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Sebastian42

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Changes to Google authentication disable my email client.
« on: June 29, 2021, 07:09:01 AM »
My email account is with Google (Gmail) and through POP (?) I access it in THE OBSOLETE (but still working well) Windows Live Mail (WLM 2012). Today Google emailed me that in a month I have no choice but to go with TwoStepVerification (2SV), so I set it up immediately. Since then, WLM has not stopped asking me for my Google password, until I cancelled the 2SV. That solves my problem for a month, but not beyond that. Does anybody know a way of satisfying WLM's craving for a password under 2SV ?

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Re: Changes to Google authentication disable my email client.
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2021, 01:48:20 PM »
Hi
Windows live mail is now an obsolete program. You could try emclient  https://www.emclient.com/download
The program supports importing settings and mail from windows live mail as well as outlook. Has the same look as Live mail.
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