I have had Gmail POP3 polling running since January using the App password method. No issues and all has been going great. I upgraded from 3.5.0.beta7-dev to 3.5.0.beta8-dev. I immediately received the following error in my admin panel: Connection to the POP3 server is failing with an authenticati…

Gmail POP3 Polling Failing after Upgrade to 3.5.0.beta8-dev

NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) July 6, 2025, 12:00pm 4

Anything in /logs, or any errors in the mail account?
Also, does anything in here help?

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