Hi Everyone. I’m new to using the forum, so I hope I’m posting this appropriately – apologies if not. So, I have a client using Outlook 2016 on Windows 10/1909. He has several email accounts, but the problematic one is a Gmail account set up as POP3. Starting about a week ago, the account can receive email, but when sending email, it immediately prompts for a password (SMTP). Nothing will send – it gets stuck in the Outbox. I know it’s not a password issue – can login just fine at gmail.com. Tried deleting Outlook references in Credential manager. Checked to make sure his gmail account has POP enabled. Tried creating a new profile, including a new IMAP profile. Tried using a gmail generated secure password. Checked all server settings. Tried Microsoft Office repair tools. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office. No luck. One other piece of information that might be useful, is that when I try to go to Update Password, it’s unsuccesful, but that might be because this results in getting the SMTP/password prompt. I’m at wits end, and could really use some help. Thanks in advance…
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anonymous
GuestDecember 2, 2020 at 5:21 pm #2316643Close, but no cigar! Some detail is missing:
1. Log into the google account via google webmail service using a browser.
2. go into the multitude of email settings within the account
3. look for POP3 and ‘allow insecure apps’ to access pop3 via client email apps.
4. save and log out of ebmail gmail account
5. try sending via outlook again :)/
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Mike
AskWoody PlusDecember 2, 2020 at 6:48 pm #2316676BleepingComputer has several new articles on Win10 updates and how they may be affecting Outlook.
Here’s one
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RDRguy
AskWoody LoungerDecember 2, 2020 at 7:17 pm #2316682Thanks but … I believe your link applies to Windows 10 version 2004.
Google does consider MS Outlook (especially older versions like 2013 & earlier) to be an “insecure app” and periodically they disable the insecure apps setting without any advance notice or your permission (unless it’s already there in their ULA).
This happens to us every couple of months or so running Win7 & Win8.1 and our first indication that Google turned it OFF is Outlook starts asking for our password(s) again & Outlook still fails to log into our gmail accounts even if we do enter in the password(s).
As with everything else Google, they seem to know what we want before we want it even though we really don’t want it 😂
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RDRguy
AskWoody LoungerDecember 4, 2020 at 9:08 pm #2317228If your Google “insecure apps” setting is “enabled” & you’re still having problems sending emails, verify your gmail POP & SMTP server port settings are set correctly in Outlook per “gmail” instructions posted here.
For secure transmission, use port 995 for POP, 587 for SMTP with encryption type TLS (or Auto).
Microsoft still suggests using the “implicit” TLS port 465 in Outlook settings for gmail here but gmail port 465 now only works (recent change?) with encryption type set to SSL, not TLS or Auto.
Additional info describing differences between SMTP ports 465 & 587 can be found here.
My working Outlook 2013 gmail POP3 account setting’s are:
Good luck 🙂
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2020 at 2:08 am #2317251Microsoft and some other vendors consider POP and IMAP protocols as outdated and unsecure. Maybe its just matter of enabling these functions on Windows Defender/ firewall/ router? Not sure, just trying to help here. Im also thinking about DNS, if your PC can translate these POP and IMAP servers corrently to valid IP addresses.
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pmoritz
AskWoody PlusDecember 5, 2020 at 11:12 am #2317300If your Google “insecure apps” setting is “enabled” & you’re still having problems sending emails, verify your gmail POP & SMTP server port settings are set correctly in Outlook per “gmail” instructions posted here.
For secure transmission, use port 995 for POP, 587 for SMTP with encryption type TLS (or Auto).
Microsoft still suggests using the “implicit” TLS port 465 in Outlook settings for gmail here but gmail port 465 now only works (recent change?) with encryption type set to SSL, not TLS or Auto.
Additional info describing differences between SMTP ports 465 & 587 can be found here.
My working Outlook 2013 gmail POP3 account setting’s are:
Good luck 🙂
Thanks so much to all of you who responded to my request, and a particular thanks you to RDRguy. Even though both Google and Microsoft said to use port 485 for SMTP, when I switched it to 587, my clients problem went away. So happy – I feel like I now have a wonderful support group to help me!
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RDRguy
AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2020 at 8:14 pm #2317408pmoritz said …
“… both Google and Microsoft said to use port 485 for SMTP …”
I suspect you meant to say port “465” not “485” for SMTP server port.
BTW, SMTP port 465 still works with Gmail as long as you set your encrypted connection type (for outgoing server) to SSL.
A while back Google’s SMTP port 465 did work with a setting of either SSL, TLS or Auto for outgoing server but Google has since changed it to SSL only – at least that’s what my anecdotal testing confirmed when I suddenly had this problem earlier this year.
