Hi all, I'm trying to use Evolution to fetch mail from gmail account. I configured Evo 2.12.3 (from Fedora 8) to use IMAP or POP but the result is the same: It seems SSL is not used (or similar issue on auth fase). I receive an error from evo for POP the error is: -ERR [AUTH] Username and password not accepted. Insert the password for xxx.xxx(a)gmail.com on pop.gmail.com for IMPA the error is: [ALERT] Web login required (Failure) Insert password for xxx.xxx@gmail.com(a)imap.gmail.com I'm sure that the user and password are correct. I changed password to be more sure. Someone can help me understanding the problem?

> PS "Works" is a relative term here. "Mostly works" is closer to the > truth because Evo occasionally loses contact with Gmail and has to be > restarted to get it back. I don't know if this is an Evo problem or a > Gmail one. I don't have the problem using Evo with any other of my IMAP sources, so I'm guessing it's Gmail related.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 07:43:22PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 23:49 +0000, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > PS "Works" is a relative term here. "Mostly works" is closer to the > > > truth because Evo occasionally loses contact with Gmail and has to > > be > > > restarted to get it back. I don't know if this is an Evo problem or > > a > > > Gmail one. > > > > I don't have the problem using Evo with any other of my IMAP sources, > > so > > I'm guessing it's Gmail related. > > I tend to agree. I just wish I could figure out what to do about it > since it's pretty annoying. I have to restart Evo several times a day > because of this (I normally leave it running permanently). I suspect but have not yet proved to myself that 'your' server moves and the connection fails because the google box is different. Given the size of the google farm and the numerous servers and gateways and network magic that 'your' server moves and the connection fails because the google box is different. Some NAT tricks come to mind that make this possible but very hard to track from this side of the gateway. I often see gmail connections die even with 'mutt' and have started to sync my mail box prior to a reply. Often after a well considered email (=lots of time editing) I find that my connection to the mailbox is gone.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:36:29AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 17:14 -0700, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 07:43:22PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 23:49 +0000, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > > > PS "Works" is a relative term here. "Mostly works" is closer to the > > > > > truth because Evo occasionally loses contact with Gmail and has to ....... > > I often see gmail connections die even with 'mutt' and have started to > > sync my mail box prior to a reply. Often after a well considered email > > (=lots of time editing) I find that my connection to the mailbox is gone. > > You may find this interesting: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.mail.mutt/browse_thread/thread/d24f6f... > > Executive summary: for Mutt, reduce imap_keepalive to under 10 minutes. > For Evolution I don't know what the equivalent is, but I've set the > "check for new mail" timeout to 5 minutes to see what happens. Thanks the mutt param change seems to help. so many knobs and so little time.... ;-)

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 17:44 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 23:14 +0200, Ambrogio De Lorenzo wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to use Evolution to fetch mail from gmail account. > > I configured Evo 2.12.3 (from Fedora 8) to use IMAP or POP but the > > result is the same: > > > > It seems SSL is not used (or similar issue on auth fase). > > I receive an error from evo > > > > for POP the error is: -ERR [AUTH] Username and password not accepted. > > Insert the password for xxx.xxx(a)gmail.com on pop.gmail.com > > > > for IMPA the error is: [ALERT] Web login required (Failure) > > Insert password for xxx.xxx@gmail.com(a)imap.gmail.com

PS "Works" is a relative term here. "Mostly works" is closer to the truth because Evo occasionally loses contact with Gmail and has to be restarted to get it back. I don't know if this is an Evo problem or a Gmail one.