Kmail no longer can access Gmail server

[marco07]

https://support.google.com/accounts/...ty%20customers.



You just have to set up app passwords or some 2fa


https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

Thanks Claydoh, all is successfully done so far.

[marco07]

You could also give up on kmail and use another app like thunderbird. Kmail is not that great IMO anyway, esp if you are having to do all this work just to get it to play nice with gmail. Consider an alternative.

Thanks! This was in the back of mind, if a solution was not feasible. I have been using Kontact for quite a number of years and have been quit satisfied with its performance with no glitches at all. The reason has been two folds, A- to have a pure kde system with the exception of Firefox, B- its integrated other options such as Calendar, Contacts, To do List, etc. Fortunately the issue is solved now.

[marco07]

You should also check the authentication method in your kmail gmail account settings, in Settings→Configure KMail→Accounts→Receiving→[your Gmail account]→Modify, and in the Advanced tab select "GMAIL" in the Authentication combo box.

This should enable oauth authentication, since user/password authentication has been disabled by google, "GMAIL" should be the default on new gmail accounts in kmail, but it might not be for older accounts.
I don't use gmail (and no one really should ), so I can't really test, but worth checking.

Yes of course it was done after setting the App Password. Thanks any way!

[rab0171610]

Glad you got it working again!