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User profile for user: Skittles Baloney
Skittles Baloney Author
User level: Level 1
8 points

Setting up Gmail on Apple Mail

Just brought home my first mac ever, macbook pro 13" retina. In the apple store the sales guy set up gmail through the apple mail program, but we didn't actually check it. All I had to do was add account and sign in with my google info. i've just tried to send an email now and get this error message:



Cannot send message using server Google


The sender address was rejected by the server smtp.gmail.com.


The server response was: Authentication Required. Learn more athttps://support.google.com/mail/answer/14257 u14sm135893043pfi.58 - gsmtp


Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.



I've never had a mac before so I'm not super confident in playing around with it. I've had a look at the account settings through apple mail and can't really change anything.


If I click Connection Doctor it connects fine, and says:



Connection to server succeeded; login not required



All the instructions I can find by googling tell me it should do auto setup it all when I add account and sign in through google.

Does anyone have any tips for a mac noob? Much appreciated.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jan 6, 2016 6:37 AM

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User profile for user: Duane
Duane
User level: Level 10
124,277 points

Posted on Jan 6, 2016 6:55 AM

In Mail,

  1. select Preferences -> Accounts.
  2. Select your Gmail account
  3. click on Account Information.
  4. Select "Edit SMTP Server List..." from the dropdown next to "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)".


User uploaded file


Ensure that the settings match the following:

  • Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - Requires SSL
    • imap.gmail.com
    • Port: 993
    • Requires SSL:Yes
  • Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires TLS
    • smtp.gmail.com
    • Port: 465 or 587
    • Requires SSL: Yes
    • Requires authentication: Yes
    • Use same settings as incoming mail server
  • Full Name or Display Name: [your name]
  • Account Name or User Name: your full Gmail address (username@gmail.com). Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Email address: your full Gmail address (username@gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Password: your Gmail password
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User profile for user: Duane
Duane
User level: Level 10
124,277 points

Jan 6, 2016 6:55 AM in response to Skittles Baloney

In Mail,

  1. select Preferences -> Accounts.
  2. Select your Gmail account
  3. click on Account Information.
  4. Select "Edit SMTP Server List..." from the dropdown next to "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)".


User uploaded file


Ensure that the settings match the following:

  • Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - Requires SSL
    • imap.gmail.com
    • Port: 993
    • Requires SSL:Yes
  • Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires TLS
    • smtp.gmail.com
    • Port: 465 or 587
    • Requires SSL: Yes
    • Requires authentication: Yes
    • Use same settings as incoming mail server
  • Full Name or Display Name: [your name]
  • Account Name or User Name: your full Gmail address (username@gmail.com). Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Email address: your full Gmail address (username@gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Password: your Gmail password
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User profile for user: JPRT
JPRT
User level: Level 1
9 points

Feb 27, 2017 10:35 AM in response to JPRT

After poking around I discovered Google had posted an administrative message indicating that my account had been logged out, along with a set of others, as part of an administrative update. I have two factor authentication set up, and an application-password for the account. When I created a new application password, Apple Mail repeated rejected it. After puzzling over this for a while, I eventually entered the regular (two-factor) password and the passcode from my Google Authenticator iOS app. That seems to have fixed the problem. Perhaps Apple no longer accepts application passwords?

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Setting up Gmail on Apple Mail

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