This is from https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
Allowing less secure apps to access your account
Google may block sign-in attempts from some apps or devices that do
not use modern security standards. Since these apps and devices are
easier to break into, blocking them helps keep your account safe.
Some examples of apps that do not support the latest security
standards include:
* The Mail app on your iPhone or iPad with iOS 6 or below
* The Mail app on your Windows phone preceding the 8.1 release
* Some Desktop mail clients like Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird
Change account access for less secure apps
To help keep Google Apps users' accounts secure, we may block less
secure apps from accessing Google Apps accounts. As a Google Apps
user, you will see a "Password incorrect" error when trying to sign
in. If this is the case, you have two options:
* Option 1: Upgrade to a more secure app that uses the most up to
date security measures. All Google products, like Gmail, use the
latest security measures.
* Option 2: Change your settings to allow less secure apps to
access your account. We don't recommend this option because it might
make it easier for someone to break into your account. If you want to
allow access anyway, follow these steps:
* Go to the
<http://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps>"Less secure
apps" section in My Account.
* Next to "Access for less secure apps," select Turn on.
(Note to Google Apps users: This setting is hidden if your
administrator has locked less secure app account access.)
If you still can't sign in to your account, the
<https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6009563>"password
incorrect" error might be caused by a different reason.
At 03:30 PM 9/27/2016, you wrote:
Hi Ann,
Oh my! We're going to need to know what that setting is in the Gmail account, so I can help a friend set up Eudora on her computer.
Please help us, anyone, if you know that setting.
We'll need all the parameters for setting up a Gmail account with Eudora, please.
Thanks much.
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.
At 02:52 PM 9/27/2016, you wrote:
When you are using a program other than GMail for your GMail mail, there is a special security setting that needs to be changed in GMail. GMail thinks it is not secure to use a third-party program, so you have to go into the security settings in GMail, not Eudora or Outlook, to tell GMail that you really do intend to use a different program for your mail and to lighten up about the security.
Sorry. I don't remember where that setting is, and maybe you couldn't have used Eudora without it anyway, so maybe it's set already.
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