Activity log for bug #1391646

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2014-11-11 21:00:58 Sascha bug added bug
2014-11-11 21:02:17 Sascha description IN the security settings for the gmail Account https://www.google.com/settings/security?hl=de There is an enabled option " Access for less secure Applications" default is Disabled I don't know why but Unity Mail is considered as less secure and will not work as long as you dont enable this feature. The error message from unity is: Unity-Mail: ERROR: Exception occured: b'[ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)' Unity-Mail: CRITICAL: Invalid account data provided for connection #0; exiting I think this is a bug, an unity mail should also check for mails with the option " Access for less secure Applications" disabled. IN the security settings for the gmail Account https://www.google.com/settings/security?hl=de There is an option " Access for less secure Applications" default is Disabled I don't know why but Unity Mail notifications is considered as less secure and will not work as long as you dont enable this "unsafe" gmail feature. The error message from unity is: Unity-Mail: ERROR: Exception occured: b'[ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)' Unity-Mail: CRITICAL: Invalid account data provided for connection #0; exiting I think this is a bug, an unity mail should also check for mails with the option " Access for less secure Applications" disabled.
2014-11-14 17:32:45 Dmitry Shachnev unity-mail: status New Incomplete
2015-01-17 04:17:41 Launchpad Janitor unity-mail: status Incomplete Expired