Thanks after Google that I found out. For specific application like aqua mail that does not work with 2 step factor authentication , what you have to do is give the application an app specific pass word which can be generated in place of the 2 step factor on Google site. I found this out by googling. I just set up my outlook with this method and now off to set up aqua mail and any other third party application which require it. if you would like I can give a step by step description on how its done when I am done setting up aqua mail. If you would like. I am heer to help out the list unlike the other list which I did not get treated well for my expertise with android. Also I am working with a lot of big developers to get application accessible. so stay tuned and when I hav more to share I will be back to share. But I will be on the list and not leaving this one as this is a nice inteluctul bunch of people who do care for one another and are not hostile towards one another. -----Original Message----- From: vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 3:03 AM To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vi-android] Re: re has any one setu two factor authentication on aqua mail Hi Gary, From memory, as I also have two factor authentication setup but haven't actually setup aqua mail for awhile, what you do with apps like Aqua mail, is give them their own unique password in your Google settings. You can either do this with the Google authentication app (called something like that, I haven't actually used it), or from a browser. If you go to google and make sure you are logged in and then go to your account settings and security and then 'app passwords'. The link is here but may not work directly: https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords?pli=1 You can then go to "select app" dropdown list on "select device" dropdown list and generate a password button. That's changed since I last used it - last time I used it, it generated a 16 character string which you only saw once and had to copy into whatever app you wanted manually. The app then has access to your google account using that 'password' until you come back to this page and revoke it. One thing I've never tried, is to figure out whether you could copy that password and use it to get into your account from something else (eg create a password like that for aqua mail and then try to use it as your login password through a browser)... Either way, it's best to keep this list of apps as short as possible and cull any you no longer need as you can. Regards Quentin. On 28/10/2014 12:11 PM, gary melconian wrote: Hello I have a question and maybe I am approaching this the wrong way. I wanted to try out 2 factor authentication with aqua mail, as I got it working on my computer with gmail. With gmail the 2 factor authentication works well for security purposes as going forward everything with Google will be encrypted so I need to get an understanding of all this. I tried with aqua mail and it is not working any clues why 2 factor authentication wont workwith aqua mail. ________________________________ <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from the list send an email to vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) To receive the list as a digest, send an email to vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the subject (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android digest' in the subject).