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How to setup GMail in Sam9000 Email Settings

11/30/2019

 
IMPORTANT
There are several steps involved to activate Gmail for Sam9000. This is for extra security reasons.
Requirements: you need to have 2 factor authentication active on your gmail account
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this is the background information from google:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

First, you should configure Gmail to work with Sam9000. You need to active IMAP support.
Alternative you are trying to connect to a office365 outlook account.


Step 1: Check that IMAP is turned on
  1. On your computer, open Gmail.
  2. In the top right, click Settings .
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  5. In the "IMAP access" section, select Enable IMAP.
  6. Click Save Changes.

Step 2: Activate Password Apps in your google account.
  1. Go to your Google Account. This is not your Gmail account, it is the global account for all your google App.s
  2. On the left navigation panel, choose Security.
  3. On the "Signing in to Google" panel, choose App Passwords. If you don’t see this option:
    • 2-Step Verification is not set up for your account.
    • 2-Step Verification is set up for security keys only.
    • Your account is through work, school, or other organization.
    • You’ve turned on Advanced Protection for your account.
  4. At the bottom, choose Select app and choose Mail
  5. Choose Select device and choose Other, and type SAM9000
  6. Choose Generate.
  7. Take note of this password (copy it on your clipboard) or keep this page opened, until you enter the password in SAM9000.
    The password is 16 letters/numbers.. ignore spaces when you type it in Sam.
  8. Done

Step 3: Edit Settings in Sam9000 - APM
  1. Click on the top bar, right, settings icon.
  2. Then select My email accounts
  3. Add a new email account by clicking [+ New]
  4. Or edit the email account if you already tried to create it.

Then Use the following values :
  • User ID : your gmail address
  • IMAP Server ID : imap.gmail.com
  • Leave the port to 993
  • Password : your Apps password you generated in step 2
    (this is not your regular gmail google password!)
    The password is 16 letters/numbers.. ignore spaces when you type it in Sam.

Once all setup, change the status of the email account by clicking the Activate Button.
If all your parameters are correct, the account should go green and say ON.
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