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ManagerDecember 6, 2020 at 5:12 am #2317483It has been my experience in the past that port 465 has worked for local connections. Example: you are connected to a home modem connected to the ISP’s cable and have thus established a secure connection to the email server because you were already logged in by virtue of the direct connection to a known registered secure device. So you didn’t need to specify secure protocols.
Port 587 was needed for a secure connection when using the ISP’s web-based email server or device not associated with your ID, and required secure protocols because you weren’t already logged in by virtue of a known registered secure device. Example: you use email from a non-local connection like a coffee shop using their wireless connection.
I think most of the ISPs have now gone to port 587 using secure protocols regardless of the connection.
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pmoritz
GuestDecember 6, 2020 at 9:11 am #2317498Well, it looks like I spoke too soon. About an hour after I was able to successfully send email, it abruptly reverted back to prompting me for the outgoing email password. There is a send/receive error stating that the username or password are incorrect. Since I know these to be good, I’m beginning to think that maybe there’s a corrupt pst file. Does this make sense, and if so, is scan.pst still the way to go?
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RDRguy
AskWoody LoungerDecember 7, 2020 at 7:00 am #2317787I would expect Outlook to put up some sort of “.pst error” message upon opening Outlook or attempting to read an email msg previously downloaded and already contained within your .pst file but I really don’t know as (to my knowledge) I don’t think I’ve ever had a corrupted .pst file. 🤞
One last thing I can think of is maybe your “Server Timeouts” slider setting on Outlook’s advanced settings tab is set too short in your system’s environment (Outlook/Windows version, ISP internet connectivity/bandwidth, etc) so Outlook isn’t allowing enough time for Gmail (Google) to respond to the login request & timing out then assumes wrong credentials were sent so asks for your login credentials again.
Though in my environment, Outlook 2013’s default of 1 minute seems to be adequate, Gmail (Google) recommends a Server Timeouts setting of:
Greater than 1 minute (5 is recommended)
Try moving the slider towards the middle or even all the way to the right to see if this resolves the intermittent login failures.
If you still want to set your mind at ease & perform a .pst scan, Microsoft instructions can be found here, here & here.
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ScotchJohn
AskWoody LoungerDecember 7, 2020 at 4:19 am #2317760Pmoritz – I can’t see from the thread that you have gone into your Gmail account to generate a secure password, see this: Sign in using app passwords
I use Gmail over Outlook 2010. Seemingly, as long as I was at home, Gmail did not regard my log-in as insecure. But, the moment I went travelling, it kept on bugging me to generate a secure password, and enter it in place of my normal account password in Outlook.
Once I cracked that, no further problem.
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AskWoody_MVPDecember 7, 2020 at 1:05 pm #2317858I second ScotchJohn’s recommendation, in fact it is required if you have two factor authentication set up on your gmail account. I have 2fa setup on all my gmail accounts and have no problems using Outlook 2010 or 365 for my email client.
HTH
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anonymous
GuestDecember 15, 2020 at 10:59 am #2319794Hi Everyone – Sorry it’s been so long since I responded to my post. I felt I should update you on how I finally resolved my clients’ problem. It’s a little bit embarrassing, but what I finally figured out was that my clients’ Gmail space was used up – over 100,000 emails! After deleting about half of them from the Gmail server, everything started working again. Thanks so much to all of you for your suggestions, I appreciate everyone who took the time to try to help me…
anonymous
GuestMay 16, 2022 at 9:32 pm #2447281I had the same problem, received OK but kept asking for password when I tried to send a gmail email in outlook, tried different ports 465 and 587, checked less secure apps was turned on and 2FA turned off. checked TLS1.3 wasn’t enabled. I found this solution that worked for me something about captcha.
clicked on the link in this article https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
and now am able to send gmail emails in outlook.
DickC
GuestJune 9, 2022 at 11:08 pm #2452333I can no longer use MS Outlook 2013 to send and receive emails through my Gmail account using its POP3 service. Everything was working very well until June 7, 2022 – then it began requiring the entry of ID and Password over and over again. With your help a couple of years ago when I had this problem, I had set Outlook as an insecure App, and that gained access. Now, I tracked this problem back and discovered a Google update such that Gmail will no longer allow access to insecure Apps such as Outlook in any variety. They kicked me to the curb and I don’t know how to recover. Gmail’s native mail reader sucks compared to Outlook, but I am stuck. Any suggestions?
Susan Bradley
ManagerJune 9, 2022 at 11:10 pm #2452335Topic: How to use MS Outlook 2003 to access a Gmail account with 2-Step Verification @ AskWoody
Topic: Accessing gmail from Outlook 2019, POP3 account, as a “secure” application? @ AskWoody
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