Re: gmail+imap+smtp (oauth2)

[Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>]

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>>> "LB" == Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
Hello Leo

> Hello Uwe,
> I find myself in a similar bind to yours. My employer recently switched
> to 2FA and Gmail will phase out app passwords sometime soon.

Ooops do you know for sure that app passwords will be disabled, soon.

> In the interim, I use davmail to manage 2FA with my employer's microsoft
> exchange server. It is brutally slow, so I am searching for
> alternatives.

> According to
> https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-28-1
> oauth2.el support has been integrated into smtpmail and gnus.

> I am running debian testing's stock emacs[1], and I haven't tried
> version 28.1.

> Perhaps someone else has tried using the oauth2 library? Any tips would
> be appreciated.

I have had an exchange with the author of oauth2, he says basically that
google again changed its mechanism and oauth2 needs to be adapted. He
also pointed out that if you applied for google dev account, then the
hassle is minor, but if you start a new one, things might get
complicated. 

I am at the end of the academic year so I would like to start to
give  oauth2 a try in July


Uwe 

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