Google no longer supports the use of 3rd party app devices- SOLUTION

Hello Hello !!

As an IT Engineer, one of the most common things you do is enabling Scan to Mail on a Printer. Recently when i tried to set this up using Gmail, i kept getting an Error saying there was a problem with the Email Server.

So the next thing i did was to get into the Security settings of Gmail to Turn On access of 3rd party Apps ( less secure ). To my surprise i couldn’t find that option. Upon googling i found that google stopped supporting this from 30 May. Upon googling further, I found the solution as below

1. visit- https://myaccount.google.com/security

2. Turn on Multi factor Authentication

3. Turn on “App Passwords”

4. Enter a new App- “Printer”

5. Click “Generate” to generate a new password

6. Save the password in a notepad for future reference

7. Enter this password as the authentication password in your email settings in the Printer

Viola !!!

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