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On 1/27/24 04:51, Julieta Shem wrote:
> It seems Gmail is decomissioning username-password authentication.
> Clients will have to use "Sign in with Google".  What happens to all
> download-email programs?  I'm looking for one, in fact.  If I want to
> pull my mail via POP or IMAP today, what would I have to use?
> 
> I'd like to read my mail with Gnus (using djb's Maildir storage).  I
> can't stand Gmail any longer.  I'm done.
> 
> (*) Other questions
> 
> This ``Sign In with Google'' means the downloader would always have to
> ask me for passwords?  I could never just pull gmail without being asked
> for credentials?  (Very annoying.)

You might try the "app password" solution. This is designed as a 
workaround for 2FA, so it requires that your Google account has 2FA.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

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  Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 00:55 -0300
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        Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-27 15:40 +0000
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 11:55 -0300
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