[sylpheed:37112] Re: Gmail accounts no longer accessible from Sylpheed?

[Anton Shepelev]

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.

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...