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Gmail less secure apps being locked down
On May 30, 2022 Google is locking down "less secure apps". See Google's announcement here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en I'm using Outlook 2019, ad use Gmail via Outlook...
Hi Stewart,
Yes, my issue has been resolved. Your solution worked. Thanks.
Peter
Yes, my issue has been resolved. Your solution worked. Thanks.
Peter
To those who have helped me resolve my Google / MS Outlook 2010 "Less Secure App" issue:
First, thank you for your support - I have resolved the issue and I believe everything is working. Outlook is sufficiently complicated that I cannot be 100% sure.
When this began on Thursday, it was a perfect storm. I had the problem with Google, then my wi-fi adapter card crapped out on my laptop and finally there was a regional collapse of internet access from our cable provider. I had some critical emails to address on Thursday. As of today everything is done and it is all recorded in Outlook which was my goal.
Here is the solution I used (Please read my notes at the end)
Iceman-FL (Occasional Visitor) posted a new reply in Outlook on Jun 03 2022 08:11 AM:
Re: Gmail less secure apps being locked down
My issue has been resolved. Here are the steps that I took:
In Outlook, changed server settings to point to pop.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com File>Account Settings>Server Settings.
When that did not resolve the issue, I logged into my GMAIL account, and changed my password from 12 to 16 characters.
Restarted Outlook (Microsoft Professional Version 2016) and when prompted, entered my new 16 character GMAIL password.
Outlook started the sync process at that point.
I have not encountered any other issues using Outlook 2016 since then.
Notes: I had seen the suggestion of changing the server addresses before and tried it and it did NOT solve the issue. I followed the instructions above and changed the server addresses and the password so I am not sure the address change made any difference. It may only be going to a 16 character password that made the difference.
Secondly, once the login issue was cured, Outlook started downloading emails in 400+/- size blocks of emails, downloading thousands of emails to my Inbox - oldest to newest. It totally baffled me, I could not figure out what they were or where in Outlook they were going. This went on for about an hour until finally my inbox was populated with the emails that had been sent to my gmail account since Google cut off access through outlook on Thursday.
Now I know my Outlook needs a lot of cleaning up and I have to go online and clean up things in my Gmail account. But thank you all once again for your help in resolving the issue
CPaulC
First, thank you for your support - I have resolved the issue and I believe everything is working. Outlook is sufficiently complicated that I cannot be 100% sure.
When this began on Thursday, it was a perfect storm. I had the problem with Google, then my wi-fi adapter card crapped out on my laptop and finally there was a regional collapse of internet access from our cable provider. I had some critical emails to address on Thursday. As of today everything is done and it is all recorded in Outlook which was my goal.
Here is the solution I used (Please read my notes at the end)
Iceman-FL (Occasional Visitor) posted a new reply in Outlook on Jun 03 2022 08:11 AM:
Re: Gmail less secure apps being locked down
My issue has been resolved. Here are the steps that I took:
In Outlook, changed server settings to point to pop.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com File>Account Settings>Server Settings.
When that did not resolve the issue, I logged into my GMAIL account, and changed my password from 12 to 16 characters.
Restarted Outlook (Microsoft Professional Version 2016) and when prompted, entered my new 16 character GMAIL password.
Outlook started the sync process at that point.
I have not encountered any other issues using Outlook 2016 since then.
Notes: I had seen the suggestion of changing the server addresses before and tried it and it did NOT solve the issue. I followed the instructions above and changed the server addresses and the password so I am not sure the address change made any difference. It may only be going to a 16 character password that made the difference.
Secondly, once the login issue was cured, Outlook started downloading emails in 400+/- size blocks of emails, downloading thousands of emails to my Inbox - oldest to newest. It totally baffled me, I could not figure out what they were or where in Outlook they were going. This went on for about an hour until finally my inbox was populated with the emails that had been sent to my gmail account since Google cut off access through outlook on Thursday.
Now I know my Outlook needs a lot of cleaning up and I have to go online and clean up things in my Gmail account. But thank you all once again for your help in resolving the issue
CPaulC