GTalk / Hangouts

[Zeke]

I ended up needing to re-enable "less secure apps" no other solution 
worked and all the documentation out there seems to talk about Google 
Apps, not us lowly regular users.

Z.

Adrien Rivard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You could try to use a specific app password for pidgin, but I'm not 
> sure it will work. You may have to re-enable  "less secure apps"
>
> see 
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?guide=1056283&rd=1&hl=en 
> <https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?guide=1056283&rd=1&hl=en> 
> for app specific password,
> and the note about less secure apps :
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Zeke <zekeman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:zekeman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Recently changed my security settings with google to not authorize
>     "less secure apps" (whatever that means).  Since then, I haven't
>     been able to connect Pidgin to GTalk/Hangouts on Win7.
>     * I've upgraded to the latest version
>     * I've used the Gtalk option
>     * Port 5222 (and 5223)
>     ... etc.
>
>     Still can't get it to work.  Once, I got a window to pop up asking
>     if I wanted to accept the certificate - I said yes, but it still
>     didn't authorize me.
>
>     What in tarnation is going on.  Any ideas on how to get this damn
>     thing to work?
>
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