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Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS?

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Francis S wrote:

> it seems that K9Mail is going to become the new
> Thunderbird for Android:
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/email-client-k-9-mail-will-become-thunderbird-for-android/

This is _great_ information which seems to indicate that the Thunderbird
team has acquired the K-9 source and will essentially port Thunderbird to
Android via that K-9 source code and key personnel.

The only problem as I see it with K9 mail today, is the lack of OAuth2.

While most people don't mind giving out their phone number permanently to
Google, I refuse to use 2FA/2SV which means OAuth is all that's left.

If you ask why that matters, I'd respond that most people don't know what I
know about the Google GMail app on Android, probably because most people
don't test the system like I do, and therefore most people _already_ have a
Google Account set up on their phone... but I don't.

But that means I need a mail user agent like Thunderbird on Android,
because if you use the GMail app, not only are your contacts uploaded
_before_ you get a chance to turn that off (last I checked anyway), but
worse (since I don't have a contacts.db sqlite database for that very
reason), the GMail app, the instant you log into it, _creates_ that Google
Account on your Android phone.

Sleazy. (Just wait until you test what the Google Maps app does that's
sleazy when you test the system, but that's for another newsgroup.)

K-9 mail does not play those sleazy games; however, last I checked, K-9
Mail doesn't have OAuth2 incorporated so you can't use it with a Google
Account unless you want to enable 2FA/2SV permanently.

If the TB group adds OAuth2 to K9/TB-for-Android, I'm a happy camper!
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Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information.

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Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-20 22:36 +0100
  Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Arlen Holder <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-20 23:00 +0100
    Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? cris <cris@removespam.me.com> - 2022-06-20 20:10 -0230
      Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-21 05:16 +0100
        Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-06-21 01:27 -0400
        Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2022-06-21 07:10 +0000
          Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-06-21 08:32 -0400
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2022-06-21 09:02 -0400
              Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-21 16:12 +0100
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-21 15:29 +0100
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2022-06-21 21:39 +0000
              Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-22 22:08 +0100
          Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-06-21 15:24 +0100
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2022-06-21 18:10 +0000
              Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2022-06-21 18:51 +0000
        Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? gym <no_one@example.net> - 2022-07-11 01:26 -0500
          Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2022-07-11 02:45 -0500
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? gym <no_one@example.net> - 2022-07-11 22:56 -0500
          Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-07-11 17:21 +0100
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? gym <no_one@example.net> - 2022-07-12 01:02 -0500
  Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-13 08:02 +0100
    Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-07-13 14:52 +0100
      Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-13 15:33 +0100
  Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2022-07-13 15:41 +0100
    Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-13 15:51 +0100
      Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-07-13 18:38 +0100
        Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-13 19:10 +0100
          Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2022-07-13 14:42 -0400
            Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-13 19:46 +0100
              Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2022-07-13 19:50 -0400
                Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-07-14 11:10 +0100
    Re: Windows Thunderbird OAuth2 works for Google Accounts - but what for Android/iOS? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-07-13 18:34 +0100

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