Mail doesn't allow Gmail signin with 2fa enabled
Bug #1678483 reported by
Nicholas White
This bug affects 1 person
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Bug Description
When I attempt to sign in to my Gmail account through Mail, I am unable to sign in. I was previously signed into Mail before enabling 2fa on my Google account, and then after I was signed out and unable to sign in again. Mail gives me an "Incorrect Credentials" error and I don't receive any two-factor prompt on my phone. I've tried both the same account, which has 2fa enabled through an on-device prompt, and another account that I've never added before with 2fa enabled through SMS.
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| Pedro Jordão (pedrohjordao) wrote | #1 |
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You need to get a application password (or something like this) on your Google profile security options. It's a single use password for applications that don't support 2fa.
It would be nice if Mail supported 2fa like other mail applications do, but the single use password works well enough.