Why can't my Gmail account on Mail go online when I turn off SSL?

I need to turn off SSL for my avast! antimalware to scan my messages. This worked fine before, but just recently my Gmail account stopped going online whenever SSL is off.

Have you tried contacting Gmail tech support?

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HT1338 My system is up to date - I've been at this all day - why can't my gmail account send mail and keep it in the sent folder is all I want to know - I would appreciate it if someone can help me fix this bcs no one I have called is able to figure it ou

I've been asking everyone I can think and no one seems to know the answer - very frustrating but my god, it's only a gmail account - why can't i send mail from the laptop? someone told me I would have to pay $90 for an application that's missing on my macbook air, I say gmail is free, why do I have to pay for it and they hang up on me - guy at apple store doesn't know what the problem is, it guys at work are being snobby about the type of phone i have - i only want to send mail from my gmail account and i am unable to do so from the laptop - i don't know why i'm bothering to put this here because no one has an answer

Have you tried contacting Gmail tech support?

Why can't I play downloaded podcasts with WiFi and Cell Data turned off?

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Update.... Apparently the blue dot just indicates whether or not you've listened to the particular podcast or not, regardless of it's download status. After playing with the app more, it also appears that many podcasts are not downloading to the device as I thought. When I turn on Airplane mode, many podcasts are not playable (greyed out) but some that I have already listened to are playable. I'm assuming the podcasts that are playable when on airplane mode are the only ones that are actually downloaded to the device (this makes sense doesn't it?). So now my question is, "why aren't these podcasts being downloaded after I press the download button?". They seem to play OK in streaming mode, either from WiFi or Cell Network. Any insights?
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Why can't get gmail account to set up on iMac

This morning I can't seem to get emails to download on my IMac. I deleted the account and tried to reinstall and it still gives me the same message. I went to the google account and made sure the server (IMAP) was entered correctly. It worked fine until this morning.

You are not alone. There seems to be a hiccup on the gmail servers.
Not much we can do but wait for it to be sorted out.
If you need to check your emails, try to get in through Safari. It will still ask for your password, but at least it won't be rejected this way.
If the link is not displayed in your browser, try this: https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
To delete a mail account in Mail, open Mail, and go to Mail menu > Preferences > Accounts. Then, select the account you want to remove and press the - button.
Then, press the + button to add the AOL mail account

Can't setup Gmail account - "Mail couldn't discover the account settings for the Mail server "

Since upgrading to Yosemite I can't add one of my gmail accounts.
It's my business domain which is hosted with GMAIL. It worked before the upgrade. Now adding the email address in 'internet accounts setup' I get the message "Can't setup Gmail account - "Mail couldn't discover the account settings for the Mail server "
Mail will not let me setup an email account directly in mail either.
There seems to be major problems with mail in this update.
Also SMTP keeps failing.
Yosemite is a disaster.

Try this. I saw this solution elsewhere on the boards here.
When setting up a business gmail account, something other than @gmail.com, when you try to add the account in Mail preferences, don't select Google as the account type. Choose, "Other." Fill out the name, email and password as usual. Worked great for me after having similar issues trying to get my business gmail account to work in Yosemite.

TS3276 Why can i suddenly not send out mail using mail through my ntlworld account

Why can I suddenly not send out mail using Apples Mail. My mail server is Ntlworld. I can send mail by going to Safari and loging into my mail account, but i would prefer to continue using Apples mail and my address book. Does anyone know what my problem could be. I haven't altered any settings.

Why can I suddenly not send out mail using Apples Mail. My mail server is Ntlworld. I can send mail by going to Safari and loging into my mail account, but i would prefer to continue using Apples mail and my address book. Does anyone know what my problem could be. I haven't altered any settings.

Gmail account on Mail

Hi,
I have an POP Gmail account in Mail.app (2.1.3), that suddenly stopped downloading the e-mails. No settings changed (nor in Mail, nor in Gmail), and e-mail sending works fine. Other accounts (including other Gmail accounts) present no problems.
How can I solve this? I don't want to change for IMAP, nor do I want to have to dowload the over 2Gigs of e-mails again, having to mark hundreds of mails with flags or read/not read signs…
Thanks!

