Re: gmail+imap+smtp (oauth2)

[Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>]

Greetings Bob.

>>>>> There have been some discussion, either on emacs-devel or here,
>>>>> how to make emacs (gnus) work with gmail under those
>>>>> circumstances, that is using oauth2.
>>
>>> I have read accounts of how to make oauth2 work natively with gnus,
>>> but I haven't tried it and it seemed "complex and wonderful"
>>
>> Is there any description anywhere on how this should be set up?
>
> What I've been doing as an alternative is setting up two-factor
> authentication and then generating an app password. This has worked so
> far in all instances.
>
> It's not an ideal solution because two-factor authentication can be a
> pain when not using a client. But it's surely the easist to implement.

I am using this opportunity to ask a very basic question that might save
me a lot of time: does this mean that you need to 2FA every time you
initiate an imap connection?

> Interesting however, that of my 3 M$ accounts, two require this
> process but one still works with the plain old login password. That
> one is a corporate account and may have to do with the way the IT guy
> set it up.

I was told that
1. MS will phase out imap pw connections starting Oct '22
2. this will happen at different times for different customers; for us
   it happened last week without warning

More info here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2022/09/01/microsoft-retires-basic-authentication-in-exchange-online/

What I do not know yet is what is MS's definition of "Modern
Authentication." In particular, does it include app pw and 2FA for imap.

All the best,

Jarmo