Re: Google smtp and pop
On Sun 06 Mar 2022 at 11:54:28 +1300, Ash Joubert wrote:
> On 06/03/2022 02:26, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 04 Mar 2022 at 10:59:45 -0500, Marc Auslander wrote:
> > > Google has now said they are pulling the plug on userid/password
> > > authentication for apps.
> > Google's email has
> > > On 30 May, you may lose...
> > That's "may", not "will".
> [...]
> > There isn't any indication that the setting is beimg removed. Panic
> > over?
>
> From later in their email, on 30 May, "Google *will* no longer [...]"
> (emphasis mine). From their email:
>
> "To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of
> third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account
> using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using
> Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0."
>
> Options include either using client software that supports OAuth2 (such as
> Thunderbird) or enabling 2FA on your Google account to get access to App
> Passwords for client software that does not yet support OAuth2 (such as K-9
> Mail).
Indeed. But confusion still reigns in my mind.
Should the above removal of support turm out to be the case, it takes
only a moment to have mail forwarded elsewhere to be picked up.
--
Brian.
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