Title: Wp-mail.php error message
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Wp-mail.php error message

 *  Resolved [geofftswin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geofftswin/)
 * (@geofftswin)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-error-message-1/)
 * Setup my username & Password correctly in WordPress, go to mysite/wp-mail.php
   and get
 * > POP3 pass: Authentication failed [-ERR Login failed.]
 * any ideas? I’ve done a bit of a search round here, but couldn’t find anything
   specific.

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 *  Thread Starter [geofftswin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geofftswin/)
 * (@geofftswin)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-error-message-1/#post-772128)
 * – was me being stupid – username and password were correct for Webmail login,
   but not for POP3 access!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [geofftswin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geofftswin/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-error-message-1/#post-772128)
 * Status: resolved

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