[Trainer-Talk] Google and third-party applications.

[Raul Gallegos - NAGDU]

Hello, very often with older versions of Outlook the solution is to either 
disable the more secure apps feature from the Google security settings from 
a web browser. I don't recommend this. The second option is to enable 
two-factor authentication. If you enable to factor authentication, it means 
that whenever you sign into your Google or Gmail account from a new device, 
you will get a text message or you will be prompted to enter a six-digit 
one-time code from an authentication app, like one password or Google 
authenticator. The benefit of having a two-factor authentication system in 
place is that you can generate program specific passwords. You would then 
generate one specifically for your version of Outlook and use it for that 
program only. You do not need to remember this password since if you forget 
it or if you need to reconfigure, you can always regenerate a new one. This 
way, you don't ever put in your real Google password into Outlook. I hope 
this helps.
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Raul Gallegos - President
National Association of Guide Dog Users
346-439-7444 | RGallegos at nagdu.org



On March 4, 2022 7:42:10 AM Kat Bottner via Trainer-Talk 
<trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I wanted to reach out as I just got an email saying that Google is going to 
> start having third-party applications use a more secure feature. It also 
> mentioned outlook 2016 and earlier either won’t be supported or it has to 
> do something differently. It gave the option of using outlook 365, but I am 
> wondering do I need to do this, or can I use outlook 2016 and 2013 as I 
> have both versions? If anyone can assist in explaining what this all means, 
> that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kat
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