Re: gmail+imap+smtp (oauth2)

[Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>]

Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi> writes:

> Greetings.
>
> Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:
>
>>>> 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" so I'm
>> going to try app passwords first.
>
> Is there any description anywhere on how this should be set up?
>
> I wast told that Microsoft is going oauth full scale when my imap
> stopped working.

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.

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.

-- 
Bob Newell
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