Bill, I use gmail on my Evolution. Have you tried using Online Accounts to set it up? I use Settings-->Online Accounts and selecting Google. Worked for me without having to enter the port numbers or security settings.
Evolution 3.26.6 On Wed, 2018-11-28 at 14:01 -0700, William Dossett via evolution-list wrote: > Hi, > > I've tried everything I can think of and have found googling and I > can't make evolution work with gmail. When I first setup evolution a > few months ago, it worked, but then I had some issue with it and my > exchange mail account and uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of > times and now it just will not work. I have tried all the different > encyption methods, oauth2 and password authentication > > Prettty much all the same error, or two different errors maybe... > with the standard configuration that it auto configures when I give > it my email address > > imap.googlemail.com port 993 > > tls on dedicated port and oAuth2 I get a big red banner failed to > connect and failed to open folder with a reconnect button. When I > reconnect, I put my credentials in and then I get failed to open > folder, the reported error was failed to authenicate the name 1.9 was > not provided by and service files and thats pretty much it, it > doesn't fetch mail. I have tried password and starttls after > connecting and combinations of these, but always the read banner > saying can't open folder... actually with the second combination > above it goes to loading and I was hopeful it might be downloading, > but no, eventually it gives up after a very long time. I know > evolution must work with google as it did at first, is there > something I need to clean out of it that might be cached? Would > reallly appreciate any help with this as I am now using Linux Mint > more than 50% of the time and growing for work as it's just more > efficient than windows for the work I am doing these days and having > to turn to my windows system to check my gmail or use the web browser > doesnt' really cut it. > > Thanks > Bill > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
