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email issue: gmail (imap) for business blocks jolla mail app

asked 2016-05-04 00:02:58 +0300

c.la gravatar image

Hi, today I got a new account on a company that is using google for business, so the email is managed by gmail. I logged in, enabled IMAP, configured the new account on Jolla as IMAP account. When confirming the mail app tries to connect to check the server settings and the password. The password was refused and I immediately received an email from google staing that I tried to connect from an app that is not using the best security standards.

How is that possible? What's "wrong" in the jolla mail app that is leading gmail to believe so?

I don't want to configure the mail as a google account as the Jolla is for private use (and I don't want to sync contacts and calendar to it) but it would be handy to get new email notifications.

I have the latest public SFOS release, 2.0.0.10.

Thank you

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Thanks for the report, I've created JB#35099 internally to track this one, and CCed our email expert.

chris.adams ( 2016-05-04 06:08:20 +0300 )edit

thanks. Where is the bug page? On MER bugzilla it states that he bug ID is invalid. I would like to know what causes the error (security libraries to update? / MTA "user agent" to update?) and to monitor the progress of this.

c.la ( 2016-05-13 15:20:43 +0300 )edit

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answered 2016-05-04 14:12:17 +0300

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This might not be just Jolla email client issue, but any non Gmail web interface issue. I've had that on my desktop MUA as well. This guide helped in my case.

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thanks, I know that page, but I don't want to lower the security of a company account just because my personal phone doesn't work with it.

c.la ( 2016-05-13 15:21:47 +0300 )edit

I believe this has nothing to do with lowering security, if you know, what you are doing. This is Google FUD to force users to use of their webmail.

The virtual security gain here is supposedly that Gmail uses certificates with short lifetime, and Google Chrome (which Google wants you to use) protects those by pinning and frequent releases that also update these pins to address cert EOL.

piero ( 2016-05-13 17:55:36 +0300 )edit
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