Gmail using Windows Live Mail after May 30, 2022

Anonymous
2022-03-19T13:57:32+00:00

Can someone tell me how to set up to use Windows Live Mail for Gmail after the May 30, 2022 Gmail changes. There is something I have read about "app passwords" which sounds a lot like what Yahoo has done. I have about 75 clients who use WLM. Most of them have Gmail accounts.

I would rather not have to switch to a different mail client.

I would appreciate very much if someone could provide a step by step how to. I suspect there are several millions others like us.

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Anonymous
2022-06-02T16:15:42+00:00

Here's the procedure outlined by Kevin, as an edited quote, derived from several of his messages:

"Came across a work around which I hope will keep working come June 1st.

You need to go into your Google account and it is under Security. Turn on "2 Step Authentication" for each Gmail account and then add an App Password for WLM. You just need to generate the App Password from Google Security and then use that when you update your email ie send/ receive in your WLM. When you update your email ie send/ receive in WLM it will prompt you for this password instead of your Gmail password. The option to turn on/off Less Secure Apps in my security settings disappeared once I turned on 2 Step Authentication."

And here's the link to the YouTube video which provides the same procedure, one that has worked for a lot of us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-SqaEmSjAc

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As a matter of fact, one additional YouTube video has also sprung up which provides the same solution. That one is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKLZBNlhrQs

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The previous version of this message also linked to a third video which I thought MIGHT also have a good solution but IT DID NOT. Which is why I've removed that third link. Specifically, you can NO LONGER ACCESS GMAIL if you are using the Less Secure Apps option in the Gmail security settings. Sorry about that.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-24T23:37:01+00:00

    Hello! Did you resolve this issue? I have a dozen Gmail addresses and had to get an "app password" for each to work in my WLM after 5/30. It was a lot of work (with 12 accounts) but not hard. If you still need this, I will try to recount the steps I took.

    Victoria

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T20:48:02+00:00

    Thanks you Lem. I will reply to this when and if I learn more about this. I hope you will too. I have a lot of respect for the advice you give.

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  3. LemP 74,970 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-05T18:32:02+00:00

    Yes, I too received those notices from Gmail. I had to reconfigure some of my Gmail account settings in T'bird to use OAuth2 (the accounts that I hadn't used in a while), but it's my understanding that all of my T'bird Gmail accounts will continue to work with after the May 30 change. I hope that I'm not unpleasantly surprised.

    About half way down in this thread (https://support.google.com/mail/thread/153515128/which-email-client-will-work-with-gmail-after-30th-may-2022?hl=en), there's a post from "Platinum Product Expert" tony_b that says:

    As to your own question

    Does Mozilla Thunderbird support Gmails 2 step verification?

    Yes, it supports modern authentication methods, and it is free.

    There are some comments floating around on the Internet that Google will stop supporting POP3 in connection with the but I haven't seen anything definitive about that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T17:36:11+00:00

    Thank you for replying Lem. Gmail is undergoing a change May 30, 2022. Google has announced and its description is not helpful

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PLC/comments/t8fvs5/gmail_ending_less_secure_device_support_may_30th/

    1. It's not clear whether just using OAuth 2.0 is sufficient
    2. Whether POP will work with OAuth 2.0
    3. Whether we will be forced to switch POP to IMAP

    I have a bunch of clients facing this and would like to lay out a workable solution.

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