wrong > username or password. Try deleting and recreating the account. Make > sure that you have ONLY your username in the username field (no > @gmail.com), type your password carefully, and do not change any of > the other fields in the dialog. If you are using Google multi-factor > authentication, that could be at work here, as well.
To second Ethan's tips - anyone using Google's 2-step verification will need to create an application-specific password for Pidgin on every device they want to use it from. Alex _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
