Not working for me either. I've tried everything. It's now been 36 hours of WLM rejecting the username and password. Password works on other google apps. Help!
Windows Live Mail (WLM) - error: server rejects login to gmail account
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Anonymous
Hi, can anyone help with this problem please. I hope this is the right forum if not please advise where I should post this query.
If I access my gmail account in a browser I have no problems sending or receiving email, even when hiding my IP address (for example when using unprotected WIFI access points).
However as soon as I try access my gmail account using Windows Live Mail (whether hiding my IP address or not) I regularly get an error "The server has rejected your login. Please verify that your user name and password are correct".
I've investigated this in Live Mail support pages and my gmail setup is as advised as is my WLM setup.
Any ideas appreciated? THIS PROBLEM HAS SOMEHOW CORRECTED ITSELF - NO MORE REPLIES PLEASE. THANK YOU.
Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
54 answers
Sort by: Oldest
-
Anonymous
2016-06-01T20:22:41+00:00 -
Anonymous
2016-06-05T22:40:36+00:00 Hi Ken,
To assist you better, please provide the details below:
- Which version of live Mail are you using?
- Which account did you configure under Live Mail?
- Did you try accessing your account through browser and check if the issue persists?
Please post back with the answers to assist you accordingly.
Thank you.
-
Anonymous
2016-06-06T18:22:08+00:00 - Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331)
- It it my gmail account that suddenly started popping up with account name/password box and then rejecting the password. (the only thing that changed at all was I started receiving emails on my [Android] phone the day before it started doing this.
- Yes, it accesses fine on the browser
-
Anonymous
2016-06-06T18:45:03+00:00 I searched endlessly before I found this solution:
- Go to http://www.google.com and sign into your gmail account and then go to the following link https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps and set the toggle to allow less secure apps.
-
Anonymous
2016-06-06T19:17:43+00:00 Thanks, but I tried this to no avail.