Setup IMAP Account with GMAIL - Error 78754

Hi Paul,

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

Allow less secure apps

For more information regarding this issue, you may refer to the following link: Outlook cannot connect to Gmail after July 15, 2014.

Let us know how it goes for us to assist you further. 

I have a g suite email, and I'm running into issues setting the IMAP account on my client email server- outlook 2016. I've tried all suggested fixes to no avail. 1 step ( allow less secure apps on) or 2 steps security login with app password, captcha, changing password, and so on. Nothing seems to fix the issue. The only way I can connect via email client is using the sync app, which I don't want to have to choose profiles. I just want to be able to access my email from work, personal and institution all in one email client. 

Hi,

The challenge that you are experiencing with setting up your IMAP account on Outlook can occur due to several reasons, such as, incorrect setup. To better assist you with your concern, kindly answer the following questions:

• What are the exact steps that you took in setting up your account?
• Are you getting any error messages?

We look forward to your response.

If you've enabled 2-step Verification on your Gmail account, you'll need to use an App Password with Outlook:

Sign in using App Passwords

You may also need to adjust Gmail's "Less secure apps" settings:

Allowing less secure apps to access your account

Thank you. But the reason I'm posting here is because I spent 2 days troubleshooting. As I said in my first post-

"I've tried all suggested fixes to no avail. 1 step ( allow less secure apps on) or 2 steps security login with app password, captcha, changing password, and so on. Nothing seems to fix the issue. " 

I appreciate any suggestions that goes beyond these steps. After a last tentative installing a sync app from google, now I have crashing errors as well and an annoying step to choose which profile I want to open my outlook- can't get rid of it. I just want a simple thing- access my g suite mail from my client email the same way I access my other email accounts. WHo knew it would be such a hard task considering Microsoft and google in 2017??

Thank you! I contacted g suite support via chat, the customer service will have someone call me. I"ll post later if we get IMAP settings to work,

I am unable after several attemps and hours to set up a Gmail account in Outlook.

Do you have a solution?

With thanks, Larry Vincent

I have repeatedly entered and saved the correct password only to end up in an endless loop.  The system does respond with the dreaded:  Your imap server wants to alert you to the following:  Please log in via yur web drowser: https: Support google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 

Even with less secure apps enabled it still didn't like my password.

I then changed a setting when it came up with ''try again'' changing the setting for  password to secure password.

It  worked.

I had to change the pw on my Gmail account for security reasons.

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