This should now work until you revoke the password. The only way to access Gmail accounts where 2 step authentications has been enabled, is to use Gmail’s application-specific passwords. Set Authentication to "Password" enter your Google user name then the app-specific password you generated in the password field. JIRA only accepts the basic authentication method to communicate with the mail server. This can be prevented by using Gmail App-specific Passcode instead of the account password during the IMAP Mail server configuration. Click on the "Gmail" one and then click on "Advanced". Thus, rendering the accounts with the multifactor authentication enabled, throw errors while configuring. This will open a list of the SMTP servers you have set up for sending mail. Incoming server should be:, your username should be the start of your email address without the section and your password should be the app-specific password, NOT the account password that was previoulsy used) (This accounts area is where you paste in your 'recieving' password under 'incoming mail server'. At the bottom of the right hand pane it will say "Outgoing Server (SMTP):" and should have "Gmail" selected/ Click on this and you get a pop up menu and select "Edit SMTP Server List". ![]() Now open Mail and go to Preferences > Accounts and select your Google account. ![]() Go to Google and generate an app-specific password on this page. (Note: There are two locations you must paste you app-specific password, these instructions are for the 'sending' server, not the 'receiving' server')
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