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13 Oct 2017, 11:03 PM | #1 |
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Spark Mac email client
Hi
I use fastmail for my email and on my Mac would like to use Spark as a desktop client (I currently use the macOS Mail client), but so far have been unsuccessful with setting up Spark. I keep getting errors "A stable connection to the server could not be established" even though Mail itself has no problem. If it's not that error I get "Unable to authenticate with the current session's credentials". Anyone successfully set up Spark on a Mac? |
14 Oct 2017, 01:13 AM | #2 |
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I assume:
Also, be aware that the error may be with the SMTP connection, not the IMAP connection. For SMTP, you need authentication and SSL with smtp.fastmail.com on port 465. |
14 Oct 2017, 05:56 AM | #3 | |
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14 Oct 2017, 07:21 AM | #4 |
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Be sure you pay attention to the application password:
https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/apppassword.html You should create a new application password for your Spark email client. Use your full Fastmail login email address and the application password you set up for Spark. The error message you are seeing "Unable to authenticate with the current session's credentials" sounds to me like an authentication problem which may be due to using the wrong password. Bill |
14 Oct 2017, 06:43 PM | #5 | |
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