gmail won't install into Apple Mail : Connection insecure message

"Failed to verify the server certificate. This could be because of your network configuration or your proxy settings."


Was having some issues so I tossed the gmail and now I can not reinstall. Cannot find anything anywhere that works. Have deleted Keychain certificates...


Running my imac on 10.13.6

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 26, 2023 5:08 PM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2023 5:33 PM

Delete the account, when setting up in Mail choose Other>IMAP instead of gMail...


I actually managed to sort it out! Rather than set up as google I clicked other… added my gmail address and used the app password that I’d managed to suss out and generate ( rather than my gmail password!) and it worked!! 

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Jun 26, 2023 5:33 PM in response to 2sidedaviary

Delete the account, when setting up in Mail choose Other>IMAP instead of gMail...


I actually managed to sort it out! Rather than set up as google I clicked other… added my gmail address and used the app password that I’d managed to suss out and generate ( rather than my gmail password!) and it worked!! 

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