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Re: Google smtp and pop

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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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Google smtp and pop Marc Auslander <marcausl@gmail.com> - 2022-03-04 17:20 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2022-03-04 17:40 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2022-03-04 19:50 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2022-03-05 04:50 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-05 14:30 +0100
    Re: Google smtp and pop Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-03-06 00:00 +0100
      Re: Google smtp and pop Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-06 00:40 +0100
        Re: Google smtp and pop Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-03-06 01:00 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-03-06 23:20 +0100
  Re: Google smtp and pop Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2022-03-09 02:10 +0100

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