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
    2022-06-11T21:55:55+00:00

    This question is not about the subject of the question. You really should ask a new question. However:

    The vast majority of times when you cannot send it is the result of corrupted mail in the outbox

    Otherwise check your port setting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-13T01:30:40+00:00

    Those monster tech companies that offer free email, would REALLY, REALLY not like you to use email programs. Email programs take away your opportunity to see and click on ads that appear on webmail systems that they get paid to display and even more if you click on one. That is the real driving force behind Google's attempt to obsolete WLM.

    So true, but there are many great adblock addons out there. Some sites won't let you use adblocks, but there are workarounds for that as well.

    Remember though, the beauty of webmail systems is your email is accessible from any device with an internet connection, also if you use IMAP from any of your devices with an email client. All my devices have an email client installed, so I can check my email any where I have internet access.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-13T02:59:40+00:00

    On the other hand, the precious emails that you want to save belong to them. Next to impossible to keep them if you ever decide to change.

    Webmail owns your contacts and your mail.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-06-17T15:15:52+00:00

    Hi. re Windows Live Mail & Gmail. Sorry if this is a bit late for some people but better late than never.

    In absence of any definite answer to this problem being available (I searched!), I just waited for the day in question -

    which in my case was June 2nd when WLM failed by rejection of my current passwords.

    I logged directly into each of my GMAIL acounts in turn via browser and followed the instructions to switch on

    "2 Step authentication" and "Create an App Password". (All documented online in various places and easy enough to find).

    In each case I ended up with a new 4x4 alphabetic lower case character App Password - e.g. qwer tyui asdf ghjk

    I went back to WLM and went into settings for each GMAIL account and changed the existing "personal" password to

    the new "App Password".

    I then restarted WLM and everything went back to normal - no login failures and emails have arriving OK ever since.

    My PC setup is not unusual in any way so I would expect this to work for most other people. If you have several GMAIL

    addresses, it can obviously take a while but works in the end.

    Issues? Logging into GMAIL directly in the browser now results in 2 Step authentication sending text a code to my Phone.

    I was the my old personal passwords at the time. I suspect that using the new App Password instead may stop this

    need for Phone & texts. Will trial it and (probably) report back.

    Cheers, Colin Yasmo (National Computing Centre 1969, Honeywell Bull 1980, Team-Mates 1990)

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