I use Windows 10 (Enterprise 1703) and logged in to Mail app with my @live.com and @gmail.com accounts.
My live.com account just works well, but my gmail forgets password almost every day.
I get a message stating "your gmail settings are out of date", if I go to fix it I need just to enter my password and I'm logged in again.
It also contains this link but I couldn't find anything useful there.
Although it doesn't take many time it's just annoying, is there any way to fix it?
Windows Mail app keeps prompting for Gmail account password frequently with the "your gmail settings are out of date" message— According to a comment on this post . . .
RayMulder replied on August 4, 2016
"The actual reason for this is that Gmail won't let you in from Windows 10 because Windows uses a less secure method."
Based on some quick research there may be two options that may help resolve this. . .
Enable the 2-Step Verification functionality and security feature with your Gmail account and then use the 2-Step Verification to verify and trust the Windows Mail app to have access to your Gmail account
Enable and use the Less Secure Apps functionality by turning that ON and using your usual Gmail account password with the Windows Mail app to authenticate
App passwords - My Account - Google
App passwords let you sign in to your Google Account from apps on devices that don't support 2-Step Verification. You'll only need to enter it once so you don't need to remember it.
I had set up my Gmail account in an app used to access my Yahoo At&t email. When I went to look at my yahoo email from Currently.Com.mail, I noticed that my Gmail account was also set up in the app and I was logged out.
I deleted my Gmail account from the Currently app, and it seems the error message to fix the Gmail login issue in Windows 10 Mail has disappeared.
