Google 2-step verification fails Mailwasher Pro 7 access

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gtt1951
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Google 2-step verification fails Mailwasher Pro 7 access

Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:56 am

Google are going to enforce 2-stage verification on login into your Google account.
I decided to turn this on prior to the enforcement date of Dec 6th.
Immediately, Mailwasher Pro failed to log in, but as Thunderbird (my mail program) is a "trusted App", that still works.
I don't see any way of allowing Mailwasher that same sort of access.

What are we going to do?

George. :(
Last edited by gtt1951 on Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:08 am, edited 1 time in total.
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rusticdog
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Re: Google 2-step verification fails Mailwasher Pro 7 access

Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:04 am

In Google, create an App Password to use in MailWasher, your main GMail password stays the same, this is just for use in programs that won't use OAUTH (like MailWasher)
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

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