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<blockquote data-quote="Yodrak" data-source="post: 1696456" data-attributes="member: 134321">Actually, after I upgraded from Mavericks to El Cap on my iMac, in the last few days of Dec, 2015, Mail would not longer connect with either my Gmail account or my primary e-mail account that is through a small, local ISP.&nbsp; The ISP account is set up as POP3.&nbsp; After several days of frustration I tried to set up a new account in Mail designating it a IMAC, not POP3.&nbsp; At first I got a message saying that the ISP account already exists, but the next thing I new I had 2 ISP accounts in Mail, 1 POP3 and 1 IMAP, and they both connect and download my e-mails.&nbsp; I have not yet discussed this with the ISP, but they are PC guys and admit to not knowing things Mac so I doubt I'll learn much from them.Getting back to the Gmail, every time I try to make that account connect I get the &quot; A sign-in attempt was blocked ... doesn't meet modern security standards&quot; e-mail.&nbsp; On my other Mac, a MBP that is still running under Mavericks.&nbsp; Most frustrating, the e-mail only provides links to Google web pages that don't provide any enlightenment and don't provide any contact info to communicate with Google about what the real problem might be - only circuitous links that take you from one web page to another and back again.Good thing I only have the Gmail account to use as an e-mail address for an alternate Facebook account, not for actually doing any e-mail.&nbsp; The one benefit of not being able to connect is that I no longer have to receive and delete the annoying &quot; a lot has happened &quot; e-mails from Facebook.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yodrak, post: 1696456, member: 134321"] Actually, after I upgraded from Mavericks to El Cap on my iMac, in the last few days of Dec, 2015, Mail would not longer connect with either my Gmail account or my primary e-mail account that is through a small, local ISP. The ISP account is set up as POP3. After several days of frustration I tried to set up a new account in Mail designating it a IMAC, not POP3. At first I got a message saying that the ISP account already exists, but the next thing I new I had 2 ISP accounts in Mail, 1 POP3 and 1 IMAP, and they both connect and download my e-mails. I have not yet discussed this with the ISP, but they are PC guys and admit to not knowing things Mac so I doubt I'll learn much from them. Getting back to the Gmail, every time I try to make that account connect I get the " A sign-in attempt was blocked ... doesn't meet modern security standards" e-mail. On my other Mac, a MBP that is still running under Mavericks. Most frustrating, the e-mail only provides links to Google web pages that don't provide any enlightenment and don't provide any contact info to communicate with Google about what the real problem might be - only circuitous links that take you from one web page to another and back again. Good thing I only have the Gmail account to use as an e-mail address for an alternate Facebook account, not for actually doing any e-mail. The one benefit of not being able to connect is that I no longer have to receive and delete the annoying " a lot has happened " e-mails from Facebook. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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