Gmail Account Not Authorized

[Eion Robb]

Hi Eric,

"Not Authorized" is just a fancy way of saying "incorrect password".  In
the case of Hangouts/Gtalk/gmail this means you need to set up an app
password, see
https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#gtalk_2fa
for more info about that.

Alternatively, you can switch to the Hangouts plugin which has a few
benefits over just using XMPP (see
https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/wiki/Differences_with_XMPP
for more info) including a different auth method that doesn't need you to
set up an app password.

Cheers,
Eion


On 4 October 2017 at 02:40, Eric Braun <ebraun1029 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello - I am trying to add my gmail account to pidgin but it keeps telling
> me that it is not authorized. i went to my gmail account and turned on the
> lesser application option but still wont let me join.  Can somebody please
> assist?
>
>
> Eric
>
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