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Windows Live Mail Authentication Failed – Gmail account wants me to sign in won’t recognize password

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Archived post from September 14, 2017. Product: Windows Live Mail – no longer developed by its maker. Details may be out of date.

Question asked on Sep 14, 2017

Can not get my Gmail account to work.  Showing error: Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (XXX) account. Header download for the 'Inbox' folder did not complete. The operation was canceled by the user.

Server Response: AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)
Server: 'imap.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F
Protocol: IMAP
Port: 993
Secure(SSL): Yes

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No SkyDrive iconSep 6, 2013 WLM, no outgoing mail in Forward reply or Email Message.Feb 17, 2014 MSN email “5.7.8 MSN “Error: authentication failed: authentication failure” & “5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication faiure”Aug 17, 2013