Error message trying to log into Gmail Backup about gmail-backup-com

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Got same error after several tries with 20110307 version of gmail backup 
installation on windows 7 machine.
Error: IMAP: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: 
http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Aug 2014 at 9:23

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I am still waiting for a solution to this problem. The backup is totally 
useless until this issue gets addressed. 

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Aug 2014 at 10:25

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This is the error I get every time I try to stat my back up:

GMail Backup revision 691 (2009-02-20)
Starting backup of account [email protected] into F:\Len's 
Office\GmailBackup\2014\Jan-Feb
Error: IMAP: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: 
http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)

It would be nice to get this fixed. 

Help!!!

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Sep 2014 at 8:57

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Same issue for me.

I wonder if my credentials was OK but when I intentionally entered wrong 
credentials, the error message was significantly different. So, my credentials 
are OK but I still got the same error message, like other guys :  
http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)

Any help / fix would be appreciated

Cheers

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Sep 2014 at 6:27

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Ok, this is not a gmail-backup issue. The error message is due to google 
security policy. To be able to login from another application than gmail, you 
must make your google account less secured, at least during the backup ;).

Have a look to your account security page : 
https://www.google.com/settings/security and clic on the settings button in 
front of "Access for less secure apps", then Enable the radio button. Et voila 
;) you can now login from the gmail-backup application and so, backup your 
mails 

Original comment by [email protected] on 8 Sep 2014 at 5:17

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Thank you that worked!!! Didn't realize that was there.

Len

-- 
*: 1       Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, *
*   for his steadfast love endures forever! *
*  2       Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, *
*   whom he has redeemed from trouble. *
*  43       Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;    let them
consider the steadfast love of the LORD.*
                                                      Psalms 107:1-2;43
(ESV)

Original comment by [email protected] on 11 Sep 2014 at 2:02

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cyrille...you are right!!...i went to https://www.google.com/settings/security 
page and 'enabled' Access for less secure apps...now it is creating a backup

Original comment by [email protected] on 7 Oct 2014 at 5:10

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I am using GMail Backup revision 691 (2009-02-20)

Whenever i am trying to restore to a different gmail account 
it has following error
GMail Backup revision 691 (2009-02-20)
Restoring the content of account [email protected] from D:\Gmail Backup
Error: IMAP: [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)

please help

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Oct 2014 at 5:41

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Thank you Cyrille!  Really helped!  Wish I had found your answer about 2 hours 
ago!

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Nov 2014 at 11:31

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thanks man!!! jobs done

Original comment by [email protected] on 2 Dec 2014 at 8:27

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thanks cyrille 

Original comment by [email protected] on 22 Feb 2015 at 10:28

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thank you

Original comment by [email protected] on 18 Mar 2015 at 12:31