# E-mail polling on GMAIL not working

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-polling-on-gmail-not-working/109562 "2019-02-19T15:57:38Z")\
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> [@meetya](#):
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> log in credentials are correct

Yes - that error from gmail is not an authentication failure. It’s asking you to login from a web browser because it think something fishy is going on with the account.

By turning on 2FA you’ve done what gmail was asking - you logged in via a browser.

Are you also using it to send emails?

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