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Connect Gmail or Google Workspace with an app password

Fullturn does not ask Google for access to your mailbox. You give it an app password instead: a separate 16-letter password that only works for this one connection and that you can remove at any time.

  1. 1. Turn on 2-Step Verification

    Open myaccount.google.com/security, sign in to the mailbox you want to connect, and turn on 2-Step Verification. Google only offers app passwords once it is on.

  2. 2. Create an app password

    Open myaccount.google.com/apppasswords. Name it Fullturn and choose Create. Google shows 16 letters in four groups. Copy them now: Google does not show them again.

  3. 3. Make sure IMAP is on

    Fullturn reads replies over IMAP. For a personal Gmail address: in Gmail, open Settings, then Forwarding and POP/IMAP, and set IMAP access to Enabled. For Google Workspace: an admin must allow IMAP and app passwords for your account in the Admin console (Apps, Google Workspace, Gmail, End User Access). If your Google Workspace is managed by someone else, ask them to do this and to send you the app password.

  4. 4. Paste the address and the app password into Fullturn

    In Fullturn, open Sending, then Mailboxes, choose Connect mailbox, then Google Workspace / Gmail. Enter the email address and the 16-letter app password. Fullturn tests the login with Google before it saves anything.

  5. 5. That is all

    The mailbox is now connected. To reconnect a mailbox that was connected with Google sign-in, choose Reconnect with an app password on its row or page. It keeps its history and settings.

What Fullturn uses it for

Fullturn uses the app password for two things: sending the emails you have approved from this mailbox, and reading its replies so a sequence stops when someone answers. It does nothing else with your mailbox. Fullturn stores the app password encrypted.

How to remove it

To stop Fullturn at any time, open myaccount.google.com/apppasswords, find the app password named Fullturn, and remove it. Fullturn can no longer reach the mailbox. You can also choose Disconnect on the mailbox page in Fullturn.