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Outlook for Mac adds new authentication flow for Google IMAP in Insider Fast

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Sunder Raman
Brass Contributor
Jan 31, 2018

Last updated: 6/18/2018

 

6/18/2018: This feature is being slowly rolled out to Production beginning in 16.14 (18061302)

 

Original post:

 

With the release of the Insider Fast version 16.11 (18013000), Outlook for Mac now supports OAuth for authentication for Google Accounts configured via IMAP. This feature will start rolling out slowly to our Insider Fast users.

 

If you have a Google Account added via IMAP, you'll be asked to authenticate using the new workflow. The two key benefits are:

  • No longer need to set “Allow less secure apps” for account
  • No longer need app password when 2-Step Verification is enabled

 

Previous authentication flow:

 

Basic authentication dialog

 

New authentication flow:

 

Sign in to Google via browser

 

Clicking on "Sign in to Google" (above) will launch the web browser to complete authentication.

 

Browser sign in

 

We would love to hear from you, so please provide feedback and report bugs, via Help > Contact Support. If you would like to see enhancements and additions to this feature, (or Outlook for Mac as a whole), please vote for the idea on our UserVoice site (Help > Suggest a Feature).

 

6/18/2018: Please ensure the "User name" field contains the full email address and matches "E-mail address" field in Account preferences for your Google Account configured via IMAP.

 

Updated Jun 18, 2018
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92 Comments

  • Sunder Raman's avatar
    Sunder Raman
    Brass Contributor

    Hi Jenny, please contact using Help > Contact Support so we can look into it.

     

    Thanks,

    Sunder

  • Jenny Chang's avatar
    Jenny Chang
    Copper Contributor

    This is not working for me.  I see the sign-in box but when I choose an email address (e.g. xxxx@gmail.com)and put in the password, I persistently get a pop-up box which says that I have signed in to an email account which is not "xxxx@gmail.com".  Is there any way I can opt out of this feature?  I need to get on with work - it was all working yesterday and now I cannot receive and send via Outlook.