Enable Allow less secure apps
Follow the below steps to check this setting.
- Login to the Gmail account.
- Click on the Account in the top right and then click My Account
![web email settings for major email providers 11ablur](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-11ablur.png)
- Select Sign-in & Security
![web email settings for major email providers 11bblur](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-11bblur.png)
- Scroll down then ensure Allow less secure apps is switched on
![web email settings for major email providers 11d](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-11d.png)
- Refresh the page to make sure the settings have applied.
Check POP and IMAP ports are enabled.
- Click on the Options icon and then click on Settings.
![web email settings for major email providers 13](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-13.png)
- Click on Enable POP or Enable IMAP
![web email settings for major email providers 14](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-14.png)
POP/SMTP settings
- Email address: used to log into Gmail
- Account name: same as the email address
- Password: used to login to the email account
- Incoming mail (POP): pop.gmail.com
- Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
![web email settings for major email providers 11blur](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-11blur.png)
- Tick the box “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”
- Select “Use same settings as incoming mail server”
- Tick the SMTP port
- Tick the POP port
- Optional: tick the box “Leave a copy of the message on the server”
![web email settings for major email providers 12](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-12.png)
IMAP/SMTP settings
- Email address: used to log into Gmail
- Account name: same as the email address
- Password: used to login to the email account
- Incoming mail (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
- Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
![web email settings for major email providers 15blur](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-15blur.png)
- Tick the box “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”
- Select “Use same settings as incoming mail server”
- Tick the SMTP port
- Tick the IMAP port
- Optional: tick the box “Leave a copy of the message on the server”
![web email settings for major email providers 16](https://audiosupport.omsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/web-email-settings-for-major-email-providers-16.png)