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Of course, it only works when 'Less secure apps' access is enabled, in which case it didn't matter which of the SPA checkboxes were checked.Īfter re-reading the posted answer about modifying the registry to enable Oauth2, I tried the following for Outlook 2019. Since TLS is an improvement on TLS, I wanted to use that, and I had to specify port 587 for it to work. Port 465 required that SSL be chosen, and it didn't work if TLS is chosen. There is no combined 'SSL/TLS' they are separate options. On Outlook 2016, the encryption options were a bit different. This didn’t matter whether SPA was required in both of the above checkboxes, either one of them, or neither of them

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With “Less secure apps” access disabled, however, the server rejected the logon, and said I should verify my user name and password With “Less secure apps” access allowed, the settings as shown above work for Outlook 2019.Īdditionally, in the “POP and IMAP account settings panel, requiring SPA workedĪdditionally, in the “Internet Email Settings” panel, in the “Outgoing Server” tab, requiring SPA worked In response to another comment, I specified an SMTP port of 465 for SSL/TLS. No details about what exactly isn't supported or what is In all cases, connection to SMTP failed because the encryption isn't Less secure apps was enabled for all these tests.įor 'Internet Email Settings' (i.e., 'More settings'),Ĭustom SMTP settings, but with same User Name, Password, and SPAĬustom SMTP settings, but with SPA disabled

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Will actually get a Google Workspace account.įollowing suggestions, I tried manual setup with Secure Password Authentication (SPA).

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I looked to see if it can be gotten free, but while one might beĪble to get a similar effect with a free account, I doubt that you This is a personal email account, so I don't have Google Workspace. Google Workspace accounts only' (formerly called G Procedure requires login at, which 'is used for I thought I could try the non-manual setup again,īut first enabling Oauth2 on the server side. So my attempts to set up Oauth2 using 'manual' setup of the Outlook However, the connection to IMAP and SMPT servers for incoming and 'Step 2: Change SMTP & other settings in your email client'.

The above settings are consistent with the page Check Gmail through After entering theįields for IMAP as shown, I clicked on 'More settings': Setup is that 'automatic' means O365 speifically. It's obvious now that the reason for the failure of the automatic I then tried the manual setup without Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Therein, I followed a link to 'Add a Gmail account to Outlook forĪs shown there, I chose File -> Add Account. At least that's been my experience - though it could be due to the lesser horse power on my home laptop.Īs per one a comment in one of the answers, I followed page 'Set up

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This particular laptop is meant to be used outside of the firewall, so it uses IMAP to connect to gmail.įor the work laptop, even if I could upgrade to Outlook 2019, there is the additional problem that Outlook 2019 seems to work much, much more slowly and less reliably than 2013. Normally, work laptops connect to Exchange servers behind a firewall.

#Gmail server settings for outlook 2010 install

It is on a work laptop, and I don't believe that I am free to install my own commercial software on it. What do I have to do to make Outlook 2019 work without 'Less secure app access'? Do I have to choose a different encryption? This question applies to Outlook 2019 on my home laptop.Įven if you don't want to share details about how you did it, it would be useful to know whether anyone has made this work (for Outlook 2019 desktop app, not as part of Office 365).Įven if you had to move to a paid Gmail account to get this to work, thanks if you can share this fact, and (only if you like), the details behind the procedure.Ĭan I do the same with Outlook 2013? If not, this presents a problem. I have been unable to find the details of what specific things make access 'less secure' so that I can try to redress the problem. Neither Outlook 20 is able to access Gmail's IMAP servers. I just did a test by turning off 'Less secure app access'. The email also advised that I need to upgrade to Outlook 2019.

I use Outlook 20 (desktop app, not Office 365) to access gmail via IMAP.

Google has been kind enough to give lots of advance notice that it will stop providing 'Less secure app access' to third party applications (image of email below).