Re: Gmail removing support for "less secure apps"

Hello Gerardo!

On 05/08/2022 01:46:30 PM Sun, Gerardo Ballabio via balsa-list wrote:
> Hello all,
> in order to access my Gmail folder from Balsa via IMAP, I need to
> enable "less secure apps" in this page:
> https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps
> (you may need to be logged into a Google account to see this page)
> 
> According to this other page:
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
> "less secure apps" means "third-party apps or devices which ask you to
> sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password".
> 
> This has worked until now, but Google is now announcing that they'll
> disable that option starting from May 30, 2022, that is, three weeks
> from now. This means I won't be able to use Balsa to read my Gmail
> folder anymore (I've just checked again that if I tick off the option,
> trying to open the folder in Balsa gives an "authentication failed"
> message).
> 
> Are you aware of this issue and are you planning to act on it, or is
> there already a way to work around it?
> 
> The version of Balsa I'm using is the one shipped with Debian stable,
> that is, 2.6.1.
> 
> Thanks
> Gerardo Ballabio

Have you tried <URL:https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en>? I had to jump through those hoops a while ago.

Peter