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KeithLaKey
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Mar 16, 2022

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...
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Stewart_Goodin
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Jun 03, 2022

Iceman-FL 

 

hello sir

I am checking to see if you have resolved your outlook problem

be very careful about creating a new outlook profile

this can leave you with a damaged account that can take hours to put back together

 

I am not sure if posting my email address is proper but having been in this system for 

years here we go

If anyone needs help email me [Email removed by Admin] I will help. 

 

Stewart Goodin 

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Peter_Rosner
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Jun 03, 2022
Hi Stewart,
Yes, my issue has been resolved. Your solution worked. Thanks.
Peter
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    CPauC3
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    Jun 07, 2022

    Peter_RosnerI am sorry to report that sometime after 5:39PM EDT yesterday 6/6/22 (the anniversary of D-Day), Google began again to refuse to accept my username and password when my MS Outlook logs-on to download my emails from my gmail account. So, at this point updated server addresses and a 24 character passwords are no longer a work-around to deflect Google's demand for a 2 factor authorization scheme and, presumably, the only second factor they will accept is a working personal cell phone number.

    So 3 comments:

    1) The price for a free gmail account is the surrender of your personal identity

    2) Google is right - MS Outlook is a less secure app - Google has the ability to beak the security I have put in place and has willfully denied me the use of this app that I use to retrieve and store my emails on my own computer, demanding that I accept its escalated and arbitrary terms. Clearly MS Outlook cannot provide the security I need against a big tech giant like Google or Alphabet or whoever they are

    3) And they are so big that I fear - with the phone companies - soon no electronic communications will be secure. They will own all our emails, all our texts, all our phone conversations, all our digitally transmitted images. They will be able to search and produce them at will - they will be able to erase, alter or invent them at will - in short, there is no longer any legal framework left robust enough to really protect a free American citizen, not, at least, against the likes of these people. We are each on our own and our only option is to join a tribe that we hope can provide some protection.

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    CPauC3
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    Jun 05, 2022
    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

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