Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:09:14 +0200, Fero Dali wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:51 PM Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote:
> > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued.
> >
> > No, you didn't.
>
> Sorry for misunderstanding: it seems that my account will continue to work but
> ability to download mail with POP3 without OAUTH2 will be unavailable.
>
> > > > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in
> > > > technology
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > I have used a google account to read email from mailing lists. I am using
> > > fetchmail to get emails from google. Now it says it will discontinue this
> > > access to my mail,
> >
> > Where does google say that?
>
> In the first line of their email:
> > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology
It does not say
"On May 30, you may lose access to POP3 if you are using fetchmail".
It also says "may" not "will". Is it known for a fact that fetchmail is
on a list of "less secure sign-in technology". Have Google designated it
as such?
--
Brian.
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