[sylpheed:36945] Re: gmail auth problem

[Keith bainbridge]

On 5/8/20 3:23 am, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Javier:
> 
>> In the other hand, Yahoo was allowing per
>> application/program passwords, so they weren't fully
>> disabling mail clients access with special authentication
>> protocols (OAuths, tokens, or whatever).
> 
> So do Google.  Do you know how their "App passwords" work?
> 
>    https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
> 
> and whether they can be used with Sylpheed?
> 


A quick look at the page linked to suggests you end up with  a 16 letter 
password. They generally work with sylpheed, but I have had issues on a 
couple of accounts.  I think this password changes when you change your 
normal password.

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Keith Bainbridge

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