Re: Gmail and "less secure apps"/KMail

On 2022-05-28 14:11, Martin wrote:
> Hey
> 
> I assume I'm not the only one here with a Gmail account set up in KMail/
> Kontact. I wonder what you all have done with this problem of Google blocking 
> "less secure apps" on Monday May 30 2022?
> 
> I'm currently using POP3 access with "plain" authentication and SSL/TLS. But I 
> expect to be blocked from reading/sending e-mail with KMail in a couple of 
> days.
> 
> From what I can find online I only seem to have two options.
> 
> 1) Switch to IMAP and use OAuth login. 
> 
> I'm a bit nervous about this as don't have any experience with OAuth, and I 
> have about 70k e-mails in my Gmail account, and I'm not sure how well Akonadi 
> handles syncing that amount of e-mails these days - especially with all the 
> funky IMAP folders that Gmail has.
> 
> 2) Continue to use POP3 with an "app specific password" and two-factor 
> authentification. 

AFAIK POP3 works with Oauth2, at least on Thunderbird.


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.

  (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.3)