[MlMt] gmail keeps asking for login credentials

[Patrick Pritchard]

Follow-up on the below; when I go to my school it _does_ say that my 
computer is a trusted device (based on time, and IP address), which 
means it is successfully authenticating using Google’s 2FA.  The 
mystery is why it keeps asking to re-authenticate.

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Patrick Pritchard, MBA, PMP
D26 Consulting Ltd.

On 24 Aug 2020, at 10:56, Patrick Pritchard wrote:

> I am trying to set up gmail in MailMate for my personal (i.e. 
> @gmail.com) account and a school account which uses google apps (i.e. 
> @schoolname.ca).
>
> When I set up the account using Oauth2 it brings up the login screen 
> for google, and I successfully log in.  When it prompts me with 
> “Allow” or “Deny” I click on “Allow” and it proceeds to 
> close the window, and then gets caught in a loop constantly asking me 
> to re-enter my credentials (and “Allow” each time).  It feels like 
> something isn’t remembering that I allowed access for MailMate.
>
> I will say that I have successfully set this up on another email 
> client on a Windows10 machine, and the same steps work, so I know I 
> can set this up _somehow_.
>
> Some additional background information: I recently did a re-build and 
> copied my MailMate folders over from an old computer (10.12.x) to a 
> new one (10.15.x), and this is the first time I am trying to set up a 
> new account (all other accounts work fine).  I don’t know if that is 
> material to the issue.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Patrick Pritchard, MBA, PMP
> D26 Consulting Ltd.
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