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How to Fix Foxmail Gmail Connection Issues

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Recently, I planned to use the email client Foxmail to send and receive Gmail messages, but no matter what Gmail account and password I entered, I was prompted with an incorrect password error. There may be the following reasons:

  1. You entered the wrong password! In this case, you can first try logging in via the web version to confirm the password before setting up Foxmail.

  2. Your Gmail account may not have POP or IMAP services enabled. You can enable them in your email settings. Click here to view the IMAP and POP3 introduction - Gmail Help.

Enable IMAP Enable IMAP

  1. Check if your account has two-step verification enabled. If it is, you will also see an incorrect password error. In this case, you need to set up an app-specific password to log in.

Set App Password Set App Password

I confirmed that the password was correct and IMAP service was enabled. The issue turned out to be that two-step verification was preventing me from using the email client directly. I resolved it by setting up an app-specific password.