[sylpheed:37236] Re: Warning: Beginning Oct 1, 2024 Sylpheed will no longer function with GMail POP3/IMAP

[Anton Shepelev]

G.A. L.F.:

> 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.

Not only does it not work for me, but also breaks the app-
password setup, which is why I am using Sylpheed 3.7.0.  But
mind you I am on Windows XP, and it could work on newer OS
versions.

The OAuth things seems to pop-up a browser window for
authentification, which is an abomination, making e-mail
depend on modern web.  I want no modern web for my e-mail!

> It goes without saying I suppose that the stable release,
> 3.7, does not support OAuth.

No.

> 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.

I would rather prefer to stick with Sylpheed than with
Google.  I have already registered a couple of mailboxes
with a couple of free e-mail provides with reasonably large
space quotas, and found some migration software:

               https://imapsync.lamiral.info/

OAuth makes no sense for e-mail, anyway.