[MlMt] gmail keeps asking for login credentials

[Patrick Pritchard]

Problem solved.

It looks like I had a much much much outdated version of MailMate — 
when I re-installed I must have pulled one from my old download folder.  
I’ve updated to the latest and now everything works great.

Cheers.


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Patrick Pritchard, MBA, PMP
D26 Consulting Ltd.

On 24 Aug 2020, at 11:41, Patrick Pritchard wrote:

> 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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