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Is Gmail Rejecting Your POP Password? You’re Not Crazy and You’re Not Alone
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If you retrieve your email via POP from Gmail, you may on occasion find that Gmail completely rejects your password. Now, having Gmail rejecting your POP password can be very disconcerting, not to mention frustrating! Your mail client keeps prompting you for your Gmail password, you keep entering the password that you know is the right password, and Gmail keeps rejecting it.
It’s enough to drive you crazy.
But don’t let it, because you’re not crazy, and it’s not you - it’s Gmail. And you can prove it to yourself by logging in to your Gmail account via the web, using the same password that you know is your correct password - the very same password that Gmail keeps rejecting in your efforts to POP your mail.
Nobody seems to know why this happens. And, unfortunately, nobody seems to know how to fix it, other than to just wait.
Some people have said that they have had success closing down their mail program, and re-opening it. Others have said that rebooting their machine has helped. These things are worth trying but if they don’t work, just know that this too shall pass, and all you can do is wait it out.
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They’re not the only ones. ATT/SBC Global have also begun the hob-nailed march across my POP accounts.
I may be some sort of a dinosaur, but I have started, … and stayed with Juno (UnitedOnLine) since 2001. I did so, first because my daughter suggested it before I got a newer - email ready - computer; secondly, because it was free then; thirdly, because of its POP capabilities; and, last-but-not-least, because it allowed me a hyphen in my email address.
I now pay $9.95(US) per year for this service. I have never had to change my address, and so many of my friends/contacts have changed so often and with each ISP change, that they’re basically disappearing from the globe, but not me.
I can POP mail from my old Yahoo.com account, but my “new” SBC Global.net/not ATT account will not allow me to get my mail there. They insist that I use one of their list of “Secure” services, like Eudora. While I’m always grateful that my security is of concern, I do not appreciate that I do not have the choice.
They have offered to help me get things set up, but all the help so far does not work.
In this case, I do not plan to stay with ATT forever, and I still use my Juno address, so it’s not a permanent problem, but it’s still not right.
Comment by Ted Bruner — 8/8/2008 @ 5:36 pm
I can not go to gmail.com anymore. There is no link anymore like that to get to your email. So when I sign into my gogle account, it takes you to a screen to sign up for a gmail account. I already have a gmail account. But can’t find out how to get to it now. So I am sure that I have some messages, but don’t know how to get to them now. This just started a couple of days ago. I was able to go to gmail.com before and your account was there. This is rediculous!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Debbie Sherman — 8/14/2008 @ 8:22 am
A solution to this problem has been found. simply goto http://is.gd/2AML and unlock your account. It is a genuine work fix which worked for me.
Comment by badmaash — 11/2/2008 @ 12:32 pm
If your addresses are hosted on google apps, go to https://www.google.com/a/your domain].com/UnlockCaptcha
Ref. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257
Comment by MP — 5/1/2009 @ 1:07 am
yep, no idea why, but https://www.google.com/
accounts/UnlockCaptcha? fixed the problem… very weird but glad its fixed
Comment by Anonymous — 10/12/2009 @ 4:49 pm