[sylpheed:37234] Re: Warning: Beginning Oct 1, 2024 Sylpheed will no longer function with GMail POP3/IMAP

[Leif Birkenfeld]

You just have to setup an „App-Password“ in your Google account.
This works like the normal password, but it is not the same as the password for your account. No need to switch to OAuth (for now).



> Am 29.01.2024 um 11:16 schrieb G.A. L.F. <the.real.galf at gmail.com>:
> 
> See the statement from Google here:
> 
> https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/winding-down-google-sync-and-less-secure-apps-support.html
> 
> It looks like in order to continue using Sylpheed with POP3 (or IMAP)
> Sylpheed will need to begin supporting OAuth -- which, according to the
> last email thread on this,  the development release (sylpheed-3.8beta1,
> which claims to support it) isn't actually functioning correctly.  It goes
> without saying I suppose that the stable release, 3.7, does not support
> OAuth.
> 
> If say, by September Sylpheed continues to not function with GMail it
> appears I will have two choices: move to another email client (one that
> supports OAuth apparently) or change email providers.  I've been with
> Sylpheed since the beginning and it's giving me consternation... and
> feeling quite a lot of anger towards Google too.
> 
> Thoughts?
> -G