MS Outlook connection to gmail via IMAP

It should be possible to connect to gmail via IMAP.

However MS Outlook doesn't let you do this. Instead it makes you login via a web browser and give full permission to your gmail, including the ability to delete all email forever.

Even the MS support crew says that there is no way around this and we must contact gmail for security options.

But going to gmail (Google) and posing a similar question yields the answer:

( THIS PART FROM GOOGLE)

No, you don't need to give permissions to delete all your email to use IMAP in Gmail.  IMAP access is always turned on for personal Google accounts.

Explanation

- IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol, allows you to download messages from Gmail to your computer.

- You can use IMAP to view and edit your email in Microsoft Outlook, even when you're not connected to the internet.

- When you delete an email in one place using IMAP, it's deleted in all places.

- To delete emails from the server through IMAP, you can manually move them to the Gmail Trash folder.

(END GOOGLE PART)

Which seems to be correct. So the question is why does MS Outlook require this rather extreme form of permission - and furthermore - why do they not allow a simple IMAP connection to gmail. I know it used to be there.

Kind regards,

Timothy Trainor