# Connection to the POP3 server is failing with an authentication error. Please check your POP3 settings **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [June 7, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-to-the-pop3-server-is-failing-with-an-authentication-error-please-check-your-pop3-settings/229297 "2022-06-07T12:24:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-to-the-pop3-server-is-failing-with-an-authentication-error-please-check-your-pop3-settings/229297/4 "2022-06-09T14:18:39Z")
Thanks @JammyDodger for pointing me towards this topic. I have the same problem that @Amicable reported here. Can I just check the process? I enabled 2FA on my gmail account. This then revealed/added the option for me to create App Passwords at [https://myaccount.google.com/security](https://myaccount.google.com/security) I then created a new app, and copied the 16 digit password. I checked my inbox and saw the security emails you mentioned, I followed them through and confirmed “it was me”. Then I went to my Discourse settings and changed the `pop3 polling password ` setting, removing the old password and replacing it with the 16 digit app-password. Is there anything else I need to do? I’m now seeing this is my logs: `Job exception: -ERR [AUTH] Application-specific password required: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833` ![Screen Shot 2022-06-09 at 15.17.30](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/c/3/0c32f257faaf64f462233ea755b5295702fd7610.png) Have I missed something? 🤔 Do I need to restart anything? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-to-the-pop3-server-is-failing-with-an-authentication-error-please-check-your-pop3-settings/229297)._