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Re: gmail+imap+smtp (oauth2)


From: Óscar Fuentes
Subject: Re: gmail+imap+smtp (oauth2)
Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 18:01:55 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>     Óscar> If I read this right:
>
>     Óscar> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
>
>     Óscar> app passwords require to have 2FA turned on. So you have to go 
> through
>     Óscar> the 2FA process anyway with app passwords.
>
> When creating the app password, maybe (itʼs been so long since I
> created my app password for Gnus that I donʼt remember). But *using*
> the app password just requires presenting it using the normal
> IMAP/SMTP/etc authentication protocols.

Good to know, thanks. So you don't have to bear with 2FA each time you
access your e-mail, but the privacy concern doesn't change: you must
give your phone number to Google.




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