[NFBCS] Gmail and Outlook: Recent Security Conundrums

[Steve Jacobson]

Gary,

You might, however, find that you are redirected to a Google sign-in page during setup.  That sometimes happens but not always.  I don't know what determines that.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via NFBCS
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Gmail and Outlook: Recent Security Conundrums

Yes, if you are running the Microsoft 365 version. In this way, you should not require the activation of two-factor authentication for your Google account. I used this exact procedure to fix the Gmail connection on my wife's system.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong




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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Gmail and Outlook: Recent Security Conundrums

So if we have this problem and are using the newest Outlook, we remove the account and just use our original password to set it up again? 

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Date: Friday, June 10, 2022 10:20 AM
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CC: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFBCS] Gmail and Outlook: Recent Security Conundrums

Greetings everyone:
 
Some of you who use Outlook to read and write Gmail messages may have noticed that there is a problem where you are being asked to enter your Gmail password and that password is not being recognized. This is not a problem with either accessibility or your screen reader. Rather, this is a long-planned change that Google has implemented about which many Gmail users were notified in advance.
 
While we can quibble about the effective of the communication from Google and the complexity of the ultimate solution (yes, there is a solution to this problem), please understand that nonvisual access in particular and accessibility in general are not the issues here.
 
If your email software is, as they say, not modern, the only way around this problem is to activate two-factor authentication for your Google account, create what Google calls an app-specific password, and then use that password in your email client.
 
Those of us who are using the latest versions of Microsoft 365 have had to remove the Gmail account from Outlook and then add it back again.
 
I hope this helps to provide some clarification about an issue which, to be candid, is hitting lots and lots of people.
 
Cordially,
 
Curtis Chong
 
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