Re: Oauth, gmail, docs/guide?

Dennis Putnam <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:36:22 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.mail.fetchmail.user
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I've just gone through the same thing. It turns out that OAuth2 is not 
necessary. Log on to your google mail user and set up 2 factor 
authentication. Go to "Manage account'. Select "Security" and enable 2 
factor authentication. One that is done go back to security to "App 
passwords." Follow that process and get a key. Use that key as the 
password in your fetchmailrc and you will be good to go.

On 6/12/2022 1:41 PM, joe a wrote:
> A bit more digging shows anything below V7 may be fruitless to pursue. 
> All I find on V7 on github confounds me as it seems to say the alpha 
> code was withdrawn and I'd quickly be over my head.
>
> Searching the list archives turns up nothing,  Which for me is par for 
> the course.
>
> joe a.
>
> On 6/12/2022 11:58 AM, joe a wrote:
>> I've avoided this, until now, as things seemed to be "in flux" and 
>> the issue generating some ill will.
>>
>> Downloaded 6.4.30 in anticipation, but after some fruitless 
>> searching, I need to ask for the location for any current docs on 
>> configuring fetchmail with gmail.  OAuth2 is apparently google's 
>> answer to everything, overthrowing 42 as the reigning champion.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance and understanding.
>>
>> joe a.
>>
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