From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: gmail
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 22:51:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d3582431-6a5a-f7b4-ebd8-a4977cad7098@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875zedy69r.fsf@emailmessageidheader.nil>
Bob Newell wrote:
>> So I don't understand. I am able to use seamonkey and claws-mail with an
>> app password, and it used to work with gnus. I am using ssl on port 993.
> Maybe it's obvious, but just to be sure I understand your
> setup:
>
> 1. You have 2-factor authentication turned on.
> 2. You are using your app password within gnus, not your gmail
> login password.
> 3. Claws/seamonkey are using the app password, not the
> login password.
>
> (My own setup is like Adam, without 2-factor, so I use my
> login password.)
>
> But there are two other things going on. Gmail is in the
> process of completely disabling "less secure" in all
> forms. (I've posted about this before.) The first stage is
> that the "less secure apps" setting can't be turned on any
> longer if it wasn't already on.
>
> The second stage, to come in about a year IIRC, will be to
> drop the app passwords and require use of Oauth2. That one
> will cause some irritating work for many of us. (As an
> occasional user of mutt, it will be especially annoying.)
>
It looks like they suspended this:
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2020/03/less-secure-app-turn-off-suspended.html
because of some virus or other.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-05 17:59 gmail Richmond
2020-04-05 18:16 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 18:35 ` gmail Richmond
2020-04-05 18:43 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 19:50 ` gmail Richmond
2020-04-05 20:02 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 20:38 ` gmail Richmond
2020-04-05 20:47 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 20:48 ` gmail Richmond
2020-04-05 20:55 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 21:00 ` gmail Adam Sjøgren via info-gnus-english
2020-04-05 21:25 ` gmail Bob Newell
2020-04-05 21:51 ` Richmond [this message]
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