# Email polling error with Google Apps

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-polling-error-with-google-apps/47714
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-polling-error-with-google-apps/47714 "2016-07-24T12:43:03Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-polling-error-with-google-apps/47714/6 "2016-07-25T09:31:45Z")

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Make sure you enable “access from less secure apps”.

> [@Set up reply by email with POP3 polling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-reply-by-email-with-pop3-polling/14003/1):
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> Note 2: If you are using a Google Apps mailbox (e.g. a Google mailbox @  
> [yourdomain.com](http://yourdomain.com) not @gmail.com), you will need to enable “access from less  
> secure apps” in Google Account settings. If not, you will receive a “POP3  
> authentication failed” error in Discourse. Access from “less secure apps”  
> is disabled by default for Google Apps customers.

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