Gmail using Windows Live Mail after May 30, 2022

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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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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

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

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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Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-06-09T12:28:24+00:00

The app password video did it for me THANK YOU.

My question is:

can I now turn off the 2 step verification? Isn't that something I will always have to use when checking gmail from tablet/phone etc?

No you cannot turn off 2 step verification. You will not have to use 2SV every time you access the email account. Your device will be remembered as a trusted device. Only occasionally, if there's Cookie confusion or another problem will you have to receive and use a code.

Don
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2022-06-09T11:39:42+00:00

The app password video did it for me THANK YOU.

My question is:

can I now turn off the 2 step verification? Isn't that something I will always have to use when checking gmail from tablet/phone etc?
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2022-06-08T12:32:54+00:00

I lost my gmail on 7th.

Found this thread and followed the instructions on youtube today.

I am using imap.gmail.com for incoming mail and smtp.gmail.com for outgoing mail.

The port server for outgoing is set at 25.

The port for incoming is set at 995.

As soon as I changed the password to the app password, the emails came flooding in.
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2022-06-08T03:52:17+00:00

Yes, I found the same thing. My outgoing didn't work, even after the app password, until I matched the outgoing with the incoming. Then everything worked fine.

You know, it's interesting. For three solid weeks, I googled and googled to try to find help to make the transition from WLM to another email client, knowing that this change to google was coming down the pike, and not even dreaming we would be able to make WLM work past the transition. Not a single thread or recommendation could I find anywhere. It was as if the entire planet was totally unaware this was happening, even though google sent out the warning email about a month ago.

And then, barely 48 hours before this was supposed to happen, Canadian Tech posted his query and suddenly the dam broke and folks jumped in with advice. Clearly the folks who knew the score were all ready to provide advice; it was just that no one thought to ask until the last minute. If that hadn't happened, we would probably have all been struggling to transition from WLM to another email app, a painful, frustrating and prolonged process. We're so lucky we didn't have to do that -- for now.
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