The use of “less secure apps” was disabled in UW Google (9/6/2022).  ~300 UW Google accounts had it enabled and were notified on 7/27 that it would be disabled on 9/6.

 

You can read more here:

https://itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/software-computers/productivity-platforms/google-productivity-platform/less-secure-apps-changes/

 

That page also includes a link to the email clients supported by the UW Google service team for use with UW Gmail:

https://itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/software-computers/productivity-platforms/google-productivity-platform/google-gmail/supported-email-clients/