[sylpheed:37113] Re: Gmail accounts no longer accessible from Sylpheed?
José Luis González
bugs.jlg at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 03:13:17 JST 2022
On Mon, 30 May 2022 10:48:27 +0300
Anton Shepelev <anton.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jose Luis Gonzalez:
>
> > I have received an email from Gmail stating that since May
> > 30 I may lose access to applications using a less secure
> > login technology (using only username and password).
> >
> > If I'm not wrong, this is the method I am using to access
> > my Gmail accounts from Sylpheed. I wonder if there is a
> > better method that is not going to be dropped, or if it is
> > planned to be implemented any soon.
>
> Google seem to have decided not to dynamite the bridges yet.
> Gmail can be configured to keep working with normal e-mail
> clients such as Sylpheed via a so-called "app password",
> which should be used instead of the general Google account
> password:
>
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
>
> To put it short:--
>
> 1. activate two-step verification,
> 2. generate an app password,
> 3. use the latter in the client.
Thanks a lot for the info, Anton.
May we known which is the second step verification method?
Thank you so much in advance.
>
> Observe, however, that they discourage app passwords:
>
> App Passwords aren't recommended and are unnecessary in most
> cases. To help keep your account secure, use "Sign in with
> Google" to connect apps to your Google Account.
>
> and mefears may remove them altogether on another sad May
> the 30th...
>
> P.S.: To this moment, Sylpheed still works with Gmail, and
> won't fix it it ain't broke. Let us await the
> morrow...
>
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