I have Microsoft Outlook 2013. Years ago I was able to set up my main gmail account to dump into Outlook. I now have reason to have 3 different gmail accounts. However, I have tried repeatedly to add those new gmail accounts to Outlook. Each time I am rejected. Every time I receive a notice stating "Your IMAP server wants to alert you to the following: Please log in via your web browser. Then it suggests I look at https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/ 78754.

Essentially this webpage just tells me Gmail doesn't think the security of Microsoft Outlook 2013 is up to their standards. I don't really care what Gmail thinks. It's my account. I want it to dump into Outlook. I take the risk. Enough said. So, I use the steps they offer and try to set my account to 'accept' the request from Outlook. However, even though I follow their directions, I still keep getting the same error message.

I've tried restarting the program - everything works the same. I've tried both gmail accounts. Same issue.

Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks!

Hi Lerrina,

Please refer to the following KB article to resolve your issue:

Outlook cannot connect to Gmail after July 15, 2014 

Resolution

To resolve this problem, enable Basic Authentication for your Gmail account. To do this, go to the following Google website, and then select Enable when you are prompted about whether to let less secure apps access your Gmail account:

For additional security, consider enabling Googles two-step verification and app passwords as documented at the following web pages:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744?hl=en

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en&topic=2784804&ctx=topic


Note The workaround described here takes you to the page in the following screen shot. You click Enable to work around the issue.

Best regards,