Sunday, January 7, 2018

Cannot connect to Gmail : Can not authenticate to IMAP server

Posted by Herewefix on Sunday, January 07, 2018 others No comments

The below error when try access gmail from php website.

Error:

Cannot connect to Gmail : Can not authenticate to IMAP server: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: https://support.google.com/mail/acco

Solution:

1.Login to your gmail account, enable imap.

2.Let the access here first: https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

3.Go to: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and enable access.