[sylpheed:37235] Re: Warning: Beginning Oct 1, 2024 Sylpheed will no longer function with GMail POP3/IMAP

[k0 at trixtar.org]

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 02:16:24 -0800
"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

The more I read about Qauth the more I intend to boycot it. It could of
course be the hopefully temporary result of my ignorance but references
like this certainly don't help:

"This is the scary part. If Bitly were super-shady Evil Co. it could
pop up a window that looked like Twitter but was really phishing for
your username and password.  Always be sure to verify that the URL
you’re directed to is actually the service provider (Twitter, in this
case)."

https://www.varonis.com/blog/what-is-oauth

Let's be honest here! 99.9% will NEVER "verify that the URL directed to
is actually the service provider"! Why, 99.9% today don't even suspect
that the link text is not necessarily the URL that it hides. As far
as I'm concerned there is no more *super-shady evil* than the digital
giants Googly and Faecesbook and their "ilk".