Cant get Postie to Work. Get Error message that I can’t connect to mail server

I see 2 issues.

1) the server should be imap.gmail.com not [email protected]

2) the post should be 993 not 110.

Please see https://postieplugin.com/getting-started/

Hi: This issue was not resolved. I did as you suggested and when I run TestConfig in WordPress I got the following message:
“The username and password provided were not accepted for this POP3 server imap.gmail.com on port 993”

FYI, I reentered password in WordPress to make sure it was in sync with google mail account. Also my emails to my gmail postie account are received there.

Any new suggestions?

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by thesenioradventurer.

I have a screenshot of wordpress postie page but don’t know how to put that in this box. If you need that please tell me how?

thanks

Postie Configuration Test
Postie Version: 1.8.23
Wordpress Version: 4.7.1
PHP Version: 5.5.22
OS: Linux boscustpro0406.eigbox.net 3.14.77 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 18:26:58 EDT 2016 x86_64
POSTIE_DEBUG: Off
Time: 2017-01-16 11:13:04 GMT
Error log:
TMP dir: /tmp/
Postie is in /hermes/bosnaweb20a/b1343/ipg.thesenioradventurer/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/postie/
cURL version: 7.22.0
Cron: On
Alternate Cron: Off
Clock Tests

This shows what time it would be if you posted right now

Post time: 2017-01-16 11:43:04
Encoding

default_charset:
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE:
WordPress encoding: UTF-8
Postie encoding: UTF-8
Connect to Mail Host

Postie connection: sockets
Postie protocol: pop3
Postie server: imap.gmail.com
Postie port: 993
checking
Unable to connect. The server said:
The username and password provided were not accepted for the POP3 server imap.gmail.com on port 993

Have you enabled IMAP in the gmail setting? See https://postieplugin.com/postie-gmail/

Yes. I have IMAP enabled. The getting started instructions said use:Postie Protocol imap-ssl so I tried that as well. I will put it back to POP3 though as you said. Also I saw a warning that Postie needs cURL version to be updated? Can you tell me how to do that? You sent some other instructions that had using POP and different settings. Im a bit confused now?

cURL version: 7.22.0
Cron: On
Alternate Cron: Off
Clock Tests

This shows what time it would be if you posted right now

Post time: 2017-01-17 14:20:47
Encoding

default_charset:
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE:
WordPress encoding: UTF-8
Postie encoding: UTF-8
Connect to Mail Host

Postie connection: sockets
Postie protocol: imap-ssl
Postie server: imap.gmail.com
Postie port: 993
checking
Unable to connect. The server said: The username and password provided were not accepted for the IMAP server imap.gmail.com on port 993

One last thing is I am using Safari as my browser. Should I use Chrome?

Thanks for your help. I think I am close. It says it is working:
“Successful IMAP-SSL connection on port 993
# of waiting messages: 0”

but I have sent several test emails and they are not getting posted. FYI hear is what it shows on the TEST CONFIG:

postiePostie Settings (v1.8.23)
Postie Configuration Test
Postie Version: 1.8.23
Wordpress Version: 4.7.1
PHP Version: 5.5.22
OS: Linux boscustpro0404.eigbox.net 3.14.77 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 18:26:58 EDT 2016 x86_64
POSTIE_DEBUG: Off
Time: 2017-01-17 16:14:47 GMT
Error log:
TMP dir: /tmp/
Postie is in /hermes/bosnaweb20a/b1343/ipg.thesenioradventurer/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/postie/
cURL version: 7.22.0
Cron: On
Alternate Cron: Off
Clock Tests

This shows what time it would be if you posted right now

Post time: 2017-01-17 16:14:47
Encoding

default_charset:
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE:
WordPress encoding: UTF-8
Postie encoding: UTF-8
Connect to Mail Host

Postie connection: sockets
Postie protocol: imap-ssl
Postie server: imap.gmail.com
Postie port: 993
checking
Successful IMAP-SSL connection on port 993
# of waiting messages: 0

Glad you’re making progress.

If you log into that email account using the gmail website are the messages you sent in the inbox?

It worked. Thank you so much for your help and support Wayne. Have a great evening.

Fantastic!

Hi: Still having problems with posting from email. I sent my own test email on Jan 17 and it posted, but afterwards it did not work and i stopped trying. Then I applied some updates this month and the test config worked and so I sent a test post to my posties site and it worked. Then I tried sending a long post with 7 pictures and it did not post. I have tried several more short test posts and those have not posted either. However when i hit “test config” it says I posted successfully. Any suggestions please?

I just ran another test config and it worked. But at the bottom it says;
“Successful IMAP-SSL connection on port 993
# of waiting messages: 4”

It seems my messages are in some kind of queue perhaps?

If a small email works, but one with lots of images does not it typically means you are running out of memory. See https://postieplugin.com/faq/fatal-error-memory/

Test config does not process your inbox, it just lets you know what the status of everything is.

ok. I’ll try that but I went all through my site and don’t see where I can do this ? Can you please point me as where to go to increase PHP Memory?

Thanks,
kevin