Unable to get KMail to integrate with Gmail (IMAP) Have tried both Gmail Authentication and PLAIN Authentication. Using KWallet and KGpg. Kmail reports “Server is not available”. Gmail is configured to allow less secure apps and KMail/Gmail works with another 32-bit TW distro that I have (with occasional hiccups). Have tried clearing Akonadi database and reloading accounts but no change. KOrganizer and Kontacts work OK.
Have you gone into the Gmail account’s settings and authorized IMAP clients?
To do this, you might not be able to do this with the User’s account, you have to find out what account is authorized to be the Admin.
If you mean enabling Third-party access through Google - Akonadi Resources for Google services are allowed access along with KDE KAccounts Provider.
As stated this all works with a different TW 32-bit installation so I think something is broken in the TW 64-bit distro stream.
I haven’t set up Akonadi so don’t know if it’s different…
IIRC when I set up IMAP (less frequently POP), I have to specify the protocol (IMAP) and not the email client or service.
After that, you should only need to configure in your email client Google Servers correctly (be sure they’re TLS encrypted ports) and working Google credentials.
Yep followed that. As stated I have another 32-bit TW system with which KMail and Gmail work with some tolerable problems, so this is not my first rodeo with KMail. I understand it can be problematic sometimes. I’m looking for an answer as to: Is there an outstanding bug on the TW 64-bit stream?
Clarifying,
Those other systems are currently working with the same Gmail account you’re setting up on this TW, or is the Gmail accounts for those other systems different?
Since you’eve eliminated any Google authentication problem,
The problem is likely in either your Akonadi or your email client.
The email client should be pretty straight-forward… Servers, ports, sometimes order of authentication for your connection. Since you say you have working Kmail on at least one other machine, you have exact working examples for comparison.
That probably leaves something in Akonadi, and as I mentioned before that is something I personally haven’t had experience with (My preferred supported Desktop generally never includes KDE, but that’s just me).
Hoping anyone else with Akonadi experience can step in, otherwise I’d say a starting point could be understand the architecture, components and flow in Akonadi, the following KDE documentation covers all this.
OK, I just added a second Gmail account to Kmail. Following the defaults. A windows popped up to authenticate to the Google account. After this the account was added and synced.