Issues getting stories from email

[Myo B]

Hi! I've been having issues getting stories from gmail for a couple of days. I keep getting an authentication error. The weird thing is that I haven't changed anything (either on the account or in fanficfare) and it was working perfectly fine before. I don't know if there's any known issue or something changed recently that I'm not aware of... I haven't been able to figure it out 

calibre, version 8.13.0

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin", line 594, in get_urls_from_imap_menu
    url_list = get_urls_from_imap(prefs['imapserver'],
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/........../Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/FanFicFare.zip/fanficfare/geturls.py", line 197, in get_urls_from_imap
    status = mail.login(user, passwd)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "imaplib.py", line 621, in login
imaplib.IMAP4.error: b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

[ghoul]

Hi! I didn't see any replies to this so I just wanted to say-- I've been getting the same error with fetching updates from my gmail account. I believe it's due to the new requirement of  2 Factor Authorization stated below (so I'm searching for alternative mail servers that won't require connecting my personal cell number.) I'm also super new to all of this though and would be happy for any feedback or advice from people with more experience with email updates.

calibre, version 9.8.0 (gmail, macOS)

ERROR: Error Fetching Email: <p><b>An error has occurred while FanFicFare was fetching email.</b></p><p>If it was an authentication error, be aware:<ul><li>Microsoft mail servers such as live.com, outlook.com and hotmail.com no longer allow third party apps like FanFicFare.</li><li>Gmail requires Two Factor Authentication and <a href='https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833#app-passwords'>Google App Passwords</a>.</li><li>Usernames or passwords in personal.ini that contain the percent sign(%) must have it escaped as two percent signs(%%).</li></ul>

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin", line 625, in get_urls_from_imap_menu

    url_list = get_urls_from_imap(prefs['imapserver'],

                                  prefs['imapuser'],
                                  imap_pass,
                                  prefs['imapfolder'],
                                  prefs['imapmarkread'],)
  File "/Users/[ghoul]/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/FanFicFare.zip/fanficfare/geturls.py", line 197, in get_urls_from_imap
    status = mail.login(user, passwd)
  File "imaplib.py", line 709, in login

imaplib.IMAP4.error: b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

[Pablo]

You need to configure the app password, follow the gmail help site instructions to set it up. I did this years ago and had no problems since.

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