I'm sorry, I didn't explain myself correctly...
I have over 50 new messages on the account that I can only see via HTML. On Mail Account Info I can see all the messages that have already been downloaded, plus one that appears as received today, but that isn't nor on mail nor in HTML (with unknown sender)
Could it be that this message has an invalid date or is otherwise malformed and
that’s why webmail doesn’t display it where you’d expect it to be? Have you
tried searching for it using words that appear in the subject?
It may be, but now I ran the Account info, and the message that appeared before with unknown sender and wasn't in either HTML nor Mail, being the last message displayed the last one downloaded (and missing the other new over-50 messages).
I've tried deleting the last one downloaded from the server (using Account Info), and it unlocked the other "pending" messages! Problem seems solved!! =)
Sometimes Mail chokes on a message it cannot download and that prevents it from
downloading the rest as well. Solving this problem may require removing the
problematic message from the server, but I don’t think you’ll be able to do
that if you cannot even see the message via webmail. If this was a normal POP
account, you’d probably be able to remove the message from the server using
Mail’s Account Info window, but Gmail ignores any requests to remove messages
from the server made by a POP client...
I guess you were right! But indeed I was able to use Account Info to delete the message!
Sure you don’t see there all the messages on the server that have already been
downloaded, do you? What’s the date of the messages that do show up in Mail’s
Account Info window?
I could actually see all the messages that had been downloaded! Dates from 2004 until the last received message (from about a week ago).
Also, first you say “On Account Info, there is only one message sent today that
isn't downloaded”, and now you say “All the messages displayed appear as
already downloaded”. These statements cannot both be true, can they?
It was true, because the above mentioned "unknown sender" message appeared as downloaded, but it didn't exist anywhere..! And now it's completely gone, including from "Account Info".
Anyway, the key was in that choke in the last message! The tip was right, thank you for the help, and congratulations for the accuracy! =)
Hope I can help you the next time! Greetings!

Unable to create new email from Gmail account in Mail

I just installed gmail to retrieve messages within Mail: I can receive gmail messages and reply to gmail from Mail. However, I cannot create and send a new message in Mail using my gmail account; when I do I get the following error message:
Enter Password for Account
smtp.gmail.com:xxxx[account name]
The SMTP server "smtp.gmail.com" rejected the password for user "xxx[account name]"
Please re-enter your password, or cancel.
No matter how many times I add it correctly and click OK, the same message returns.

Google provides instructions for setting up a Gmail
account in Mail here:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13
275
Make sure you’ve set up the account as described
there.
That is what I used to set up my gmail account in Apples Mail App before your post. Those instructions say that when you click on the Advanced Tab that the port will switch to 995 - which it did for me. I do have a minor problem though. Is there any way to prevent emails sent from Mail via gmail from showing up in gmails web page? I don't really like web mail whatsoever!
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Why can I receive but not send mail?

Why can I receive but not send mail?

With sparse information you give I would venture that you have not set up the correct Outgoing Mail Server settings in Mail>Preferences>Accounts. Contact your ISP for their set up.

Why can someone use same icloud e-mail address as mine?

Why can someone use same icloud e-mail address as mine?
I Have found that the new facebook account has been set up in someone's name using my iclound e-mail.

Do a backup.
Try System Preferences/iCloud and sign out. Then sign in with your new Apple ID.

HI, as of today can't use Gmail with Apple Mail anymore. neither on Macbook Pro nor on ipad. But is still works on my iphone, guess because I didn't update on the iphone. So can anybody tell me what happened and how I can fix it?

Hi,
as of today I can't access Gmail via Apple Mail anymore. Last night I updated on Macbook Pro and ipad, and both don't allow me to access gmail anymore. Gmail still works on my iphone, I guess, because I didn't update that one.
Can anybody tell me what happended and how to fix it?
Thx
Chris

ChrisK21,
Make sure your settings match up with this:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180188
if wouldn't hurt to delete the account entirely and just re-set it up in preferences.

After installing Mavericks Acrobat reader stopped working, Skype stopped working, lost a bunch of e-mails in my gmail account in Mail.

After installing Mavericks Acrobat reader stopped working, Skype stopped working, lost a bunch of e-mails in my gmail account in Mail. Anyone has a fix? I can't open PDF files anymore...

Do a backup.
Take notes of all account information or take screen shots. You may need to set the accounts up again. Quit Mail.
Copy the line below.
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Select Go/Go To Folder from the Finder menu bar. Paste the line into the window. You won’t see it.
Move the folder com.apple.mail to your desktop. You must move the entire folder, not just the contents.
Relaunch Mail and test. If the problem is solved, recreate any required Mail settings and import any emails you want to save from the folder on the desktop. If the problem remains, return the folder to where you got it replacing the one that is there.
Information learned from Linc Davis.
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
Show User Library Directory in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion & 10.8 Mountain Lion
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after every update. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.

Having Issues with More than 1 Gmail account in Mail

I successfully added my 2 Gmail accounts to Mail in OS X and only one account required an "application-specific password", which was actually extremely easy to figure out. The other Gmail account that I added, it accepted the regular password I would use if accessing this Gmail account from any web browser. The problem lies in the fact that for the account that required the "application-specific password" allows me to select all options to Sync (ie. Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Messages, and Notes). However, the account that only required my regular password will only allow me to select "Calendars" and " Messages". If I click "Mail" or any of the other unchecked options, they immediately uncheck themselves. Any I totally overlooking something or can anyone possibly help me out?

mea culpa!
I forgot to change the description for the second (new) IMAP account.
Regards Dave

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Why can I not send an e-mail from my contact list?

I responded to your other post.
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