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Reputation: 862

IMAP error when accessing gmail from command line

I am working on writing a simple script to read unread mail from gmail through a python script. I have the following script, but when I run the python script, I get the IMAP error marked below. Any assistance in this issue is appreciated.

I have IMAP enabled in my gmail settings. Is there any other configuration that I need to take care of, to get this working?

import imaplib
obj = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com','993')
obj.login('username','password')
obj.select()
obj.search(None,'Unseen')

where, username is my gmail username, and password is the password for my gmail account. 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 3, in <module>
    obj.login('[email protected]',password)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 519, in login
    raise self.error(dat[-1])
imaplib.error: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser:    
https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3336

Answers (2)

Jay Lee
Jay Lee

Reputation: 13528

visibleman's answer is correct. As an alternative though you may wish to switch your script to using the Gmail API instead of IMAP. Gmail API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication which is much more secure. Gmail API is also a much easier protocol to work with than IMAP.

Upvotes: 2

visibleman
visibleman

Reputation: 3315

I had the same problem. I am not sure which step finally solved it but here is what I did:

It seems that after this, you can again disable 'less secure' and it still works.

Upvotes: 1

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