Connecting to gmail
I'm trying to connect Thunderbird to my Gmail account. It keeps saying "authentication failed connecting to server.imap.gmail.com" . I am sure I have entered the email address and password correctly. I have tried multiple times with the same result. Any ideas? Thanks
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Hi nkaku
Brilliant! Thanks! I had xampp running Apache - don't know what port it uses, but turning it off whilst I linked to gmail worked. It should be mentioned in the documentation somewhere.
Thanks again Best wishes Ron B
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Check the following:
1. Do you have IIS / Apache running on port 80? Open browser and goto http://localhost . If the request bring up anything then a webserver is running which needs to shut down (for the time of authentication only).
2. Check if your antivirus / firewall is blocking stuff. Best to turn it off and do the authentication.
Hope that helps.
Ñemoĩporã poravopyre
Hi nkaku
Brilliant! Thanks! I had xampp running Apache - don't know what port it uses, but turning it off whilst I linked to gmail worked. It should be mentioned in the documentation somewhere.
Thanks again Best wishes Ron B