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. LemP 74,970 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-05T17:11:00+00:00

    That reply was not helpful. I continued to search and search and believe I MAY have found the solution. I am looking here for confirmation. Thunderfird latest edition has the OAuth 2.0 feature.

    That seems to fulfil the requirement, not sure. However will POP work or must IMAP be used?

    I'm not sure what you're asking, but if the question is whether T'bird will work with Gmail, the answer is yes.

    I have several Gmail accounts that I currently access using T'bird. All of them use IMAP, but that's by choice. Gmail itself supports POP3 (as does T'bird, of course): https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T13:56:07+00:00

    That reply was not helpful. I continued to search and search and believe I MAY have found the solution. I am looking here for confirmation. Thunderfird latest edition has the OAuth 2.0 feature.

    That seems to fulfil the requirement, not sure. However will POP work or must IMAP be used?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-19T14:20:38+00:00

    That is a question for google as WLM is a discontinued product with no Microsoft support, even though many people still use it.

    And you are asking about Google's email which is not a Microsoft product.

    Example:

    https://support.google.com/mail/thread/153429458/will-windows-live-mail-2012-lose-access-to-gmail-in-may-2022?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/thread/153515128/which-email-client-will-work-with-gmail-after-30th-may-2022?hl=en

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