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For me, this required at least two automated phone calls from Google to verify my identity. I summarize below what worked for me because I have not seen it documented elsewhere.įirst, turn “2-Step Verification” on in your gmail account and make sure it works. After a day and a half of effort, I have learned how to do that. Therefore, it is necessary to use an “App Password” generated by Google instead of the usual Outlook password. However, Outlook 2003 doesn’t work with 2-Step Verification (later versions of Outlook do, I think). At that time, Google says it will require 2-Step Verification (Two factor Authorization) on all Gmail accounts. However, Google has announced that this option will be removed at the end of May, 2022. Because MS Outlook 2003 has some security issues, Google has for years required the “Access to less secure apps” option to be turned on in order to use Outlook 2003 with a Gmail account. How to use MS Outlook 2003 to access a Gmail account with 2-Step Verificationįor many years, my wife and I have used MS Outlook 2003 to access our Gmail accounts. Topic: How to use MS Outlook 2003 to access a Gmail account with 2-Step Verification AskWoody I’m reposting a solution posted by Roger in the forums on the main page so that others can see it: It should work on other versions of Outlook as well. Gmail made a security change and clearly didn’t communicate well about it. Posted on Jat 01:10 CDT by Susan Bradley